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Edwin Thumboo’s exposition of ‘The sin of David’:

Three verse compositions depicting an innerness of three Biblical personae

Emeritus Professor of English and Literature of the National University of Singapore Prof. Edwin Thumboo is regarded as the poet laureate of Singapore. His life and career as an exponential figure distinguished in letters has contributed much to the furtherance of the postcolonial literary identity of Asia.

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ENCOUNTERS

Buddhist confessional poetry: Narratives of self-conversion

I wish to devote the next few columns to an exploration into the Theragatha (Verses of Monks) and Therigatha (Verses of Nuns) in the light of modern literary theory.( I am fully cognizant of the risks that such a move would entail). These sets of verses written some thousands of years ago, it seems to me, contain a refreshingly contemporary ring and challenges to modern structures of feeling.

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CULTURAL SCENE

Prof. Sivathamby and Tamil literary culture

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In this week’s column I would like to further explore the salient works in Tamil literary culture and would, primarily, focus on Tirukkural. Tirukkural is made up of 1330 couplets on a wide range of themes relating to family life, society, asceticism, kingship and the protocol of love.

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