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Sri Lankans' Views on English in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras

By: Dr. Subathini Ramesh,Mitali P. Wong

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Sri Lankans' Views on English in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras

By: Dr. Subathini Ramesh,Mitali P. Wong

This book evaluates the views of different ethnic groups towards the English language in Sri Lanka for a period of almost two centuries. While a few studies have addressed the subject of English in Sri Lanka in a general way, there has been no research showing the specifics of English usage in the major ethnic communities of the country. This text considers notions and attitudes towards English that prevail in Sri Lanka today among writers, language planners, teachers and students, habitual speakers, and infrequent users, as well as elite and non-elite groups in the country. The book also examines colonial and postcolonial writings in three communities, namely the Sri Lankan diaspora and the Tamil and Sinhala communities.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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ISBN 10

1527547205

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9781527547209

The Fiction of South Asians in North America and the Caribbean

A Critical Study of English-Language Works Since 1950

By: Mitali P. Wong,Zia Hasan

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The Fiction of South Asians in North America and the Caribbean

A Critical Study of English-Language Works Since 1950

By: Mitali P. Wong,Zia Hasan

This study establishes connections between the themes and methodologies of writers within the South Asian diaspora in the New World, and serves both serious analysts as well as beginning readers of South Asian fiction. It is an impartial study that analyzes the stylistic excellence of South Asian fiction and the clearly emergent motifs of the writers, recognizing the value of the interplay of cultural differences and the need for resolution of those differences. The book begins with a discussion of the works of Indo-Caribbean novelists Samuel Selvon and V.S. Naipaul, author of A House for Mr. Biswas and The Enigma of Arrival, thereby establishing parallels between the immigration patterns of the South Asian diaspora who first emigrated to the Caribbean long before significant numbers of South Asians came to the United States. Next, the fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust), the non-fictional narratives of Ved Mehta (Face to Face), and the satire and social criticism of Bharati Mukherjee (Wife) and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Sister of My Heart) are discussed. New literary voices such as those of Bapsi Sidhwa (An American Brat), Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, whose characters, plots and themes deal with universal human experiences, Akhil Sharma, Manil Suri and Samrat Upadhyay are studied for the new directions and new methods they offer. A sub-genre of young adult fiction is discovered in the novels of Dhan Gopal Mukerji, such as in his Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon, and more recently in the works of Mitali Perkins and Indi Rana. Recent expatriate novelists from South Asia such as Anita Desai, Amitav Chosh, Vikram Chandra and the American editions of Vikram Seth's novels are appraised together with contemporary Indo-Canadian novelists and Indo-Caribbean novelists resident in Canada.

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160

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McFarland

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0786482249

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9780786482245

The English Language Poetry of South Asians

A Critical Study

By: Mitali Pati Wong,Syed Khwaja Moinul Hassan

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The English Language Poetry of South Asians

A Critical Study

By: Mitali Pati Wong,Syed Khwaja Moinul Hassan

In this study, ten independent critical essays and a coda explore the English-language poetry of South Asians in terms of time, place, themes and poetic methodologies. The transnational perspective taken establishes connections between colonial and postcolonial South Asian poetry in English as well as the poetry of the old and new diaspora and the Subcontinent. The poetry analysis covers the relevance of historical allusions as well as underlying concerns of gender, ethnicity and class. Comparisons are offered between poets of different places and time periods, yielding numerous sociopolitical paradigms that surface in the poetry.

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McFarland

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0786436220

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9780786436224

Book's by Mitali P. Wong

Sri Lankans' Views on English in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras

Sri Lankans' Views on English in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras

The Fiction of South Asians in North America and the Caribbean

The Fiction of South Asians in North America and the Caribbean

The English Language Poetry of South Asians

The English Language Poetry of South Asians

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