Of fifth century paintings
Looking back on styles of art, the 5th Century is
significant in that there evolved two distinct styles of art
pertaining to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and Istanbul, Turkey. A bevy
of alluring damsels having high foreheads shaping their faces with
enticing doe eyes, a rose coloured blush on their cheeks and lips
like lotus buds look down from a highly polished walled called a
mirror wall.
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Encounters
Literature and varieties of history
[Part 2]
Last week I discussed the work of two American
historians, Hayden White and Dominick LaCapra who exemplify the
vital connections that need to be made between literary theory and
history. Today I wish to focus on a very different school of
history, the French Annales School - it represents a radical
departure from accepted norms and agendas of history-writing.
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Cultural Scene
Indigenism and politics of identity
Continuing the series on postcolonial
literature, I would like to explore the themes of indigenism and
politics of identity. Nativism in postcolonial countries is closely
fused with indigenism and emerging politics of identity.
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