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  • Gamification of the Panopticon: Exploring the Post-panoptic Surveillance Culture in the Film Nerve 
    Boteju, L. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    This research study attempts to examine the techno-thriller film Nerve (2016) in order to locate the developments of Michel Foucault‟s concept of panopticism within the spaces of the post-panopticon of liquid surveillance. ...
  • Gestures: For the Efficiency of English as a Second Language (ESL) Teaching on Digital Platforms 
    Jayalath, U. D. T. L. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    With the emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic as a massive international concern, a virtual teaching and learning environment was designed for all levels of education. As a novel experience for most Sri Lankan English as a ...
  • The gods as expressed in homer and Hesiod 
    Randiwela, R.M.D.S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Homer, a bard and an epic writer who lived in the 8th century B.C.E. Greece composed the two epics ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’ whose subject matter was the Trojan War, to entertain his aristocratic audience by referring ...
  • Greek pederasty and Japanese Wakashudō 
    Gunasekare, C.A. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Although the common assumption is that the practice of male homosexuality is either hardly mentioned or was disapproved in history, male homosexuality is widespread in both Western and Eastern history, and manifests ...
  • Hamlet is Neither Inert nor Backward when Achieving his Objectives 
    Gunasinghe, E.R.N.K. (Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This study examines Hamlet as an introspective character who has the ability to astutely observe the reality in the world, analyze and examine every nuance of the unique situations he encounters. Hamlet is the greatest ...
  • “Homosexual Relationships” of the Roman Imperial Period depicted in Archeology and Literature of Ancient Rome 
    Fernando, M.P.R.N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Western Classical Culture and Christian Culture, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    In the ancient Roman world the same sex sexual attraction can be seen in various perspectives but there was no distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality. It was defined by the behavioural mannerisms. In the ...
  • How ancient Greeks transacted with the potentiality of ‘Totem’ and ‘Mana’ (with special reference to the bull and the snake) 
    Jayasekare, K.M.M.P. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The early stage of Greek religion reflects primitive concepts of the natural phenomena, which had caused them to concentrate on mysteries and on the belief of the existence of supernatural powers in animate and inanimate ...
  • How Chinese Nursery Rhymes Can Affect Learning Chinese Language for First-Year Undergraduates in University of Kelaniya 
    Wijesinghe, W. A. D. S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    There are a variety of methods for learning a new language. Two of the most effective methods for learning a foreign language are via music and nursery rhymes. Yet, the use of Chinese nursery rhymes among university ...
  • How do social structures shape the queer characters in Cinema? 
    Madanayake, K.P.G.S. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    The purpose of this research is to analyses how do social structures shape the queer characters in Cinema? This is exploratory research based on Blue is the warmest colorby Abdellatif Kechiche (2013)Disobedience by Sebastián ...
  • How does film score of a movie affect the success of a movie? 
    Senevirathne, N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    A film score (also known as background music, film soundtrack, film music, screen composition, screen music, or incidental music) is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score forms part of the ...
  • Idioms in Sanskrit 
    Vijithasiri Thero, Marthuwela (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The purpose of this research is to study idioms in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages is considered the mother language of the Indo-European language family. There are several myths about Sanskrit which ...
  • Impact Of Borrowings From Sinhala On Sri Lankan English Within The Religious Domain 
    Harischandra, W.R.I.P. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching , Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sinhala and Tamil can be considered the two main widely spoken native languages in Sri Lanka. Among these two main native languages, Sinhala has a great impact on the variety of English spoken in Sri Lanka which is known ...
  • The Impact Of Gender On Attitudes Towards Learning English As A Second Language 
    Ekanayake, E.M.A.N.; Pravini, H.B.H.; Hansakie, D. W. P. A. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Science has proven that the gender is not only a biological difference but also a collection of differences in thinking and behaving. Many researchers have been studying about the impact of gender differences on many fields ...
  • The Impact Of Hegemonic Masculinity On English Language Learning In A Sri Lankan Context 
    Udeshika, D.; Wickramage, N.; Perera, S.S. (, Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    An English language learner is a person who is learning the English language in addition to his or her native language. In Sri Lanka, a language learning classroom comprises a majority of a female population than a male ...
  • The impact of Sinhala dubbed cartoons on Sri Lankan kids 
    Jayasooriya, B.G.S.R.; Sooriyaarachchige, S.S.S.; Gunawardana, R.M. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    Dubbing cartoons have become a growing trend in Sri Lanka. Cartoons of different languages and different cultures have been dubbed into the Sinhala language and Sri Lankan kids have addicted to watching Sinhala dubbed ...
  • The Impact of Sinhalese on Muslim Tamil: A Study Based on the Muslims of Atulugama Area 
    Hettihewa, A.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language mixing is a common linguistic phenomenon practiced in bilingual or multilingual contexts. People who live in a bilingual or multilingual communication environment usually have a tendency to use two or more ...
  • The Impact of Tamil Lexicon on the Sinhalese Language 
    Bandara, H.M.S.M.; Pathmasiri, P.S.S.; de Silva, Y.G.H.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sinhalese and Tamillanguages are used as official languages in Sri Lanka. It is apparent that both these languages have had a great amount of influence on each other. Linguistics borrowing into both languages can be ...
  • The impact of the language medium shift on undergraduates specializing Social Science subjects in the University of Kelaniya 
    Bandaranayake, S.; Weerasinghe, I.; Jayathilleke, S.; Gunesekara, H.; Thennakoon, T.; de Silva, A.N. (Department of English, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    This research study discusses the impact of the change of language medium instruction from Sinhala to English medium in the case of pursuing special degree of courses offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences in the ...
  • The importance of letters in “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma” 
    Jayamaha, A.; Botheju, K.; Jayatilaka, R.; Prasangi, D.; Welgama, E.; Gunawardana, Y. (Department of English, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Epistolary writing is a feature which only a few novelists have adopted. The research is aimed at examining epistolary writing with regards to Jane Austen’s novels Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Both the novels Pride and ...
  • The Importance of Television in Order to Improve English as a Second Language among Children 
    Peiris, T.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The purpose of this study is to determine whether the television channels can make sensible influence in improving the English knowledge among the children in the country. Fluency in a second language is of course not ...

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