Terror and reconciliation : Sri Lankan Anglophone literature, 1983-2009 / Maryse Jayasuriya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jayasuriya, Maryse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sri Lankan literature (English)--20th century--History and criticism.

Sri Lankan literature (English).

Sri Lankan literature (English)--21st century--History and criticism.

War in literature.

Ethnic relations in literature.

Reconciliation in literature.

Sri Lanka--In literature.

Sri Lanka.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Terror and Reconciliation examines the response of Sri Lankan novelists, short story writers, and poets to the issues of terrorism, war, human rights, linguistic discrimination, and interethnic dialogue raised by the quarter-century long ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and argues that their work demonstrates the potential of literature to contribute to reconciliation. This study will be of particular interest to scholars of South Asian Literature and Culture, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, and Peace Studies.

Contents:

Sri Lankan Anglophone literature and the problem of publication

Island dialogues. Mourning terror: memorials to the conflict in poetry and film

Talking with the enemy: dialogue and empathy in fiction

Diasporic interventions. Interpreting the conflict: historiography and Sri Lankan fiction

Diasporic differences: the Sri Lankan conflict from a distance

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-24507-0

1-280-65970-X

9786613636638

0-7391-6579-8

OCLC:

794620254