Sepali Bamunusinghe- Doctor of Philosophy
- Senior Lecturer at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sepali Bamunusinghe
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Senior Lecturer at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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November 2007 - present
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Writers select vocabulary in conveying ideas and lexicalization is perceived as the most systematically analyzed form of ideological expression in discourse. This study describes and critically analyses the author's ideologies and examines how the author has textually constructed marginalization experienced by the conflicting communities of the war...
From ancient times, war has played a main role in the lives of people and has been a major theme for literature, history, and as well as for political discourses. The period between 1983-2009 marks the war that took place in Sri Lankan history, which impacted the country politically, culturally, and economically. The realms of Sri Lankan English, S...
From ancient times, war has played a main role in the lives of people and has
been a major theme for literature, history, and as well as for political
discourses. The period between 1983-2009 marks the war that took place in
Sri Lankan history, which impacted the country politically, culturally, and
economically. The realms of Sri Lankan English, S...
Marginalization is experienced in different forms by many people around the world, due to several reasons such as language, religion, ethnicity, sexuality etc. The point from which the power is exerted is unknown and hidden, however it is hovering above, making the marginalized, powerless, and struggling. This critical literature review, which is p...
Between 1983 and 2009, Sri Lanka experienced a bleak and violent war that had a significant political, cultural, and economic impact on the country's social setting. Domains of English, Sinhala, and Tamil literature in Sri Lanka also changed during this period, and a number of poems, fiction, drama, and films were written in response to the war, bo...
When scrutinizing human history, from prehistoric period up to present time, the role played by religion in the lives of the human beings is alluring. It is clear that from the very beginning, people have practiced religion in some form everywhere in the world. Polytheism or the belief in many gods is a notion we can identify in many ancient religi...
Juvenal's name is recorded in the history of Roman literature, as one of the outstanding satire poets. Though his voice was of a moralist, it was as an ordinary man, he perceived the world he lived and satirized the existing social, political, cultural and ethical issues in the Roman society. While highlighting the fact that it is the decline of mo...
A piece of fictional prose published in Daily News, Sri Lanka
[https://www.dailynews.lk/2017/03/01/features/108997/empty-lobby]
A piece of fictional prose published in Daily News, Sri Lanka
[https://www.dailynews.lk/2017/02/15/features/107649/stolen-youth]
A piece of fictional prose published in Daily News, Sri Lanka
[https://www.dailynews.lk/2017/02/08/features/107006/realization%E2%80%A6]
A piece of fictional prose published in Daily News, Sri Lanka
[https://www.dailynews.lk/2017/02/01/features/106291/pyre-awaits%E2%80%A6]
A piece of fictional prose published in Daily News, Sri Lanka
[https://www.dailynews.lk/2017/01/25/features/105599/starry-confession]
On the canvas of old Greek comedy, Aristophanes painted his contemporary society which he lived and his main characters of the comedies were chosen from the Athenian soil. Provided with the freedom of speech, action, thinking and satirizing by the democratic Athens; Aristophanes was capable to entertain his audience at all levels, making them to la...
Translation is generally considered as the act of transforming data from a source language to a target language. It is a well-known fact that a translator should always be a good linguist since she/he tackles language all the time regardless whether it is the target language (TL) or source language (SL). Among the translation types of technical, sc...
As the first Greek poet who addressed his own community, uplifting the common farmer to the level of the Homeric heroes of royal blood, Hesiod in Works and Days provides instructions for living a life of truthful work. With the use of fables, myths, personification and specially his unique style of writing, Hesiod provides moral instructions, with...
It was before thousands of years that the Greek dramatists laid the foundation of Western Drama in ancient Greece. Euripides was a dramatist who brought change to Greek tragedy and being an intellectual dramatist, his career mirrors a modern look and many critics regard him as an explorer of human psychology. Euripides’ heroes are the common men an...
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It was before thousands of years that the Greek dramatists laid the foundation of Western Drama in ancient Greece. Euripides was a dramatist who brought change to Greek tragedy and being an intellectual dramatist, his career mirrors a modern look and many critics regard him as an explorer of human psychology. Euripides’ heroes are the comm...
Translation is generally considered as the act of transforming the data in a source language to a target language. It is a well-known fact that a translator should always be a good linguist since she/he tackles language all the time regardless whether it is the target language (TL) or source language (SL). Among the translation types of technical,...
Translation is generally considered as the act of transforming the data in a source language to a target language. It is a well-known fact that a translator should always be a good linguist since she/he tackles language all the time regardless whether it is the target language (TL) or source language (SL). Among the translation types of technical,...
Technical translation deals with technical documents such as advertisements, obituaries, marriage proposals, bids, procurement notices, user guides/technical manuals, specification sheets, scientific papers, engineering plans, IT documents and etc. Technical manuals or user guides can be considered as a technical document which assists people in us...
Technical translation deals with technical documents such as advertisements, obituaries, marriage proposals, bids, procurement notices, user guides/technical manuals, specification sheets, scientific papers, engineering plans, IT documents and etc. Technical manuals or user guides can be considered as a technical document which assists people in us...
Translation is mostly referred to as the act of transforming the data of a source language in to a target language. In this process, the translator’s knowledge on these two languages is of great significance since a minor change has the capacity to change the intended meaning of the original text. Furthermore, it is important for a translation rega...
Translation is mostly referred to as the act of transforming the data of a source language in to a target language. In this process, the translator’s knowledge on these two languages is of great significance since a minor change has the capacity to change the intended meaning of the original text. Furthermore, it is important for a translation rega...
It was before thousands of years that Greek drama sprang up in the Hellenic soil, a treasure not only to the Western world, but also to the whole world of arts. The three distinct genres of Greek drama being tragedy, satyr-play and comedy, they were performed at the dramatic festivals of the Greek world such as City Dionysia, Anthesteria, Lenaia, R...
In the ancient Greek world, drama was a part of their lives, something intimate, frequent and inseparable. It was not the individual choice that took the mass to the Greek theatre, but they were a part of this process of dramas as a nation, which came in the guise of rituals of festivals, held in honour of god Dionysus. Drama and drama festivals we...
Virgil is one of the most outstanding Roman poets of the time. He was blessed with a creative insight to observe the world lying around him and a unique philosophy of life of his own to analyze; what he perceived. Virgil’s Georgics displays the maturity of the poet and at the same time his rich presentation of colorful words and impressive phrases....
Among the many genres of writing, academic writing stands out as a particular genre with its own distinctive style, forms of expression and vocabulary (Oliver 2004). Unlike the other genres of writing, the target audience of the academic writing variety being the academic community, it should be remembered that the findings are to be shared by the...
The prevailing Olympian Religion during the sixth century BC did not ensure a promising after life for the Greeks. Therefore, in the course of time, the new hopes began to flourish and people began to investigate for novel religious notions which could bring them new hopes and security for after life. It is the dissatisfaction of the people and the...
The era of Plato and Aristotle marks the prime of Greek philosophy with a great contribution of novel thoughts on truth, universe, human being, arts, religion, political theories and ethics. During the attempts of Plato in finding an ideal state of perfectness and Aristotle, an idealism free form the fanatic notions of Platonic system; they were ab...
Thousands of years ago on the Hellenic grounds, the Greeks were at the beginning of the beginning of a new civilization which was the foundation of the present and the forthcoming future of the Western world. Amidst their architectural, artistic, philosophical and cultural achievements; the role played by Greek religion was immensely influential. F...
The world which was believed to be an immense creation of the unseen powers, lost its super natural origin after the invasion of rationality and logic. The ‘wonder’ of the universe was questioned by the rational thoughts of outstanding figures who were among the ordinary people. They were the philosophers who observed the world with their third eye...
