"Discussing Leonard Woolf’s The Village in the Jungle" with Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya

Mon 6 June 2022

Lucy Cavendish College

Lucy Cavendish's Visiting Fellow Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya looks forward to discussing The Village in the Jungle, a unique achievement among colonial literary works. She will focus on the indigenisation of the novel through Woolf’s mastery of the Sinhala language. Lives of the oppressed are portrayed revealing the power structures within which jungle dwellers lived in colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A discussion with audience participation will follow the lecture.

Leonard Woolf was was a British political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was the husband of Virginia Woolf.

Location

This event will be taking place in-person in the Reception Rooms in Warburton Hall at Lucy Cavendish College.

Booking details

This event is free and open to all. If you would like to attend this event, please email Ella Barrett on ella.barrett@lucy.cam.ac.uk

Bookings close at 12 noon on 6th June.

Cost: Free