HBC207 Exploring Invisibility & Marginalization in Singaporean Literature – TMA02, Singapore

HBC207 TMA02

Question

Define and discuss the concept of invisibility in one of the primary texts from Study Units 4, 5, or 6. Analyze how the author highlights the social issues that accompany the invisibility and marginalization of certain people within society. Refer to specific quotations and phrases from the text in order to compose an argument and critically engage with the writing.

Refer to Latha’s The Goddess in the Living Room or to MD Sharif Uddin’s Stranger to Myself and construct an argument about the importance of highlighting societal marginalization within Singapore. How does reading one of these texts contrast with the concept of Singapore as a meritocratic society? Center your argument within a discussion about social stratification and illustrate the role that identity plays in determining one’s place within a stratified society. Support your work with peer-reviewed and newspaper articles.

You should write no more than 1,500 words (excluding the bibliography).