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APRIL 2014 LITTERATURA ENG. LIT. SOCIETY

What is Litteratura? Litteratura is this years annual magazine presented to the boys of DBS by the English Literature Society (ELS). It is the joint effort by a lot of people involved with the society, including the teacher-in-charge Mr. Layheon Tan, the members of the Executive Committee as well as the Sub-committee. It has been in the works for over a month and we are very proud to present this to you.

However, Litteratura is more than just the newsletters name. It is actually the Latin origin of the English word Literature, which is widely accepted as the term for written

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BOOK REPORT #1 A BOOK REPORT OF A

HOT SCREENPLAY

BOOK REPORT #2 A BOOK REPORT OF A BEST-SELLING NOVEL

WRITING COMPETITIONS WHAT TO JOIN?

LITTERATURA

INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW

THE WORK WEVE BEEN DOING SO FAR


works (such as poems, plays, and novels) that are considered to be very good and to have lasting importance. (from Merriam-Webster) By naming the newsletter Litteratura, not only are we trying to promote literature, we are also trying to go back to the roots of literature and explore the fascinating world of literary works.

What else has the Society been doing?

Other than this newsletter, the English Literature Society has also done work since the start of the academic year.

After hosting the Annual General Meeting in October and recruiting a dozen of boys to work in the Sub-committees, we quickly began working for the first major event of the year: the Garden Fte stall. Over the course of a week in October, we set up a collection center in front of the School Hall and collected books/DVDs donated by other boys of the school. After collecting over a hundred items, we sold over 75% of them and raised $690.1 in the Fte.

In the second term, we continued working and hosting various activities. Right after the Christmas Holidays, we collaborated with the Toastmasterss Gavel Club of DBS and hosted a meeting based on the theme, Literature and Life. Boys as well as distinguished guests gave speeches about literature.

Right after the Chinese New Year Holidays, we screened the 2013 film The Great Gatsby over the course of three days in the Lecture Hall. The event was held in collaboration with the Film and Video Society. Over 50 students as well as some teachers attended, effectively filling up the Lecture Hall.

After the publication of this newsletter, the Poetry Competition and Workshop is coming up. In May, there will be an internal Literature Debating Tournament. And finally, in June, we will invite a junior form English Literature teacher to host an exam prep workshop for the final exams.

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Diocesan Boys School Garden Fte Outside the Lecture Hall 10 November, 2013 (Sunday) Got any unwanted books, VCDs, DVDs and Blu-rays? If they are in good condition, the English Literature Society would be grateful if you would donate it to our stall at the Garden Fte! For enquiries, please contact Chester Lai and Zachary Wong of G11G, Alvin Cheung of G9S, Justin Liu of G9D or our teacher-in-charge Mr. Layheon Tan.

English Literature Society Secondhand Books & Videos Stall

Collection Outside the Hall 4-8 November, 2013 (Monday to Friday) A counter will be set up outside the School Hall in the course of the week and we will be there to collect your items.

Designed by Justin Chor Yu Liu

Events held since the start of the academic year

(From top to bottom) The poster for the Secondhand Books & Videos Stall in the Garden Fte, the chairman of the ELS, Chester Lai, g i v ing a spee ch in the Toastmasterss meeting, and a s t i l l f r o m t h e fi l m screened in February, The Great Gatsby (2013).


Book Report #1 - Inglourious Basterds BY JUSTIN CHOR YU LIU (TREASURER OF THE SOCIETY) !Foreword Quentin Tarantino won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay again in 2013, for Django Unchained. However, as great as Django was (Ive seen it as well), I do think its untimely win was partly due to an unfair snub by the Academy for Inglourious Basterds in 2010. His 2009 masterpiece, which can surely stand a place with his earlier successes like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, in my opinion deserved the award more than Django.

It is rather rare to find a screenplay on sale in Hong Kong. Screenplays have never been the mainstream format of publishing stories, even if millions of stories have been told on screen. Novels or even scripts of stage plays are far more popular. However, the screenplay format didnt make reading Inglourious Basterds any less of an experience. Honestly, I could never see the story of the Inglourious Basterds and Shosannas revenge be novelized or translated into other formats. It is a brilliant screenplay and I hope it remains intact in that way.

Tarantino started writing the story at least ten years prior to the films release. He spent the decade perfecting all aspects of it as it grew bigger and bigger. He repeatedly stated how he thought Inglourious Basterds would be his ultimate masterpiece in filmmaking and I doubt he has changed his mind even after making Django Unchained.

And he was right. Everything about the film - from its intentionally misspelled title (Tarantino deemed it a Quentin Tarantino spelling when asked about it) to its intricate details and characters just smells of perfection and years and years of hard work and passion. You can see how it was Tarantinos passion project and his hard work did pay off. He created one of the best films released in the last decade.

Introduction Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, produced by Lawrence Bender and starring Brad Pitt, Mlanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger and Michael Fassbender etc. It was critically applauded, gaining a 89% approval rating from aggregator rottentomatoes.com and largely considered one of the best films of 2009. It was a great commercial success as well, recouping

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Did you know? Since the start of his career, Quentin Tarantino has been nominated for the Oscars 5 times [twice for Best D i re c t o r, t h r i c e f o r B e s t Writing (Original Screenplay)]. He has won two statuettes for writing, one for Pulp Fiction and one for Django Unchained.


its $70 million budget by grossing over $320 million worldwide. It went on to garner 45 awards out of 93 nominations during its run in the awards season (even if it was being overshadowed by Avatar and The Hurt Locker) and ended up winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor out of 8 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director etc.

Its screenplay received phenomenal success as well. The writing was one of the major highlights in the criticss reviews, praising Tarantinos intriguing story and style as well as the long dialogues between characters using multiple dialects. It went on to be nominated for several awards for Best Original Screenplay.

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most famed and internationally-celebrated filmmakers working today. He has a unique style which combines elements like non-linear storytelling, anachronistic choices of music and large amounts of gore and violence. He broke out in the 1990s with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and went on to write and direct Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, for which he won the Oscar again. He has also written other films as well (not directed by him). He is the most-studied filmmaker in the UK.

Plot (Spoilers ahead!) This is 1941, one year into the German occupation of France. A French farmer, Perrier LaPadite sees a car of Nazis approaching. They are revealed to be led by S.S. Colonel Hans Landa, nicknamed The Jew Hunter, who is notoriously famous for his detective abilities at hunting down Jews. Landa interrogates LaPadite for minutes and LaPadite slowly reveals the fact that he is hiding some Jews, the Dreyfuses, underneath his floorboards, right now. Landa calls for the Nazi soldiers who came with him. They go into the house, ambush the Dreyfuses from above and tear up the floorboards with machine gun fire. However, one member of the Dreyfuses, Shosanna Dreyfus escapes and Landa fails to shoot her. He, instead screams Au revoir, Shosanna! at the top of his lungs and leaves with his men.

This is 1944, springtime. Lieutenant Aldo Raine is recruiting eight men to form a special team of soldiers with one simple mission - killing Nazis. He orders the men that every time they kill a Nazi, they have to peel off his scalp. They all owe him 100 scalps now, and if they dont get them, they will die trying. However, there was once when a Nazi provided Raine crucial information so Raine spared his life. However, Raine grabbed a knife and carved a swastika in his forehead, as a reminder of his Nazi status.

This is June 1944. Shosanna Dreyfus, the girl who escaped, now runs a cinema in Paris. He meets a fellow cinema lover, Private Frederick Zoller, who instantly becomes attracted to her. Zoller previously killed 300 Russian soldiers while being ambushed and became famous for that. Joseph Goebbels soon made a film about his exploits, Nations Pride, and he starred as himself. Zoller convinces Goebbels to hold the premiere at Shosannas cinema. However, little does he know that Shosanna seizes this opportunity to plot her

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epic revenge against the Nazis. With the help of her projectionist, Marcel, she plans to light up her extensive collection of extremely flammable 35mm film, effectively burning down her cinema and killing the Germans present.

However, little does Shosanna know that Operation Kino is being planned. Lieutenant Archie Hicox, a British soldier who specializes in German cinema, meets up with German film star/British agent Bridget von Hammersmark and two of the Basterds in a tavern. While Hicox can speak fluent German, he has a weird accent that gets noticed by a nearby German Major Hellstrom. Luckily, he escapes his suspicion, only until he blows his cover when he raises 3 fingers not in the German way (thumb-index-middle). Stiglitz (Basterd) and Hicox shoot Hellstrom, Hellstrom shoots Hicox, Stiglitz stabs Hellstrom, Wicki

(Basterd) shoots some other Germans at another table, Female Sgt. Beethoven and Stiglitz shoot each other, Wicki and Mata Hari shoot each other, Sgt. Pola Negri shoot Wicki, Eric, Mata Hari and the bartender. A young German sergeant comes out alive until Bridget von Hammersmark, with an injured leg, shoots him.

Landa goes to the scene and finds von Hammersmarks napkin and shoe. Raine, Donowitz (Basterd) and Hirschberg (Basterd) go as her escorts as Italian film crew. (They dont really speak anything other than English) Landa speaks to them at the premiere and is not fooled by von Hammersmarks mountain-climbing injury as well as the supposed Italians. He brings von Hammersmark into an office and strangles the life out of her.

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Donowitz and Hirschberg get into the auditorium with explosives while Raine and Utivich (Basterd chaffeur) are bagged away. Hitler arrives.

Landa realizes that if he doesnt make a phone call and stop Donowitz and Hirschberg, Hitler will die and the Third Reich will end. Not wanting to die if Germany loses the war, he decides not to stop them. He calls the OSS instead, to ensure himself full citizenship of the USA, medals and honors for his supposed participation in Operation Kino and a house on Nantucket island. He toasts with Raine and Utivich and his radio operator Herrman.

In the middle of the film, Donowitz and Hirschberg sneak away while Shosanna and Marcel prepare for the fire. Marcel locks all the doors in the auditorium and goes to the film storage behind the screen. Donowitz and Hirschberg prepare their guns. Suddenly, Shosanna gets a visit from Zoller. Shosanna tells Zoller to turn around and she shoots him. Zoller shoots back. Still, Shosanna changes the reel as Donowitz and Hirschberg bursts through the door of the VIP box. Shosanna appears as a giant face on the screen and tells the Nazis to look deep into the face of the Jew whos going to kill them all. Shosanna tells Marcel to burn it down while Donowitz and Hirschberg fire their guns at Hitler and Goebbels. The cinema crumbles while Donowitz and Hirschberg shoot the audience below. Soon, the implanted explosives go off and the cinema is blown into pieces.

Just when they are about to cross American borders, Landa and Herrman surrender themselves over to Raine and Utivich and give them their weapons. Raine shoots Herrman to Landas horror. Raine tells Landa he doesnt care about all the undeserved medals hes going to get - but he does care about how hes going to take off his SS uniform. Landa realizes whats going to happen. Raine carves a swastika on Landas forehead and proclaims it his masterpiece.

Analysis The most prominent theme in Inglourious Basterds is its comical take on warfare. This is very prominent in Raines monologue in the first scene of the second chapter (Tarantino 10):

LT. ALDO!We will be cruel to the Germans,!and through our cruelty, they will!know who we are. They will find the !evidence of our cruelty in the !disemboweled, dismembered, and!disfigured bodies of their brothers!we leave behind us.!

Tarantino masterfully plays his trick on the audiences. We automatically believe (prior to stepping into the cinema actually) that the Nazis are evil and those who are against them are good. We automatically root for Shosanna and the Basterds and their plans, and

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through the comical eyes of Tarantino, treat their violence as fun or necessary evil. However, just as you rejoice for Shosannas and the Basterdss victory over the Nazis, you realize that you are rooting for some very wicked, violent and coldblooded people. Tarantino wants us to realize that war is violent, and people resort to gory ways in order to end it. And even though the Allies are generally classified and viewed as the heroes of the war, the anti-Nazis, they can be just as barbaric as the Axis powers.

The structure of the screenplay is very unique. Firstly, it is divided in chapters. For example, this appears at the start of the first chapter (Tarantino 1):

We read a SUBTITLE in the sky above the farmhouse:!!CHAPTER ONE!!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN . . . !NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE!!

This SUBTITLE disappears and is replaced by another one:!!1941!

One year into the German!occupation of France!

While Ive only watched a very few number of films, this is the first time Ive seen such a subtitle appear over the screen, signifying the start of a chapter. There are 5 chapters in Inglourious Basterds. In chapter 1, it introduces Shosanna and Hans Landa. In chapter 2, it introduces Lt. Aldo Raine and his Basterds. In chapter 3, it introduces Shosannas revenge. In chapter 4, its titled Operation Kino and is about the aforementioned operation. In chapter 5, Revenge of the Giant Face, its about the two story lines clashing into each other. While some screenwriters do use such a chapter format to write stories, Ive never seen it used so explicitly. Tarantino splashes a subtitle right on the bottom of the screen. Surprisingly, it works very well in informing the audiences that its gonna be a different story now.

Another example of how Tarantino borrows from other media is this (Tarantino 127):

A THINK BUBBLE, like in a comic book, appears on the left side of the frame, obscuring the cinema entrance. Inside Landas think bubble a little scene plays out.!Isnt it very obtrusive or even silly if a think bubble, like in a comic book, suddenly appears on the screen? When we are most excited in knowing whether von Hammersmark and the Basterds and Shosanna will succeed in their missions, suddenly, a think bubble just appears and throws the audiences off. However, the film has already been rather comical with especially with the sudden, impractical tavern shootout that happened minutes ago. When the think bubble appears, I only laughed at Tarantinos wittiness but not at his ridiculousness, because frankly, when its Tarantino, its not ridiculous.

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One of the most alarming characteristics of this story is its duality. The story could be easily renamed Shosannas Revenge and it would not matter. It is Shosannas story just as much as it is the Basterdss. While the Basterds do take up fairly prominent screen time, Shosanna is inarguably the protagonist of the story. Some say that Tarantino came up with Shosannas story first and filled in the Basterds just to raise the stakes. Whether that is true or not, I dont know, but it makes sense. Tarantino has always been a fan of revenge stories, and he has written Kill Bill, this and Django Unchained etc. Shosanna is one of the most badass female protagonists in recent cinema history and her story couldve become a very good standalone film. But the Basterds brought us some incredible scenes, esp. the 25-minute long tavern scene and without them, Inglourious Basterds wouldnt be half as good as it is now.

On a more literal side, Tarantino is not a good writer. His overuse of profanity, unstructured prose (for a screenplay) and grammatical and spelling mistakes disqualify him from being a good writer. But his ideas are fabulous arent they? In the first chapter, he brought us incredible suspension and a mind-blowing introduction to one of the most memorable villains in recent film history. It stands as one of the most spectacular film openings. Then, he brought us some very funny dialogue between the Basterds (even if youre not supposed to laugh at them) and a solid buildup in the middle. The tavern scene was a brilliant watershed in the midst of all the suspense and brought together some amazing actors (Kruger and Fassbender etc.), let them perform some very clever dialogue and killed them off in a masterfully staged shootout. (That scene alone is worth the Oscar!) The thrilling and incredibly entertaining finale is one of the best explosions ever (eat that Michael Bay) and the ending is perfect and wraps up the story.

Ha, that was a rather biased paragraph. Anyways, what I was trying to say is, while Tarantino is not a very good writer literally, he has amazing ideas and pulls them off on the screen with his mature direction. He pays very meticulous attention to details (the German/English three-finger raise for instance) and not only did he direct one of best films in the past decade, he wrote a bloody brilliant screenplay for it as well.

Afterword I did not have much time to write this (only a day!) and I glossed over a lot of the storys themes and metaphors behind. So that analysis, definitely wasnt a full-fledged one and is certainly filled with unfair raves for Tarantino. However, I hope you, the reader, get my ideas right - I agree with the popular opinion that Tarantino is a brilliant writer. His imagination shines radiantly in Inglourious Basterds. The distinctive structure he used in the screenplay, the Tarantino style in full effect and lots and lots of other things contribute to making Inglourious Basterds his most recent masterpiece.

Contrary to what you may think, Im not an avid screenplay reader. I only own two screenplays (Inception and this) and I ordered 5 more to read for the rest of the year. Im still trying to get my hands on this format which Ive come to enjoy reading and I was

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very, very impressed by both the film version and the text version of Inglourious Basterds. And Ive come to liking it even more after writing this report.

Book Report #2 - Inferno WRITTEN BY ALVIN CHEUNG (SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY) !A plot in the book Id like to change? Ill start off with a little criticism of Dan Browns books the Da Vinci Code was absolutely phenomenal, Angels and Demons even more scintillating however, in recent books, it has become a little bit too repetitive, too predictable, too Dan Brown. Whilst exorbitantly entertaining in the first few chapters of this book, it has not transcended to another level, and has pretty stuck to the conventional Dan Brown style mystery, compounded with a few religious or historical artifacts that signify much, and a potential precariousness that will severely reshape humankind and what it stands for.

Inferno has been no different I was hoping for a change of scene, maybe, a more exotic taste in the style of writing I saw that prevail in the first few chapters, thinking that it would be mesmerizing in content, enthralling in execution however, this did not happen at it was pretty much relatable to the former books that Brown had produced. So if I were to change the plot in the book, I would start from where the problem came in.

Dan Brown and his trustworthy accomplice Sienna had been chased halfway through Italy they were exhausted, they were flabbergasted, they were totally perplexed on why they were national security threats and wanted criminals by the United States government, and at the same time, they had a medieval bone cylinder which related back to Dantes Inferno which was the infamous Map of Hell the prescription of the multitudinous, indeterminate levels of eternal punishment for the liars, for the unworthy together, with a secret code of The truth can only be glimpsed through the eyes of death and CERCA TROVA then, they were taken by the World Health Organization director Elizabeth Sinskey, who has been portrayed as a rather antagonist-felt character in the story now, there should have been the twist.

There shouldnt have been an explanation of what Bertrand Zobrists plan was; it should have been the contrasting scene from what really happened in the novel. Elizabeth Sinskey was advocating against Bertrand Zobrists veritable yet sensitive views on how to

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Did you know? Inferno is the fourth book in Dan Browns Robert Langdon series. Like its predecessors Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol , i t was a huge commercial success.


solve the problem of overpopulation and the incompetence of WHO, insisting that WHO had been doing their very best to solve the multifarious and numerous problems that overpopulation creates. This is what should have happened:

Elizabeth Sinskey would reveal herself to be the acquaintance of Bertrand Zobrist, and by passive acknowledgment, she was doing something horrific to solve the problem of overpopulation Bertrand Zobrist was merely a pawn in her work, and she was using Zobrist as a scapegoat. Zobrist would have been executed to make her medical formula of killing one-third of the population to resolve the problem of overpopulation. Bertrand Zobrist was dead by then, but Elizabeth Sinskey didnt know about their retrieval of the wooden cylinder that Bertrand Zobrist had left behind for them to solve. Langdon realizes that there could be an alternate way to solve this mess he finds out the location where the formula is hidden, understands Dantes conception of The truth can only be glimpsed through the eyes of death, and by doing so, reverses the formula so that sterility was spread hence, preventing mass murdering but yet allowing the global civilization to dawn into a second age.

Although it isnt a very stunning or feasible plot, what Im trying to do is to solve the tendency that Dan Browns books have too many complications that are rather unnecessary and a speeding up of the events till the end instead of creating tension, Id like to create the sense of foreboding through the change of plot. I wont change the fundamental parts of what makes a Dan Brown book, but through this plot, I have made it easier to comprehend, and forward the gripping sense into the middle of the story instead cramming all the (best) parts into the last, tiny bit of the book.

Book Report #3 - The Cuckoos Calling WRITTEN BY EVAN CHENG (COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY) !A plot in the book that Id like to change? At the big expose when Cormoran Strike revealed to John Bristow that he had known all along that Bristow was actually the murderer of his adoptive sister, supermodel Lula Landry. The supermodel had seemingly committed suicide by jumping off a window three months ago, and it had, in fact, been Bristow who had pushed Landry to her death when she had refused use her billions to get Bristow out of a stock market debacle which had left him in great debt. At the beginning of the novel, it had been Bristow who had approached Strike to investigate his sisters death, and at the end, it was revealed that Bristow had been a psychopathic murderer since infancy who reveled in seeing death, since he had convinced his baby brother to ride his toy car off a cliff when they were both

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toddlers.

Although I do appreciate how a small matter which had been hinted at in the beginning, namely the death of Bristows young brother decades ago, came back to be a vital piece of evidence as to why Bristow murdered Lula. The reason why I would like to change this part is because its still quite hazy as to why Bristow killed Lula Landry, then three months later called a private detective to investigate it. It does not make any earthly sense as to why someone who has already evaded capture has just put himself back up for capture again, so I think a much better suspect would have been another character who had been mostly a minor character in the beginning, then gradually began to get more

involved in the investigation, such as a friend Lula had made while in rehabilitation, Rochelle Onifade. Unfortunately she was murdered.

In conclusion, the plot that I would like to change is the solution of the book at the very end. If a character is introduced very early on in the book, or has very little suspicion, then a small event that gives a possibility of suspicion can cause the reader to start suspecting this character, as in this case, I was already starting to suspect John Bristow when he started distancing himself from the investigation right when Cormoran Strike was finally making good progress.

Writing Competitions The English Literature Society believes that the fundamental basis of literature would be comprised of two imperative elements: reading and writing. Reading is the absorption, writing is the application. Here, we are recommending a few writing competitions for our schoolmates to try out. We have picked out two of the best:

HONG KONG PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH WRITING COMPETITION 2013-2014 LIBERAL STUDIES WRITING COMPETITION 2013-2014 (ORGANIZED BY THE STANDARD)

The Hong Kong Primary & Secondary School English Writing Competition is one of the most renowned annual writing competitions held for students. The competition strives to enhance the writing skills of Hong Kong students by getting them to write more. This year, the topics are as follows:

JUNIOR DIVISION: A LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO A RESTAURANT WASTING FOOD (300 WORDS) SENIOR DIVISION: ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING SHOULD THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IMPOSE FOOD

WASTE CHARGES FOR DAILY HOUSEHOLD FOOD WASTE? (400 WORDS)

The Liberal Studies Writing Competition 2013-2014, held by The Standard, is entering its third year. It encourages students to express their thoughts on social affairs and related subjects that are affecting their daily lives. Through research and analysis, they can

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Did you know? The Cuckoos Calling is J. K. Rowlings (Harry Potter series) first book published under her male pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The true identity of Galbraith was not discovered until a few months after the books publ ic at ion . Sa le s on Amazon skyrocketed 156,866% after the news broke out.


improve both their Liberal Studies and writing skills. For details, please refer to the competition poster attached below.

We sincerely hope to see entries, and wish you the best of luck in your endeavors.

HONG KONG PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH WRITING COMPETITION 2013-2014

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LIBERAL STUDIES WRITING COMPETITION 2013-2014 (ORGANIZED BY THE STANDARD)

Entries can be submitted online by going to this following website: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/special/lswriting2014/sub.asp

Aside from these outside writing competitions, the English Literature Society is also organizing a Poetry Writing Competition in April. Aiming the spread the love for poetry and promote writing in the school, we are hosting two categories for this competition: a junior category for students of Grades 7 to 9 and a senior category for students of Grades 10 to 12. Any form of poetry will be accepted. For further details, please look for our posters and announcements that will be released very soon.

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Diocesan Boys School English Literature Society 2013-14 Newsletter - Litteratura Crew

Editors Justin Chor Yu Liu

Alvin Cheung

Original content by Justin Chor Yu Liu

Alvin Cheung

Evan Cheng

Cover design by Linus Lam

Photography by Mr. Layheon Tan

Diocesan Boys School English Literature Society 2013-14 - Executive Committee

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read. !Thus spoke Oscar Wilde, long before our time. This is why this society was established. As aficionados

of literature, we aim to bring the art we appreciate into the school we love.

Teachers-in-charge Mr. Layheon Tan

Ms. Jean Lee

Chairman Chester Lai

Vice-chairman Zack Wong

Secretaries Alvin Cheung

Justin Lam

Treasurer Justin Chor Yu Liu

Diocesan Boys School English Literature Society 2013-14 - Sub-committee

Promotional Department Curtis Lam

Ian Chu

Harry Lau

Service Department Leo Wong

Linus Lam

Ng Pak Lun

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