1.
Do we have a canon for
Malaysian literary works? Let’s say we do, who do you think are in it? Consider
the fact that their works are well-known and most importantly included as pasrt
of the school syllabus-(both in BM and English)
- KS Maniam
- Usman Awang
- Muhammad Haji Salleh
- Dina Zaman
- Shirley Lim Geok-Lin
2.
The poems by Erica Jong raise
some feminist issues. What are they?
Love, sex, and affection
3.
Do you think they are suitable
to teach at the secondary school level? Explain.
Yes. Secondary school
students, who are in their teens, are also in the process of learning how to be
an adult. They eventually have to deal with love and conflict in life while
they are moving into their adulthood. Therefore, works written by Erica Jong
can be one of the ways to open their minds. However, the teacher has to choose
carefully which poems to use because not all her poems are suitable.
4.
Is Hillary Tham’s poem more
suitable?
I would say that both
Hilary Tham and Erica Jong’s are suitable for our secondary school students.
Erica Jong’s writings are probably a little more complicated compare to Hilary
Tham’s poems. For an example, ‘Becoming
women’, is a good piece of work as a teaching material, which talks and
describes about women experiences in puberty.
5.
The short tale from the Native
American group is about a girl who is unsatisfied with her life. How is this a
universal experience? Can it teach our students anything?
The short tale is a
universal experience because it is always a human nature to be dissatisfied with
things in life. No matter how much we have, or how good is life, human can
never get enough, and would ask for more. The story is mirror to the reality in
this world, and provides good moral values.
6.
From internet source find out
more about Langston Hughes. From your findings about his background, tell me
about the dilemma he conveys through the poem CROSS.
Langston Hughes is a mix
of a black and a white, and that makes him in dilemma due to the uncertainty of
himself. He is confused for being a child of multiracial decent, and for that,
he struggled with his identity, until he realized to be proud of his heritage,
regardless he had gone through so much in between.
7.
I find “Dinner Guest: Me” laden
with irony and sarcasm. Briefly state if you feel the same.
Yes, I do. The irony of
this poem is when he was invited by a white to a fancy restaurant, where he
thought that was not a place he belonged to.
It is certainly a very bad feeling for him when he was questioned about
his race with the tones of sarcasm by the white people. In the poem, he did
mention about his unhappiness and dissatisfaction.
8.
The experience in the poem
Harlem is one that is true for many people. Do you agree?
Yes, the poem is closely
relates to many people by bringing meaningful messages in it.
9.
Langston Hughes fights for the
voice of his people. What is the movement called?
Harlem Renaissance.
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