5/25/2023 0 Comments Chinaman the legend of![]() ![]() In order to identify these links, the study conducts a qualitative content analysis of the primary text Chinaman using the "Conceptual Metaphor Theory" proposed by the cognitive linguists George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (2003). In turn, the discussion of this metaphor leads to merge the issues in the linguistic ecology of Sri Lanka with those in the country's political climate. The present study takes as its point of departure the argument that cricket in Chinaman can be read as a metaphor for English as much as the nation, which opens up a critically significant discussion about the ideological links between the discourses of World Englishness and Nationalism though the domain of cricket. ![]() As a result, cricket, in Chinaman is often read as a metaphor for the nation. The novel, which is often labeled as a "cricket novel," uses actual as well as fictional cricket events to comment on the status of Sri Lankan cricket, and by extension on socio-cultural realities of Sri Lanka. Chinaman-The legend of Pradeep Mathew is the debut novel of the Sri Lankan English writer Shehan Karunatilaka. ![]()
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