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Department of Sinhala

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Ms. R. M. Sumudu Niragie Seneviratne

Senior Lecturer (Grade I)

  •    Department of Sinhala

Education

Doctoral Candidate

University of Peradeniya

M.Phil

University of Peradeniya

2012

BA (Hons) Sinhala

University of Peradeniya

2002

Current Positions

Senior Lecturer - (Grade I)

2019 - To Present

Positions Held

Departmental Coordinator, Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (CDCE), - University of Peradeniya

2018-2020

Undergraduate Dissertation Programme Coordinator, Department of Sinhala, - University of Peradeniya

2014-2020

Member of Arts Council, - University of Peradeniya

2017-2018

Program Coordinator (Dissertation), Undergraduate Research Congress - University of Peradeniya,

2017-2018.

Academic Program Coordinator, Postgraduate Programs in Sinhala, - University of Peradeniya

2015-2017

Part-Time Academic Sub-Warden, Ramanathan Hall, - University of Peradeniya.

2003-2005

Memberships

Life Membership - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka

Awards

State Literary Award for the Best Short Story Collection in the Year - (Sithuwamen Nerapu Kindurek)

2020

TV Derana ‘Aeya’ Award in Recognition the Contribution to the Field of Literature - Inline with International Women’s Day

2020

State Literary Award for the Best Short Story Collection in the Year - (Gihin Enna Carnival)

2018

‘Rajatha Pusthaka’ Award for the Best Short Story Collection in the Year - (Gihin Enna Carnival)

2018

State Literary Award for the Best Novel in the Year - (Dulwala Alankare)

2016

Honorary Award in Recognition the Contribution to the Field of Literature - District Secretariat Kurunegala.

2018

The winning novel of Godage Script Writing Competition - (Dulwala Alankare)

2015

University Scholarship for Excellency in Arts - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya

2001/2002

C. E. Jayanayake Prize for Greatest Competence in Sinhala - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya

2001/2002

Jayantha Weerasekara Prize for Greatest Competence in Sinhala - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya

2001/2002

Prof. D. E. Hettiarachchi Prize in Sinhala (for Exegetical Literature) - General Convocation 2002, University of Peradeniya

2002/2002

First Place, Rev. Kalukondayawe Sri Pragnasekara Commemorative All Island Essay Competition, - Navagamuwa Youth Foundation.

1996

First Place, All Island Essay Competition, - Korea- Lanka Social and Cultural Organization.

1994

First Place, All Island Essay Competition, Sri Lanka Educational, - Cultural and Social Association of France.

1993

First Place, Human Rights Day, All Island Essay Competition, - Sri Lanka Foundation.

1993

First Place, Major General Denzil Kobbekaduwa Commemorative All Island Essay Competition, - Jathika Veera Padanama.

1993

First Place, ‘Bhasha Upanga’, All Island Sinhala Language and Literary Competitions, - Ministry of Education.

1993

First Place, ‘Sahithya Denuma Minuma’, All Island Sinhala Language and Literary Competitions, - Ministry of Education.

1992/1993

Co-Winner, Martin Wickramasinghe Birth Centenary All Island Essay Competition, - Martin Wickramasinghe Foundation.

1990

Co-Winner, Martin Wickramasinghe Birth Centenary All Island Literary Criticism Competition, - Martin Wickramasinghe Foundation

1990

First Place, All Island Essay Competition, - National Water Supply, and Drainage Board.

1990

Publications

BOOKS

Sithuwamen Nerapu Kindurek, Nugegoda: Vidarshana Publications, 2019.

https://www.kbooks.lk/Sithuwamen-Nerapu-Kindurek-Sumudu-Niragee-Senavirathna

Gihin Enna Carnival, Colombo: S Godage saha Sahodarayo, 2017.

https://www.kbooks.lk/gihin_enna_carnival_sumudu_niragee_senavirathna

Dulwala Alankare, Colombo: S. Godage saha Sahodaraho, 2015.

https://godage.com/?s=Dulwala+Alankare&post_type=product&type_aws=true

Madhuvāpī Vihāra Vitti Varnanāva saha Dahaneka Patuna, Colombo: S. Godage saha Sahodarayo, 2014.

https://touch.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558691188549783&id=100032267210889&set=a.455611342191102

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Beddegama Vichara Vimarshana (බැද්දේගම විචාර විමර්ශන), Extra Reading Text-Book for Advanced Level students, Colombo: Educational Publications Department, Ministry of Education, Battaramulla, 2021, pp. 84-97, 98-112 &113-126.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“The Contemporary Historical Novels Depicted the Elite Femininity in Kandyan Period” a Geo-historical Study, Sahithyaya, ed. Samantha Herath and Others, Department of Cultural Affairs, Battaramulla, 2019.

The Village in the Jungle: A Fiction Metaphor of Colonial Practice, Sahithyaya, ed. Samantha Herath and Others, Department of Cultural Affairs, Battaramulla, 2018.

The Last King of Kandy: The Representation of Rev. Sandanangama Siddhartha, Pannasomabhinandana, ed. Rev. Alahenegama Sumanarathana and Others, Sri Pushaparama Purana Viharaya, Naththandiya, 2018.

Sinhala E-Usage, Sahithyaya, ed. Samantha Herath and Others, Department of Cultural Affairs, Battaramulla, 2017.

Poetry, Reader and Communication, Nenesa. Ed, Rev. Mahaesseddume Seelananda and Rev. Tempitiye Indavimala. Asgiri maha Viharaya, Kandy, 2017.

Sinhala Message Poetries Interposed by the Political Conflicts in the Kotte Period (Kotte Yugaye Deshapalana Bala Getumata Medi Wu Sinhala Sandesha Kavya), Patipada, ed. Rev. Hangilielle Gnanawimala, Kandy, 2013.

The Social Preference and the Change of Vocabulary – Study on Sinhala Language (Samaja Ruchikathvaya saha Vakkosha Parinamaya – Sinhala Bhashava Ashritha Vimarshanayak), Samarchana – Rev. Nittambugama Vachissara Felicitation Volume, ed. Rev. Minuwangamuwe Mahanama, Puwakpitiya: Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, 2008.

Taboos in Sinhala Culture (Sinhala Sanskruthikanubaddha Thahanchi Sankalpaya Pilibanda Vimasumak), Sahithyaya Vishesha Kalapaya, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 2008.

A Study of Onomatopoetic Words in Sinhala Language (Sinhala Bhashave Shabdanukarana Pada Malava Pilibanda Vimasumak), Pehesara - Prof. P. B. Meegaskumbura Felicitation Volume, ed. Lakshman Nugapitiya and Others, Colombo: S. Godage, 2008.

The First Language Planning Process in Sinhala: A Study on the Language Revival in the Kandyan Period (Sinhalaya Prathama Bhasha Selasumkarakna Vyaparaya Mahanuwara Yugəye Bhasha Punarjeevana Karthavyayan Pilibanda Vimasumak), Rev. Wilapitiye Gnanawansa Felicitation Volume, ed. Rev. Kahawatte Jinasiri, Gelioya: Nigrodhakheththa Maha Pirivena, 2007.

Collision of Classicalization and Modernization: A Study on Sinhala Written Language in the 20th Century (Visivana Siyavasa Sinhala Lekhana Vyavaharaya Ashritha Sambhavyakaraka-Naweekaraka Visadrushaatha), Sambhasha, ed. Rev. Walaswewe Gnanarathana, Piriven Education Branch in the Ministry of Education, 2006.

Buddhist Influence in Sinhala Folk Language (Sinhala Janavaharehi Bauddhagamika Abhasaya), Saragawesi – Academic Journal, ed. Rev. Medagampitiye Vimaladhamma, Pali and Buddhist Society, University of Peradeniya, 2005.

Sinhala Catholic Literature Enriched by the Sinhala Buddhist Literature (Sinhala Bauddha Sahithyayen Poshitha Sinhala Katholika Sahithyaya), Sahithyaya Vishesha Kalapaya, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 2004.

Dolls House and the Western Dramatic Theory (Aparadiga ranga kalava saha Ibsange Sellam Geya) Piyavara - 2000/2001, Journal of Sinhala Society, University of Peradeniya, 2000.

Why Sinhala is considered an Indo-Aryan Language? (Sinhalaya Indo-Arya Bhashavak Kiyanne Eyi?) Rev. Dambuwe Rathanasara Felicitation Volume, Rathnaloka Maha Pirivena, Wellarawa, 2000.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Cultural Developments in Inheriting and Blending, The First China-South Asia Literature Forum, China Writers Association, Chengdu, China, 2017.

The Unknown History of Galaturumula Fraternity: Based on the Hidden Annals Record of Galaturumula Headquarters in Dambadeni and Kurunegala Periods, 2nd International Buddhist Conference, Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy, Pallekele, Sri Lanka, 2014.

A Study on the Place Where was the Palapathgala Monastery, 2nd National Conference, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 2014.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

The Cultural Landscape of the Sacred City in Anuradhapura and Sinhala Novel (A Geocentric Study of the Transformation in Anuradhapura Religious Space in the Colonial Period), Jaya Sri Maha Bodhivamsaya, 2021.

The Land Tenure in Kandyan Period: Historical and Literary Survey, Nenesa, 15 (2), Ed, Rev. Mahaesseddume Seelananda and Rev. Tempitiye Indavimala. Asgiri maha Viharaya, Kandy. 2019.

Subaltern versus Elites: The Kandyan Caste System and the Protest of the Marginalized People (Based on the Historical Documents of Kurunegala District) Sambhavana – Academic Journal of Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, 2016.

Martin Wickramasinghes’ Notion on the Language Hegemony and Counter- hegemony in Sinhala (Sinhala Bhashawe Baladhikaraya ha prathibladhikaraya Pilibanda Martin Wickramasinghege Adahas) Sambhavana – Academic Journal of Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, 2014.

A Study of the Scared Offerings for Tooth Relic and the Contemporary Socio-Cultural Background (Dalada Wahanse Wetha Pidunu Vividha Puja Wasthu Saha Thadanubaddha Samaja Sanskruthika Pasubima Pilibanda Vimarshanayak) Siri Dalada Harasaraniya, ed. Prof. Ven. Hanguranketha Dheerananda and others, Department of Government Information, 2013

Empowering the Voice of Intermediate Texts: The Historical Importance of Madhuvapi Vihara Vitti Varnanava saha Dahaneka Patuna, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, New Series, Vol. 58 Part 2, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2013.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43854946?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Sumudu%20Seneviratne&searchUri= %2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DSumudu%2BSeneviratne%26so%3Drel&ab_ segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ab2febe0ff9cabe845f826006e9df5473

Coining technical words and language modernization in Sinhala (Bhasha Naweekaranayehi la Paribhashika pada Sadhanaya Pilibanda Sinhala Bhashava asuren Kerena Vimarshanayak, Sambhavana – Academic Journal of Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, 2008.

TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION OF BOOKS OF SCHOLARLY WORK

'Mahadenamuttage Katandara', (Translation of "The Mahadenamutta Stories" by Rev. Dr. Edmund Peiris), Prof. Piyaseeli Wijemanna Felicitation Volume, (Forthcoming).

Hirubata Nimnaya – Kothmale, Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers, 2005. (Translation of ‘Sunset in a Valley Kothmale’ by Prof. Anuradha Seneviratne,)

http://search.lib.ou.ac.lk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-imageviewer.pl?biblionumber=82938

Purana Lankawe Arama Nitiya (Translation of ‘Buddhist Monastic Law of Ancient Sri Lanka’, Anuradha Seneviratne, The Jurist Vol. 2000, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, pp. 162-203.) Lakdiva Budu Sasuna ha Sinhala Sanskruthiya, Colombo: S. Godage, 2003.

PUBLISHED IN ABSTRACT FORM

“Arya-Sinhala Identity”: Amalgamation of the Community through a Misnomer, International Conference on Postcolonial Societies in Transition, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2015.

Ayurvedic Prescription for the Re-growth of Damaged Hymens (Based on an Ayurvedic Palm Leaf Manuscript), 2nd International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Traditional Medicine, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka, 2014.

The Worshiping of Stupa and Invention of Tradition (Based on the Sri Lankan Buddhist Culture), International Buddhist Conference, ‘Evolution of Buddhist Stupa’ Enshrining of Sacred Relics in ‘Sandahiru Seya’, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 2014.

Empowering the Voice of Intermediate Texts: The Historical Importance of Madhuvapi Vihara Vitti Varnanava saha Dahaneka Patuna, 6th Research Conference, The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2013.

‘Penetration the Darkness of Karuwala Gedara’: Re-reading Martin Wickramasinghes’ Karuwala Gedara Novel. (‘Karuwala Gedara Karuwala Vinivida’: Martin Wickramasinghage Karuwala Gedara Nawakathava Yali Kiyaweema), Annual Research Sessions, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, 2013.

‘Independent Imitation’ (adīna anukaranaya): Reviewing Martin Wickramasinghe, 2nd International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Sri Lanka, 2012.

Social and Ritual Symbolic Meanings of ‘Hair’ in Sinhala Culture, Peradeniya University Research Sessions, 2004.

UNPUBLISHED THESIS

Martin Wickramasinghe's Contribution to the Sinhala Language, Unpublished Thesis Submitted for the Master of Philosophy Degree, University of Peradeniya, 2013.

'Language Planning and Sinhala Language in the Twentieth Century', Unpublished Dissertation Submitted for the BA (Hons) in Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, 2002.

Conferences

Delegate of South Asian Literature Festival,

Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature,

New Delhi, India

2018

Official Delegate of First China-South Asia Literature Forum,

China Writers Association,

Chengdu, China

2017

Creative Work

Contribution as a scriptwriter for the ‘Vinivindimi Andura’ teledrama series directed by Mr. Christy Shelton Fernando, telecasted by ITN. The teledrama scripts were written based on the short stories mentioned below. Apasu gamana – Gunadasa Amarasekara, Atheeranaya – K. Jayathilaka, Ganudenuwa – Hemapala Munidasa, Nambu pissuwa – T. G. W. de Silva, Narak wu piti banduna – Martin Wickramasinghe, Welegedara Sugunawathee – Piyaseeli Wijemanna

Specialization

Sinhala Language and Literature

Teaching

SLS 401 - Sinhala Exegetical Literature

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2013-2021

SLS 402 - Historical Linguistics and the History of Sinhala Language

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2014-2021

SLS 408 - Sinhala Vocabulary Studies

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2013-2021

SLS 303 - Descriptive Linguistics

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2016-2019

SLS 206 - Modern Literary Studies

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2014-2021

SLS 208 - Sinhala Textual Studies

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2013-2021

SLS 102 - Introduction to Language

Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya.

2010-2021

SLS 604 - Socio Linguistics

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

2016

SLS 605 - History of Sinhala Language

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

2015-2017

SLS 607 (Old Syllabus) - Modern Linguistics

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

2013

SLS 501 - Classical Sinhala Poetry

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

2016

SLS 502 (New Syllabus) - Practical Sinhala Grammar and Styles

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

2016-2017

SLS 502 (Old Syllabus) - Classical Sinhala Prose: Etymology and Exegetical LIterature

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

2014

Research Interests

Spatial Literary Studies

Socio Linguistics

Non-Fiction Studies

Other Academic Contributions

Contribution of service to compile Extra Reading Text-Book (Beddegama) for Advanced Level Students, Educational Publications Department, 2021.

Manual Writing (SINE 301-Introduction to Language and the History of Sinhala Language), BA External Degree Programme, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2020.

Compiling the Hand-Book for the Final Year Dissertation, Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya.

Contribution of the service for the Revision of the BA External Degree Programme, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2016.

Contribution of the service for the Revision of the Undergraduate Syllabi, Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2012-2013.