Wave.pptx english literature srilankan context

Wave.pptx english literature srilankan context

1. Wave

2. memoir   based on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami first published in 2013 recounts the story of the author's life before the tsunami struck the coast,

3. and how it changed dramatically after the disaster. [4] written in the first-person narrative style. [5] received several awards and positive reviews from critics. [6]

4. a  literary nonfiction genre. a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private factual . defined as a subcategory of autobiography Memoir (from French:  mémoire :  memoria , meaning  memory  or  reminiscence ),

5. Autobiographies/ memoirs are written from the first-person point of view. An autobiography tells the story  of a life , while a memoir tells  a story from a life , such as touchstone events and turning points from the author's life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a  memories . www.wikipedia.com

6. the author at a beach-side hotel on the Sri Lankan coast with her family .  She gave the first hint at the impending disaster, " The ocean looked a little closer to our hotel than usual ". The book starts with

7. She describes that, within minutes, things changed before her eyes, and her family was lost when they were washed away somewhere "far away".

8. The author frequently laments her loss throughout the book. Deraniyagala is nostalgic of days before the tidal wave.

9. Hikkaduwa , in southern Sri Lanka, after the 2004 tsunami. Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA

10. On December 26, 2004 people of South Asia and East Africa In Sri Lanka, the tsunami resulted in 31,187 deaths, 4,280 missing people, 23,189 injured people, and the displacement of 545,715 people

11. T his natural disaster had an immediate psychological impact on those who had been exposed to the event in Sri Lanka.

12. 14 % to 39% of children had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.) And in another study, 41% of adolescents and approximately 20% of those adolescents' mothers had PTSD 4 months after the event. 3 to 4 weeks after the tsunami,

13. The International Post-Tsunami Study Group examined psychological symptoms experienced by people from the Peraliya area 20 to 21 months after the tsunami. In Peraliya , approximately 2,000 people died, 450 families became homeless, and 95% of the village was destroyed. Long-Term Psychological Impact of the Tsunami

14. 80 % felt as though their life was in danger 51% had a family member die as a result of the tsunami 80% had a friend who lost his/her life 35% had a family member seriously injured 45% had a friend seriously injured Besides the natural disaster itself, of those interviewed from this area, many experienced other traumatic events:

15. Approximately 21% had PTSD Approximately 16% had severe depression Approximately 30% had severe anxiety

16. relied on their own inner strength. relied on family and friends, hospitals, relied on their religious and cultural practices and rituals. How They Coped With This Traumatic Event

17. Wave is a metaphor of traumatic inner environment of Sonali after tsunami. Sonali Deraniyagala??????????

18. That morning, Deraniyagala lost her husband, parents and two boys.

19. Patachara ???????????????

20. Video -03

21. Sri Lankan Studied / worked / married and lived in England Economist by profession Married Steve Lissonburgh ( A research professor) Had two sons Sonali Deraniyagala

22. "I stared into this unknown landscape, still wondering if I was dreaming, but fearing, almost knowing, I was not."

23. "Someone suggested I take a sleeping pill. I refused the pill. If I sleep now I will forget. I will forget what happened. I will wake believing everything is fine. I will reach for Steve, I will wait for my boys. Then I will remember. And that will be too awful. That I must not risk."

24. She continually surfs the internet to find painless ways of killing herself. " I needed to know how to do it successfully, I couldn't mess it up."

25. "I struck at the bed. I stabbed the mattress with the muddied pointed end, over and over, harder and harder, until a tear appeared, and again to make the hole deeper and again to make another gash and again to join up all the gashes."

26. She visits and revisits the site of the hotel where she was staying when the wave struck. Once, her father-in-law finds fluttering at his feet a laminated A4 page from the research report her husband was writing when he was killed. "Except for a small tear in the middle, this page was intact. It had survived the wave? And the monsoon in the months after? I clasped the paper to my chest and sobbed." She finally stops her search when she finds her son's shirt "under a spiky bush, half-buried in sand. One of the sleeves was still rolled up."

27. ‘This is possibly the most moving book I have ever read about grief, but it is also a very, very fine book about love. For grief is the black hole that is left in our lives when we lose someone irreplaceable – a child, a parent, a lover .’ William Dalrymple

28. ‘And while on Wave, love reveals itself by the bleak intensity of the pain of absolute, irreplaceable loss. It is in the end a love story and a book about the importance of love’ -New York Times

29. Extract…………..

30. a gruesome and poignant situation. With full of suspense and adventure. An authentic / living and lived experience. This is ;

31. Empowered women identity. Empowered and protective motherhood. Truth of human behaviour in crisis. Humans prioritize their loved ones when they are in a critical situation. Ignorance of people about disasters .’ uncertainty of life of human beings . Love/ loss/ grief Themes and issues………