LIFE AND LITERATURE

  Multiple Intelligence           The theory of multiple intelligences proposes the differentiation of human intelligence into specific modalities of intelligence, rather than defining intelligence as a single, general ability. The theory has been criticized by mainstream psychology for its lack of empirical evidence, and its dependence on subjective judgement This area of intelligence with sensitivity to the sounds, rhythms, and tones of music. People with musical intelligence normally have good pitch or might possess absolute pitch, and are able to sing, play musical instruments, and compose music. They have sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, meter, tone, melody or timbre Physical intelligence, also known as bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, is any intelligence derived through physical and practiced learning such as sports, dance, or craftsmanship. It may refer to the ability to use one's hands to create, to express oneself with one's body, a reliance on tactile mechanisms and move

 AFRICAN LITERATURE           African literature, literary works of the African continent. African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages (French, Portuguese, and English). Oral literature, including stories, dramas, riddles, histories, myths, songs, proverbs, and other expressions, is frequently employed to educate and entertain children. Oral histories, myths, and proverbs additionally serve to remind whole communities of their ancestors' heroic deeds, their past, and the precedents for their customs and traditions. Essential to oral literature is a concern for presentation and oratory. Folktale tellers use call-response techniques. A griot (praise singer) will accompany a narrative with music. Some of the first African writings to gain attention in the West were the poignant slave narratives, such as The Interesting Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Olaudah Eq

  ARBAHAM PROMISE                                                                    - PHILIP JEYARETNAM                       P hilip Jeyaretnam Abraham Promise 1995 the reflective and retrospective musings of the first person narrator play a crucial role in the development of the theme. The protagonist Abraham Isaac comes from the Ceylonese community and speaks English as if he was educated at Oxford.           It won a highly commended book award from the national Book National book Development council of Singapore. It is novel regrets for action not taken and unspoken words it is eloquent in the sparness of its prose and gradual unveiling of the Narrator self description.             The novel can be read as part allegory and part queer literature. It tells the story of a father rejection of and then coming to terms with his son homosexuality. Its intellectual touch stone is the political culture of post colonial Singapore where many feel marginalized with little promise of