Five Facts On Modernism

There and Then

1. Modernism adopted adversarial stance toeards the postmodern world by making powerful critical statements about postmodern society;
2. Modernism achieved genuine quality--as in avant-garde literature--by aiming for the highest order (of purity and autonomy) in writing and self=expression;
3. Modernist literature opposed capitalism;
4. The so-called "death of the author" in literature was regarded by modernism as excessively anti-historical and asocial;
5. The proper understanding of a text is impossible without knowing something about the "who, where, and when" of it.

There Are Places I Can Remember .......

WHERE I LIVED (AS AN

UNDERGROUND WRITER

AND CRITIC) AT

VARIOUS TIMES OF

MY LIFE:

1. Tasek Utara Estate--Blk 40, No. 1-A (1953-1979);
2. Whampoa Drive--Blk 103 (1980-1085);
3. Jalan Kukoh (1986);
4. Telok Kurau (1987);
5. Whampoa Drive--Blk 74 (1988);
6. Mosque Street (1988-1989);
7. Yishun Town--Blk 161 (1990-1994);
8. Chempaka Avenue (1995);
9. Hougang Avenue 10--Blk 516 (1995-1997);
10. Yishun Street 22--Blk 264 (1997- ).