Textual creations towards ‘dramatisations’
What plays in the mind of the writer when writing
a play to become (a) ‘playwright’? The initial point of a drama’s
birth is on paper as a ‘script’. Yet that script does not constitute
a ‘work’ as such in the world of drama and theatre. The words penned
on paper describing settings and situations, narrating actions and
dialogues do not truly find their moment of publication until the
‘drama’,
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Encounters
Remembering Munidasa Cumaratunga
A few days ago, the one hundred and twenty fifth
birth anniversary of Munidasa Cumaratunga was celebrated. President
Mahinda Rajapaksa graced the occasion, and Gunadasa Amarasekera
commented on the importance and relevance of Cumaratunga’s thinking
for us as we struggle with myriad complex issues.
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Cultural scene
Revisiting Orientalism:
Modern phase of Orientalism
In this week’s column we would look at the
reshaping of modern Orientalism and its specialisation in modern
context into different branches such as ‘area studies’. Considering
the early phase of Orientalism,
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