Terror, Trauma, Transitions: Representing Violence in Sri Lankan Literature

Because of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long ethnic conflict between the Sri Lankan government and militant groups like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the comparatively brief but bloody conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Janata Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), violence has occupied a...

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Autor principal:	Maryse Jayasuriya
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2016
Materias:	violence terrorism war memory sri lanka ethnicity literature reconciliation General Works A
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description	Because of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long ethnic conflict between the Sri Lankan government and militant groups like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the comparatively brief but bloody conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Janata Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), violence has occupied an important place in contemporary Sri Lankan literature. This essay surveys the role of violence in contemporary Sri Lanka literature in English, Tamil, and Sinhala, considering the ways in which literature bears witness to violence, mourns violence, protests violence, and calls for and models dialogue and reconciliation.
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title	Terror, Trauma, Transitions: Representing Violence in Sri Lankan Literature
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Terror, Trauma, Transitions: Representing Violence in Sri Lankan Literature

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