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Martin wickramasinghe sinhala books5/18/2023 ![]() Due to the significance of themes embedded in Buddhism and village culture (long suppressed by centuries of European colonization) and sophistication of technique, Wickramasinghe is recognized in Sri Lanka as the most important Sinhalese novelist to date. Wickramasinghe published the first realist novels in Sinhala during the mid-twentieth century when, liberating itself from British imperialist rule, Sri Lanka was rejuvenating its national literature and culture as vital aspects of national identity. ![]() This paper will introduce the unique aesthetics of Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) literary and cultural traditions through an examination of the fiction of the literary critic and novelist, Martin Wickramasinghe.
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