Student Research Symposium, Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit
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Item Resonances of an Enduring Lament: The ‘Trojan Women’ as a War Play(Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Abeysekara, C.J.War creates problems that are common to people across space and time. One such is the breakup of the family unit. The Greeks fought the Trojan War in prehistoric times upon which is based the play “Trojan Women” authored by Euripides. It is important to search the relevance of this Greek play written in 415 BCE, and the society in which it was produced to the Sri Lankan society of the 21st century in the point of view of the producer and director of the Sinhala drama. What common factors did they see between these two societies to open a discussion of an ancient war of the western world? This question arose with the experience of being part of the production of this play at a university level. Here I’m going to do this study by using the both primary and secondary sources. I hope to discuss this production as a Sri Lankan drama and its relation to my central topic. I hope to discuss and develop the central topic with the guidance of the play’s producer, senior lecturer Mr. Priyankara Rathnayake, of the of Drama, theatre and image arts unit of the University of Kelaniya and discussions with the actors, costume designers, makeup artists and music directors, all whom were students of the university.Item A Comprehensive Study on Kuzanthai M. Shanmugalingam’s Plays of 1980-1990(Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajakaruna, R.H.W.P.W.A.C.The period of 1980-1990 is remembered as perhaps the most violent period in Sri Lanka’s history with the growing ethnic tension leading to a civil war with the LTTE against the Sri Lankan state. Due to the adverse situation faced by the Tamils during the war, their theatre was limited to the Northern Province and Mr Kuzanthai M. Shanmugalingam played a significant role in developing the Tamil theatre at this stage. Shanmugalingam has mainly focused on the influence of the outcomes of the ethnic conflict on both the civil population and terrorists. Most of Shanmugalingam’s plays are in fact restricted to the Jaffna region. Most of the critics who have done empirical research on the topic have also argued that the dramas of Shanmugalingam are the best guide for a researcher to attain a comprehensive idea of the Tamil theatre during the war. The present research is focused on how Shanmugalingam’s plays depict themental condition of the war-affected civilians in the war-torn areas. This study is based on three of his acclaimed dramas; ‘Man Sumanda Maniyar’, ‘Annei Ittaththi’, ‘Endeiyum Thayum’ which presents a clear picture on the Psychological effect of war on unarmed civilians who suffered from war. The analytical facts of this study are based on the primary data collected from interviews conducted with the experts on the subject and secondary data collected from various scholarly sources.