Introduction, Lloyd Fernando's Green is the Colour

Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2012) Introduction, Lloyd Fernando's Green is the Colour. In: Green is the colour. Singapore Classics . Estate of Llyod Fernando, Singapore, vii-xxiv. ISBN 9789810726850

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Abstract

The chapter introduces the author and his second novel, Green is the Colour (1993). It examines the various thematic and stylistic aspects of the novel, especially the author's vision for the newly independent Malaysia -- how Malaysia could form a national identity overcoming its current culturally fragmented state.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Additional Information:	4725/35679
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Malaysia, Singapore, Literature, Culture, 13 May 1969, Race, Ethnicity, Nationalism
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English P Language and Literature > PI Oriental languages and literatures
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature
Depositing User:	Professor Mohammad A. Quayum
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2014 10:23
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2014 10:25
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/35679

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