Singapore was once a British colony and gained independence in 1965. Its past literature was mainly Malay classical literature.
In the 1920s, a Chinese literature movement with the creation of realistic works as the mainstream was formed in Singapore. Since 1924, China newspapers and periodicals have successively added literary supplements, such as Novel World, South Wind and Starlight. At the same time, anti-colonial and anti-feudal realistic literary works emerged constantly, which became the mainstream of China's literary movement in the 1920s.
1925, Li Xilang (? ~ 1972) wrote the novel full of flowers and miserable fruits, describing the enslaved Chinese workers in Borneo as the inhuman life of "pigs". During the period of 1927, Zhang Jinyan (190 1~) published many short stories on a desert island, most of which described the unfortunate fate of women in colonial and semi-feudal society. The more important novels in this period include Yau Chi Wai's Hosta (1924), Tuoge's Scream on the Equator and Zeng Huading's Tomb of Five Brothers (1928).
1929, Chen Lianqing (1907~ 1943) first advocated that literary works should have local color. 1934, Qiu Shizhen published a paper on local writers, further emphasizing the need to encourage the creation of local writers. In the aspect of Chinese opera, the love of Fang Niang, maid and brother and sister in the Woods was first staged on 1933.
1in July, 937, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China broke out, and the Chinese community in Singapore also launched a movement to support China in resisting Japan and saving the nation. Many literary and artistic creations are also based on the theme of resisting Japan and saving the nation, and a number of outstanding works have emerged, such as Zhang Yiqian's novella A Japanese Secret Service (1938) and Tiekang's novella The Trial Times (19 13~ 1942). In addition, excellent short poems include Liu Si's rickshaw puller (1939) and Julia's Buried (192 1~ 1939).
1942 After the Japanese invaded the Nanyang Islands, writers such as Tiekang and Wang Junshi were killed one after another, and literary activities fell into a trough. After the Japanese surrender, literary creation became active again, and a number of English novels with the theme of describing War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and underground activities appeared. The more famous ones are Chen Ji 'an's Silent Enemy (also known as 1952), Nivi Saud's A Town Like Alice (1950), Graber's The Rat King (1962) and Leslie Thomas's The Female Soldier (/kloc-
One of the characteristics of postwar China literature is the description of working people, especially the works with the theme of the hard struggle of the older generation of overseas Chinese workers, miners, rubber tapping workers and farmers, which occupies an important position. Lee Guo's novellas Dagang (1959), Newly Reclaimed Land (1960) and Floating Hell (196 1) are outstanding. Miao Xiu's novella Under the Roof of Singapore (1952) is also a masterpiece describing the lower classes.
After Singapore's independence, apart from the "Malay Writers Team in the 1950s" continuing to exist as the Malay Writers Association of Singapore, Tamil Writers Association, Singapore Writers Association and Singapore Writers Association were established one after another.
The Singapore Writers Association is an organization of writers who write in Chinese for Singaporean citizens. After World War II, Chinese writers in Singapore established Xinghua Writers Association at the end of 1945, but it was automatically dissolved by the emergency decree issued by the British colonial authorities. /KLOC-0 The xinghua city Literature and Art Association, which was established at the end of 947, was dissolved for the same reason. 1970 In August, under the initiative and promotion of writers such as Lian (1907~ 1972), the Singapore Writers Association was established. 1976 In May, it was renamed Singapore Writers Association, and novelist Huang was elected as its president. The Association founded a monthly literature magazine, set up a literary supplement "Writer", published a series of literature books, encouraged its members to engage in literary creation, and held literary theory seminars, special lectures, poetry recitals, etc. And organize international literary exchange activities.