T. Wignesan

Region of Interest

South Asia

Primary Country of Residence

France

Title

Docteur d'Etat dès lettres et sciences humaines, CNRS

Affiliation

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Email

Wignesh@aol.com

Mailing Address

Editor: The Asianists' Asia
Centre de Recherche sur les Etudes Asiatiques
5, Boulevard Pablo Picasso
94000 Créteil (Paris),
France

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: 33/1-42-07-25-17

Websites

http://hometown.aol.com/wignesh/1titlecontents.htm

Countries of Specialization

Malaysia, Singapore, India, and Sri Lanka

Education

Docteur d'Etat dès lettres et sciences humaines (specialty: aesthetics),
Université de Paris-l-Panthéon-Sorbonne

Research Interests

Poietics - which is the "science and philosophy of creation".

Comparative literature: English, Spanish, Malay, Tamil (subsidiarily
French and German)

Regional sub-disciplines:
Malaysia and Singapore (Malay/Tamil/English)
India and Sri Lanka (Tamil/English)

Historical periods: classical and contemporary (mainly poetry and poetics).
Generally, literary theory and asthetics (poietics), the Yijing (The Canon
of Change), and Asian Studies.

Publications

None on file.

Keywords

poietics ; comparative literature ; literary theory ; aesthetics ; Yijing ; Asian studies ; ...