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Defining the term “utopia” in the sense of Gregory Claeys in Searching for Utopia. The history of an idea (2011, p. 15) as a kind of exploration of 'the space between the possible and the impossible', examples are drawn from contemporary literature of Sri Lanka and India, either written in English, Singhalese or Hindi. Considering Thomes Mores famous novel Utopia (1516), passages from Manuka Wijesinghe's Theravada Man (2009; novel), Dayaratna Äm̆ bogama's Siridāsagē lōkayē mohotak (2002; shor...Defining the term “utopia” in the sense of Gregory Claeys in Searching for Utopia. The history of an idea (2011, p. 15) as a kind of exploration of 'the space between the possible and the impossible', examples are drawn from contemporary literature of Sri Lanka and India, either written in English, Singhalese or Hindi. Considering Thomes Mores famous novel Utopia (1516), passages from Manuka Wijesinghe's Theravada Man (2009; novel), Dayaratna Äm̆ bogama's Siridāsagē lōkayē mohotak (2002; short story), Sōmaratna Balasūriya's Karattaya (1991; short story), Sukesh Sahni's Grahaṇa (1998; short short story) and Vikas Swarup's Q & A (2005; novel) are examined. The paper concludes with the view of literature in itself as an apt tool to explore means and ways of personal conduct as well as developing ideas on how to manage interrelationship in society.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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