The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka: Resistance and Reconfiguration

This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated short stories and excerpts from Sinhala novels, written after the civil war in the country. Featuring national award-winning writers, the selected texts share a common theme of resistance as the writers write against an exclusivist nationalism that was propagated through mass media and platforms of party politics in Sri Lanka during the war.

The volume addresses crucial issues such as the fate of civilians in war, the role of religion in Sri Lankan polity, media censorship, the experience of women in war, as well as the current education system and youth problems in present day Sri Lanka. It highlights an alternate discourse that runs among the ethnic Sinhala group and contributes to the overall movement towards peace and reconciliation among the different ethnic communities in Sri Lanka.

A unique addition to the growing oeuvre of translated Sinhala literature, the companion will be indispensable to students, scholars, and researchers of ethnic studies, war and peace studies, peace and conflict studies, literature, cultural studies, political sociology, and South Asian studies, particularly those interested in Sri Lankan literature.

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The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka: Resistance and Reconfiguration

This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated short stories and excerpts from Sinhala novels, written after the civil war in the country. Featuring national award-winning writers, the selected texts share a common theme of resistance as the writers write against an exclusivist nationalism that was propagated through mass media and platforms of party politics in Sri Lanka during the war.

The volume addresses crucial issues such as the fate of civilians in war, the role of religion in Sri Lankan polity, media censorship, the experience of women in war, as well as the current education system and youth problems in present day Sri Lanka. It highlights an alternate discourse that runs among the ethnic Sinhala group and contributes to the overall movement towards peace and reconciliation among the different ethnic communities in Sri Lanka.

A unique addition to the growing oeuvre of translated Sinhala literature, the companion will be indispensable to students, scholars, and researchers of ethnic studies, war and peace studies, peace and conflict studies, literature, cultural studies, political sociology, and South Asian studies, particularly those interested in Sri Lankan literature.

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The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka: Resistance and Reconfiguration

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This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated short stories and excerpts from Sinhala novels, written after the civil war in the country. Featuring national award-winning writers, the selected texts share a common theme of resistance as the writers write against an exclusivist nationalism that was propagated through mass media and platforms of party politics in Sri Lanka during the war.

The volume addresses crucial issues such as the fate of civilians in war, the role of religion in Sri Lankan polity, media censorship, the experience of women in war, as well as the current education system and youth problems in present day Sri Lanka. It highlights an alternate discourse that runs among the ethnic Sinhala group and contributes to the overall movement towards peace and reconciliation among the different ethnic communities in Sri Lanka.

A unique addition to the growing oeuvre of translated Sinhala literature, the companion will be indispensable to students, scholars, and researchers of ethnic studies, war and peace studies, peace and conflict studies, literature, cultural studies, political sociology, and South Asian studies, particularly those interested in Sri Lankan literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000685442
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/27/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 428
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake is a fiction writer in English and a translator. She has written three collections of short stories and one novel, winning three national literary awards – one each for her novel, a short story collection, and a translation. She has also written books on language teaching and stories for children. Her doctorate is from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, on post-war Sri Lankan fiction in Sinhala and English. As a Fulbright scholar, she received an MA from New York University in English and American literature with a focus on creative writing. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Table of Contents

Part I: Tamil problems

1. The Heart that Bears (2018)

Kathyana Amarasinghe

2. Father (excerpt) (2013)

Nissanka Wijemanne

3. Are you alright? (2011)

Jayatilaka Kammallaweera

4. Radha on the Beach (2014)

Piyal Kariyawasam

Part II: Land/Environment

5. The Rape of Singing Mountain (excerpt) (2018)

Tennyson Perera

6. Fire at Amazon (2019)

Eric Illiyapparachchi

Part III: Sinhala Muslim tension

7. The Muslim Reverend (2018)

Nissanka Wijemanne

8. The Bhikshu Ward (2019)

Eric Illiyapparachchi

9. Love (excerpt) (2016)

Nissanka Wijemanne

Part IV: Women in conflict

10. Come and tell your story out loud and discover a new one (2014)

Kumari Kumaragamage

11. Only a Name (2014)

Kumari Kumaragamage

12. Sisters (excerpt) (2014)

Kaushalya Kumarasinghe

13. The Old House (2017)

Sunethra Rajakarunanayke

Part V: Economy

14. Treasure Hunters (excerpt) (2015)

Liyanage Amarakeerthi

15. The Black Hole (2012)

Keerthi Welisarage

Part VI: Religion

16. The Dragon Arch (2016)

Prabhath Jayasinghe

17. The King, The Pageant and the Grape Juice (excerpt) (2014)

Reverend Batuwangala Rahula

18. Sons Born of the Snake Stone (excerpt) (2011)

Reverend Batuwangala Rahula

19. Glimpses into Intrigues Past: Monks, Nobles, Children, Servants, and Tribes.

(excerpt) (2009)

Sunethra Rajakarunayake

Part VII: Media and censorship

20. The Only Son (2017)

Liyanage Amarakeerthi

21. Did silver bullets strike your heart, the second time around (2014)

Piyal Kariyawasam

22. The Commander of the Yakshas (excerpt) (2019)

Kaushalya Kumarasinghe

Part VIII: Militarization

23. Two Friends (excerpt) (2013)

Sunethra Rajakarunanayake

24. Deer-Slayer Salaman (2009)

Nissanka Wijemanne

Part IX: Corruption

25. Some Scenes from an Off-track Train (2013)

Prabhath Jayasinghe

26. The New Vehicle (excerpt) (2008)

Reverend Batuwangala Rahula

Part X: Alienation

27. The Death of the Magistrate’s Wife (excerpt) (2009)

Piyal Kariyawasam

28. Five Years (2010)

Ajit Tilakasena

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