MLA Conference, New York, December 2002
Special Session on "Sri Lankan Writers on Post- Independence Conflicts"
The representation of ethnic and political conflict has become a
fundamental part of the Sri Lankan story. Contemporary Sri Lankan
writers, irrespective of the language they use, engage ethnic and
political conflicts that have plagued Sri Lanka since independence. But
even a short list of contemporary English-language writers -- Michael
Ondaatje, Shyam Selvadurai, Jean Arasanayagam, and Romesh Gunesekera, to
name just four -- each represent the conflicts differently, depending
upon factors such as own location (abroad or at home), their ethnic
background and experience, their class background, as well as gender and
sexuality.
We solicit papers that use literary theory and postcolonial scholarship
to approach the representation of conflict in Sri Lankan literature,
including literature written in Tamil and Sinhala. Issues that may be
salient include: disappearances, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality,
terror/State terror, class, and political insurgency.
Please email a 250 word abstract and CV by March 25, 2002 to Erangee
Kumarage (erk2@lehigh.edu) and Amardeep Singh (amsp@lehigh.edu).
(Please send copies to both addresses). Early inquiries are welcome.
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