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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779173703321

Autore

Jayasuriya Maryse

Titolo

Terror and reconciliation [[electronic resource] ] : Sri Lankan Anglophone literature, 1983-2009 / / Maryse Jayasuriya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

1-280-65970-X

9786613636638

0-7391-6579-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/95493

Soggetti

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

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

War in literature

Ethnic relations in literature

Reconciliation in literature

Sri Lanka In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.