Thesis
De-centering the nation: Sivamohan Sumathy's Like myth and mother
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100759
Abstract
sivamohan sumathy's like myth and mother is a subtly deconstructive analysis of the competing discourses of nationalism sustaining the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict. It is simultaneously the biography of a nation, a war, and a politics, as well as of an individual, because the personal aspect of sumathy's writing is inexorably shaped by the nuances, contradictions, and complexities of Sri Lankan society and history. The richly allusive poems speak of displacement, war, violence, homeland, exile, nation, anguish, loss, and mourning. Thus, in this paper, I approach like myth and mother as a social text, deeply implicated in, articulating, and responding to discourses of power.
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- Title
- De-centering the nation
- Creators
- Nicola Perera
- Contributors
- Victor Villanueva (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525376801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis