Sri Lanka

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References

A Bibliography of Ceylon: A Systematic Guide to the Literature on the Land, People, History and Culture Published in Western Languages from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day comp H.A.I. Goonetileke Vols I & II (I970 rprntd I973) lxxx +408 and ix + 865 ; Vol III xxxvii + 507, supplementing Vols I & II and containing additional materials up to June I973 (I976) Inter Documentation (Zug, Switzerland).

Images of Sri Lanka Through American Eyes (see Anthologies) contains pp 590-4II 'A Bibliography of American Travellers in Ceylon in the I9th and 20th Centuries' H.A.I. Goonetileke.

Doctoral Dissertations on Sri Lanka Submitted to Institutions of Higher Learning in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Australia I966-I974 comp F. J. Shulman I7 U of Maryland (Maryland) I976.

Theses Presented for Higher Degrees at the University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya iv+I4 U of Sri Lanka (Peradeniya) ; supplement (I97I-I976) deposited in the library, U of Sri Lanka at Peradeniya; a classified list with author and title index, with 2 appendices, of theses by Sri Lankan candidates presented to foreign universities, and theses by foreign candidates presented to foreign universities.

Knox, Robert Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities I 2 (I975) (see Journals) contains pp 8I-I5I 'Robert Knox in the Kandyan Kingdom I660-I670: A Bio-bibliographical Commentary' comp H.A.I. Goonetileke.

Arasanayagam, Jean Poems of a Season Beginning and a Season Over 48 Privately pbld (Kandy ) pa Rsio.oo.

de Silva, Alfreda Out of the Dark the Sun 51 Privately pbld (Moratuwa) pa RsI0.00.

Devananda, Yohan Judgment Again at Peradeniya 10 Privately pbld (Kurunegala) 1976 pa Rs2.00.

Fonseka, Sunil Gamini Shade of Green 21 Privately pbld (London) pa; text in Sinhala and English.

10.

Gunaratna, Ellen Herat Song of Freedom 48 Lake House Invstmts (Colombo) 1976 pa Rs7.50.

11.

Gunawardhana, Tilak A. The Trident and Other Poems 36 Privately pbld (Colombo ) pa Rs3.00.

12.

[Rutnam], James In the Spring: Some Verses 3I Colombo Apothecaries (Colombo).

13.

Wikkramasinha, Lakdasa (O Regal Blood) 12 Privately pbld (Maradana) 1975 pa.

14.

Abayakoon, Clarence

'Growing up'

Ceylon News 29 Sep; short story that has been broadcast by BBC.

15.

Bevilapitiye, S. Narrow Escape 125 Privately pbld (Colombo) 1975 pa Rs6.50; short stories.

16.

Proctor, Raja Illicit Immigrant 160 Lake House Invstmts (Colombo) pa.

17.

Thurairajah, A.C.St.V. The Woman in the Storm and Other Stories: A Miscellany illust M. Gerreyn 96 Ranco Prntrs & Pblrs (Colombo) 1975 pa RS7.70; also contains verse parodies, short essays; Foreword by Punyakante Wijenaike.

18.

Udugama, Sujatha The Dumb Princess and Other Stories illust 69 Trade Exchange ( Colombo ) 1975 pa Rsio.oo; folk tales re-told for children.

19.

Walatara, Douglas The Princess of the Well illust vi+42 Lake House Invstmts (Colombo) 1975 pa Rs5.00; Sinhala folk tales re-told.

20.

Wettesinghe, Sybil The Runaway Beard illust 16 Lake House Invstmts (Colombo) 1971 pa Rs2.90; story for children.

21.

Asian Laughter: An Anthology of Oriental Satire and Humour comp L. Feinberg , Iowa State U (Iowa) contains T. Vittachi 'Tempus definitely Fugits', extract from J. Vijayatunga , Grass For My Feet, selection of Andare's jests and 'spicy proverbs from Sinhala and Tamil which have lost nothing in translation'; further details not yet available.

22.

Images of Sri Lanka Through American Eyes: Travellers in Ceylon in the I9th and 20th Centuries ed H.A.I. Goonetileke illust XXX+4II U.S. Information Service (Colombo) 1976 pa RsI5.00; pbld as American Bicentennial salute to Sri Lanka; contains Introduction, commentaries, bibliography.

23.

Moderne Poezie uit Azie tr from English, Sinhala and other languages of Asia into Dutch by B. Dijk 208 van Gennep (Amsterdam) pa DflI9.90; contains pp 88-94 poems by Wimal Dissanayake, Yasmine Gooneratne, Siri Gunasinghe, Ashley Halpé, George Keyt, Anne Ranasinghe, Mahagama Sekara, N.C. Wickramesinghe, Lakdasa Wikkramasinha.

24.

Anand, Mulk Raj

'Literary Glimpses of Ceylon'

Illustrated Weekly of India LXXIII 6 ( 1952) 41 ( Bombay).

25.

Attygalle, R.C.L. 'Compulsory or Compulsive English?' Changing Times II 2 ( 1962) 6-10 (Colombo); rprntd Young Socialist II 2 (1962) 75-8 (Colombo ); observations on place of English language in Sri Lanka.

26.

—' Language and Literature' Changing Times II 3 (1962) 5, 7; place and purpose of literature in study of English as second language in Sri Lanka.

27.

de Silva, G.P.S.H. Printing and Publishing in Ceylon illust 48 Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO, Min of Education (Colombo) 1972.

28.

de Silva, K.M. (ed) Sri Lanka: A Survey xvi +496 Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg ( C. Hurst, London) £I2.00; analysis of the island's economy and politics, and survey of trends in population growth, education, religion, the arts.

29.

de Souza, A.T.A. 'English as a Second Language: Some Problems' Changing Times II 3 ( 1962) 8, II.

30.

Dharmadasa, K.N.O. 'Drama, Film and Music' Sri Lanka: A Survey 454-60 (see above).

31.

Gunatilleke, Godfrey 'A Language without Metaphor' Community I 2 (1954) 55-69 (Colombo ).

32.

Halpé, Ashley 'Painting and Sculpture' Sri Lanka: A Survey 460-5.

33.

Halverson, John 'The Fear of English' United States Education Foundation Newsletter (Colombo, 1969) 5-II.

34.

Passe, H.A. 'The Place of English in Ceylon in the Present Context' Changing Times III 3 (1963) 6-12.

35.

Siriwardena, Reggie 'Ceylon in English Literature' Ceylon Today IV 9 (1955) 1-4 (Colombo ).

36.

The Sinhala Reading Public 70+statistical appendix of 22 tables Marga Institute 6I Isipathana Mawatha (Colombo) (I974) pa Rs5.50.

37.

Vittachi, Tarzie Emergency' 58: The Story of the Ceylon Race Riots 124 Deutsch 1958 Ios 6d.

38.

Walatara, Douglas The Teaching of English as a Complementary Language in Ceylon 240 Lake House Invstmts (Colombo) 1965 pa Rs9.50.

39.

Weeraratne, C.M. 'Examination Syllabuses Need Changes' Ceylon News I8 Aug; analysis by former Deputy-Principal of Ananda College, of current syllabuses for Sri Lanka's public examinations, that includes the remark: 'A careful survey of the syllabuses in Sinhalese and English will make one conclude that in the future there will be no scholars of distinction in these language streams unless they are self-made.'

40.

Wickremasinghe, Martin Sinhala Language and Culture 155 Tisara Prakasakayo (Dehiwela) 1975 pa Rs7.50.

41.

Wijesekera, N.D. 'Preserving Traditional Rural Culture' Ceylon News 22 Dec 6, 12.

42.

Wijeyeratne, Nissanka 'Changes to Be Made in the Pattern of Education' Ceylon News I5 Dec; Minister of Education in new Government elected 1977 outlines planned changes that affect education at all levels.

43.

Dona Kamalawathie

Gunadasa Liyanage tr from the Sinhala by author

143 Times of Ceylon ( Colombo ) pa Rsio.oo; novel.

44.

Knox, Robert 'Robert Knox in the Kandyan Kingdom I660-I670' See Bibliographies of Individual Authors.

45.

Ludowyk, E.F.C.

'When Ludowyk Produced a Sinhala Play'

E.C.B. Wijeyesinghe Ceylon News I Dec; Sri Lankan actor recalls efforts of Ludowyk and Sarachchandra to 'familiarize Sinhala drama with a type of straight play in the spoken language'.

46.

Proctor, Raja Illicit Immigrant reviewed, V. Fernando Ceylon Daily News.

47.

Ruvanpathirana, Monica Nava Kavi Vimasuma reviewed, 'Dissecting the Poet' Asanga (pseud) Ceylon Neivs 4 Aug.

48.

Sarachchandra, E.R.

'Maname: Another View'

D. Amarasekera Ceylon News 6 Oct.

49.

—' Maname Nostalgia' G.K. Hatthotuwegama Ceylon News 6 Oct.

50.

Suraweera, A.V. Atta Bindeyi Paya Burulerl reviewed, 'A Day in the Campus' W. Dissanayake Ceylon News 22 Sep.

51.

Wickremasinghe, Martin Martin Wickremasinghe Koggala Maha Pragnaya- Martin Wickremasinghe The Sage of Koggala illust 3 II Tisara Prakasakayo (Dehiwela) 1975 pa Rs42.50; essays in Sinhala and English on his life and work to honour his 8 5 th birth anniversary.

52.

— 'Beyond Passion: Some Comments on the Theme and Structure of Viragaya' A. Halpé Martin Wickremasinghe 223-30.

53.

— 'Destinies of Generations' B. Riurikov Martin Wickremasinghe 74-5.

54.

—' Filming Gamperaliya' L.J. Peries Martin Wickremasinghe 273-4.

55.

— 'Martin Wickremasinghe' T. Balasuriya Martin Wickremasinghe 66-9.

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— 'Martin Wickremasinghe: Appreciation by an English Reader' D. Jackson Martin Wickremasinghe 62-3.

57.

— 'Martin Wickremasinghe's Kali Yugaya' G. Gunatilleke Martin Wickremasinghe 148-55; timely reprinting of study first pbld Community (Colombo, 1963) 68-78.

58.

- 'Martin Wickremasinghe, the Journalist' H.A.J. Hulugalle Martin Wickremasinghe 248-9.

59.

—' Psychology and Scientific Thought in East and West' J. Needham Martin Wickremasinghe 53-8.

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— 'The Dichotomy Between Reason and Intuition' P. de Silva Mart.n Wickremasinghe 192-7.

61.

— 'The Sage of Koggala' E. Pieris Martin Wickremasinghe 44-9.

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Wijenaike, Punyakante

'How I Write a Story'

P. Wijenaike Leisure 12 (1971) 14-15 (Colombo).

63.

— 'The Fiction of Punyakante Wijenaike' A. Niven JCL XII I 55-65.

64.

Woolf, Leonard

'Leonard Woolf Loved Ceylon'

R. Siriwardena Focus II 15 (1969) 5 (Colombo).

65.

— 'Leonard Woolf: The Man Who Was My Friend' S.C. Fernando Focus II G (1969) 5.

66.

- The British Image of India: A Study in the Literature of Imperialism A.J. Greenberger OUP 1969; refers to Woolf's writings on Sri Lanka pp 2-3, 60-I, 118, 124, 135-6, 163, 212, 219, 224; select bibliography to 1964.

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A Study of Fiction. See COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL Criticism.

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A study of Poetry. See COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL Criticism.

69.

Asian Laughter (Feinberg) reviewed, 'Asian Laughter: A Study by U.S. Professor' V. Fernando Ceylon Daily News 26 Aug.

70.

' " Bela Infanta" of Sri Lanka: Ballad Fragments in Portuguese Creole Communities' K.D. Jackson Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka Branch XIX 17-25 (see Journals).

71.

'Creative Writing in English' A. Halpé Sri Lanka: A Survey 446-54 (see Non-fiction under de Silva, K.M.).

72.

Developing Countries in British Fiction. See COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL Criticism.

73.

' Literary Activity in the Indigenous Languages' K.N.O. Dharmadasa Sri Lanka: A Survey 434-46.

74.

' Nationalism and the Writer in Sri Lanka and the West Indies' J. Goonewardena Savacou Sept 1975 12-17 (see THE WEST INDIES Journals); reprinted with changes from 'Nationalism and the Writer in Sri Lanka' JCL IX I (1974).

75.

'No "English" Writers in Lanka?' B.J.B. Fernando Radio Times XXIV 18 ( 1972) 5, 8, 12 (Colombo).

76.

' Poetry in Ceylon' Y. Gooneratne Radio Times XXIV 35 (1972) 10, 12.

77.

Navasilu I reviewed, G.K. Hattohotuwegama Tribune XXII 12 16-19 (see Journals); comment and analysis going on to admirable discussion of contemporary literary milieu.

78.

'Sinhala Poetry'

W. Dissanayake Ceylon News I3 Oct; review of poetry pbld in Sinhala by Eric Ilayapparachchy (Medyame Geethaya), Nandasena Ratnapala (Anthravay), Leel Gunasekera (Thrikona Aragalaya).

79.

'Socialist Thought and the Realistic Novel in Sri Lanka'

G. Amarasekera State 2 (1975) 39-46 (Colombo ).

80.

'Some Sketchy Sparks: Drama Festival '76' N. Wijesekera Ceylon News 16 June.

81.

Tamil Writing in Sri Lanka K. S. Sivakumaran 64 Privately pbld (Colombo) I974 pa Rs5.75.

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'The Word and the Image: Some Links Between Painting and Poetry in Sri Lanka' A. Halpé Viskam (Souvenir of 5th Non-aligned Summit Conference, Colombo) Dept of Cultural Affairs ( Colombo) 1976 103-14.

83.

'Thoughts on the Sinhala Theatre'

D. Abeysinghe Ceylon News I7 Nov.

84.

Ceylon News, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, Lake House, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo. Annual sub Rs205.40 (to U. K. by air): weekly digest of Sri Lanka news.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka Branch ns XIX (1975) [pbld Oct 1976] RsI5.00; obtainable Society's Library, Reid Ave, Colombo 7.

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Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities I 1-2 (1975) and II I, U of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya. Annual sub Rsio.oo; irregular since replacing University of Cylon Review.

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Tribune XXII, 43 Dawson St, Colombo 2. Sub rates on request; independent weekly, interests mainly political but has pbld fiction, poetry, essays of distinction.