Sellathamby Sriskandarajah

Scenes from Tamil Classics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Scenes from Tamil Classics is a book about Tamil poetry. Tamil is one of the very few living classical languages of the world and has a rich and copious literary, musical and religious tradition.

This book is primarily intended for expatriate Tamils, particularly to the children of Tamil immigrants in Europe, Australia and North America who are in danger of becoming increasingly alienated from their cultural roots. The intention of the book is to create an awareness and a sense of belonging among those expatriate children who are caught up in an uncomfortable tension between the culture of their own family and ethnic community and the culture of the wider society around them. This book is an attempt to give a taste of Tamil literature through the medium of English.

In the selected extracts, the author paints in the details of the story or the situation which the poet has left unsaid, and draws out the inferences and allusions lying implicit in the poem. He thus brings the scene to life, and prevents the eye of the reader from passing too swiftly and superficially over the text. Instead, he stimulates the reader to reflect on the action and the feelings expressed, and enables him or her to appreciate more fully the artistry of the poem. In addition to extracts from ancient and medieval Tamil classics, Scenes from Tamil Classics provides a wide-ranging survey of Tamil literature.

This is a fresh and original book which leads the reader into a world which is many centuries and thousands of miles distant from our own. Beyond the particular readership mentioned above, there is much in these pages to give delight to anyone with an interest in literature and in the human condition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse UK
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781467003629
• Artikelnr.: 52505295

Autorenporträt

S. Sriskandarajah was born in Sri Lanka. Having graduated from the University of Madras in India, he became an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1970, and worked in the Ministry of Justice as Crown Counsel and then as a Senior Legal Draftsman until 1980. Subsequently he moved to Nigeria, where he taught Law and English. Upon coming to England, he obtained a Master's degree in law at the London School of Economics and Political Science (L.S.E), and qualified as a solicitor. He then joined the Government Legal Service of the UK in which he served as a Principal Legal Officer until his retirement. Currently he is the Principal of CANDS Legal, a Solicitors firm based in Essex, England.

Whereas Mr Sriskandarajahs professional career was in the field of law, Tamil language, literature and arts have been his consuming interest. He is a poet, an experienced radio presenter and public speaker. He is a regular writer, and has contributed many articles both in English and Tamil to various magazines and journals.While working in Sri Lanka he translated many science text books and legislative enactments. In addition he has written five books, of which two are on the subject of law and the others on matters relating to Tamil ethics and the Tamil liberation struggle.

He is married with two children, one of whom is a legal practitioner and the other a medical doctor. Mrs Mathini Sriskandarajah is a well known Tamil classical vocalist.