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
[Part -2]
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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