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  • Colonial Neuroses: Kipling and Forster 
    Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 1974)
  • Nuthana Sinhala Ketikatha 
    Gunawardhana, N.D. (Nuthana Kala Nirmana Saha K. Jayathilake, 1983)
    Today Sinhala short stories are very famous among readers. Writers have selected different areas of society for their creations. So we can know the variance of our society by reading these short stories.
  • The theory of Empedocles on the Origin of life against the background of Greek Myths 
    Jayasekera, K. (Aquinas Journal, Aquinas, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1985)
    The theory of Zoogony as put forth by the Greek philosopher and how he had analyzed its development according to the cosmic cycle he had presented provides many thought provoking theories to the moderns. As for example the ...
  • The Verb in Early Sinhalese 
    Premaratne, Asoka Chandrasiri (1986)
  • Femininity and the position of Women in Ancient Rome 
    Jayasekera, K. (Aquinas Journal, Aquinas, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1987)
    The belief is that no human woman gave birth to the founders of Rome. They were children of she wolf. The characteristics the Romans prided themselves of is quite visible from this. They were proud of their masculinity, ...
  • Illukvava Terracotta Figurines 
    Nandadeva, B.D. (Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, Colombo, 1990)
  • Drama and the origin of Greek Literary criticism 
    Jayasekera, K. (Thalalle Sri Dhammananda felicitation volume, Ministry of Buddhist affairs, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1990)
    The paper explicitly examines the validity of considering Greek Old Comedy as an agent of introducing Literary Criticism to the ancient West. Had Aristophanes been aware of the revolution he was making in putting on ...
  • Panchathanthraya ha Hithopadeshaya 
    Gunawardhana, N.D. (Vishva Sahithyaya (Published by dept of cultural affairs), 1990)
    Panchathanthraya and Hithopadeshaya are very ancient Sanskrit books. We can see so many influences of these books on Sinhala literature. So by this research paper I have explained important instructions which we can get ...
  • Sri Lankan Poetry in English: Getting Beyond the Colonial Heritage 
    Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 1990)
  • Miyuru Sandese Venum Maga 
    Gunawardhana, N.D. (Sri Revatha, 1991)
    Mayura Sandeshaya which was written by Kavishvara, belongs to Gampola period. It is our first Sinhaloa sandesha poetry. Author compliments about king, prime minister, chief incumbent and so many places from Gampola to Devi ...
  • Rock Art of Sri Lanka 
    Nandadeva, B.D. (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 1992)
  • Sri Lanka's "Ethnic" Conflict in its Literature in English 
    Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (World Literature Today, 1992)
  • Parivarthana Navakatha saha Ema Bovari 
    Gunawardhana, N.D. (Vimalakirthi Sambhavana, 1992)
    There are two sections of this article. First I explained about translated novels in modern Sinhala literature, there are so many translations of English novels and Russian novels. Ema Bovari is also a Russsian novel. This ...
  • Aristophanes, the poet who crossed the boundaries of time 
    Jayasekera, K. (Sambhasha, Ministry of culture and Higher Education, Colombo ,Sri Lanka, 1993)
    The study focuses on Aristophanes the sole representative of old Greek Comedy. This is an analytical study of his dramas. The poet is considered to have concentrated on the social, political and economic situation of the ...
  • Quartet -- The Other Tagore 
    Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (Journal of South Asian Literature, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1993)
  • The 1971 Insurgency in Sri Lankan Literature in English 
    Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (Modern Fiction Studies, 1993)
  • Sinhala Vyakyana Sahithyaya Saha Jathaka Atuva Getapadaya 
    Gunawardhana, N.D. (Sinhala Sangarava, 1993)
    Commentaries books help readers to learn Pali, Sanskrit or Sinhala text books. The golden era of Sinhala commentaries literature is Polonnaruwa period. Jathaka Atuva Getapadaya belongs to Polonnaruwa period. In this research ...
  • The ideas on rebirth in Greek philosophy 
    Jayasekera, K. (Sambsha, Ministry of Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1994)
    The paper concentrates particularly on the ideas expressed by Greek philosophers on the concept or rebirth. In Greek philosophy many have expressed theories on what happens to the essence of a human being after death. Many ...
  • Sri Lankan Drama in English: Metamorphosis through Migration 
    Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (World Literature Today, 1994)
  • Socrates, Aristophanes and Historical Fact 
    Jayasekera, K. (Sambhava,Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995)
    The exercise comprise of an attempt to examine the relationship that Aristophanes had with Socrates, in the backdrop of Classical Greece. Many are of the opinion that TheClouds, staged by Aristophanes was indirectly ...

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