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The Idea of Indian Literature

Author : Preetha Mani
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810145014
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of Indian Literature written by Preetha Mani and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature, written in as well as against English. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. In The Idea of Indian Literature, she explores the paradox that a single canon can be written in multiple languages, each with their own evolving relationships to one another and to English. Hindi, representing national aspirations, and Tamil, epitomizing the secessionist propensities of the region, are conventionally viewed as poles of the multilingual continuum within Indian literature. Mani shows, however, that during the twentieth century, these literatures were coconstitutive of one another and of the idea of Indian literature itself. The writers discussed here—from short-story forefathers Premchand and Pudumaippittan to women trailblazers Mannu Bhandari and R. Chudamani—imagined a pan-Indian literature based on literary, rather than linguistic, norms, even as their aims were profoundly shaped by discussions of belonging unique to regional identity. Tracing representations of gender and the uses of genre in the shifting thematic and aesthetic practices of short vernacular prose writing, the book offers a view of the Indian literary landscape as itself a field for comparative literature.

The Idea of an Indian Literature

Author : Sujit Mukherjee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of an Indian Literature written by Sujit Mukherjee and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selection of articles, 1852-1977.

The Idea of an Indian Literature

Author : R. K. Das̮ G̮upta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of an Indian Literature written by R. K. Das̮ G̮upta and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Concept of an Indian Literature

Author : P. Lal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of an Indian Literature written by P. Lal and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Concept of Indian Literature

Author : Vinayak Krishna Gokak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Indian Literature written by Vinayak Krishna Gokak and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: This book offers a comprehensive as well as intensive scrutiny of the concept of Indian Literature. In a world which is shrinking fast and in which the notion of world literature is itself a compelling need a national literature has to be envisaged in clear outline. Unifying forces like those of the modern and the new poetic consciousness are making a perceptible impact on world literature. The mutual impact of East and West itself brings out in sharp relief the unity of World Literature. Starting with the idea of a federal political structure and the imprint it leaves on national literature, a comparison is instituted here between American and Indian Literature on the one hand and Indian and Russian literature on the other and the unique character of Indian Literature underlined in this way. The reader is invited to consider a new academic discipline under literature, -the unity of World Literature from an Indian standpoint.

The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature

Author : Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417709403
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature written by Amit Chaudhuri and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaudhuri's extravagant and discerning collection unfurls the full diversity of Indian writing from the 1850s to the present in English, and in elegant new translations from Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. Among the 38 authors represented are contemporary superstars such as Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, and Pankaj Mishra.

The Concept of an Indian Literature

Author : P. Lal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of an Indian Literature written by P. Lal and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Indian Literature

Author : Sisir Kumar Das
Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
ISBN 13 : 9788172010065
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Indian Literature by : Sisir Kumar Das

Download or read book A History of Indian Literature written by Sisir Kumar Das and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume, The First To Appear In The Ten Volume Series Published By The Sahitya Akademi, Deals With A Fascinating Period, Conspicuous By The Growing Complexities Of Multilingualism, Changes In The Modes Of Literary Transmission And In The Readership And Also By The Dominance Of The English Language As An Instrument Of Power In Indian Society.

The Great Indian Novel

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628721596
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Great Indian Novel written by Shashi Tharoor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this award-winning novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Nothing is sacred in this deliciously irreverent, witty, and deeply intelligent retelling of modern Indian history and the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata. Alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving, it is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that satirically, but also poignantly, chronicles the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.

Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature

Author : Amaresh Datta
Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
ISBN 13 : 9788126018031
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature written by Amaresh Datta and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1987 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Major Activity Of The Sahitya Akademi Is The Preparation Of An Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature. The Venture, Covering Twenty-Two Languages Of India, Is The First Of Its Kind. Written In English, The Encyclopaedia Gives A Comprehensive Idea Of The Growth And Development Of Indian Literature. The Entries On Authors, Books And General Topics Have Been Tabulated By The Concerned Advisory Boards And Finalised By A Steering Committee. Hundreds Of Writers All Over The Country Contributed Articles On Various Topics. The Encyclopaedia, Planned As A Six-Volume Project, Has Been Brought Out. The Sahitya Akademi Embarked Upon This Project In Right Earnest In 1984. The Efforts Of The Highly Skilled And Professional Editorial Staff Started Showing Results And The First Volume Was Brought Out In 1987. The Second Volume Was Brought Out In 1988, The Third In 1989, The Fourth In 1991, The Fifth In 1992, And The Sixth Volume In 1994. All The Six Volumes Together Include Approximately 7500 Entries On Various Topics, Literary Trends And Movements, Eminent Authors And Significant Works. The First Three Volume Were Edited By Prof. Amaresh Datta, Fourth And Fifth Volume By Mohan Lal And Sixth Volume By Shri K.C.Dutt.

The Conception of Punishment in Early Indian Literature

Author : Terence Day
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889208387
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Conception of Punishment in Early Indian Literature written by Terence Day and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early textual source of the vast body of Dharmasastra literature of India on religion, law, and morality contain numerous statements that present or imply an undefined conception of punishment. Yet nowhere is this conception formally defined, as if knowledge of its nature and structure were generally known. In this “first-ever” attempt to provide a definition of the conception and to recover its ideational infrastructure, the author has drawn on these sources to reconstruct the theoretical backgrounds of its distinctive metaphysical, religious, juridical, social, and moral components. He shows that the conception is “the totality of correction principles, powers, agents, processes, and operations through which acts contrary to the Universal Order are counteracted and compensated.” The volume contains extensive documentation, a glossary of Sanskrit terms, a selected bibliography, and an index.

The Idea of Indian Literature

Author : Umāśaṅkara Jośī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788172010157
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of Indian Literature written by Umāśaṅkara Jośī and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature

Author : Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780330343640
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature written by Amit Chaudhuri and published by Pan Macmillan Adult. This book was released on 2002 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translations from Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil and the South sit alongside writing in English, bringing to light the greatest and most engaging writers from India's recent history. With introductions to the writers and their work, this is an electic and enlightening anthology of Indian writing.

Indian Literary Criticism

Author : G. N. Devy
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125020226
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Indian Literary Criticism written by G. N. Devy and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary criticism produced by Indian scholars from the earliest times to the present age is represented in this book. These include Bharatamuni, Tholkappiyar, Anandavardhana, Abhinavagupta, Jnaneshwara, Amir Khusrau, Mirza Ghalib, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, B.S. Mardhekar, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and A.K. Ramanujam and Sudhir Kakar among others. Their statements have been translated into English by specialists from Sanskrit, Persian and other languages.

We Indians

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
ISBN 13 : 8193284135
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book We Indians written by Khushwant Singh and published by Juggernaut Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sharp and funny dissection of different aspects of the Indian character, from our attitude to sex, religion and women to our views on corruption and the English language. Irreverent and full of witty observations, this is a Khushwant Singh classic!

The Language of Literature and its Meaning

Author : Ashima Shrawan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527533565
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Literature and its Meaning written by Ashima Shrawan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a marked awareness about the language of literature and its meaning both in Indian and Western aesthetic thinking. The aestheticians of both schools hold that the language of literature embodies a significant aspect of human experience, and represents a creative pattern of verbal structure to impart meaning effectively. Modern Western aesthetic thinking, which includes theories like formalism, new criticism, stylistics, structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, discourse analysis, semiotics and dialogic criticism, in one way or another emphasizes the study of the language of literature in order to understand its meaning. Similarly, there is a distinct focus on the language of literature and its meaning in Indian literary theories which include the theory of rasa (aesthetic experience), alaṁkāra (the poetic figure), rīti (diction), dhvani (suggestion), vakrokti (oblique expression) and aucitya (propriety). This book explores how the language of literature and its meaning have been dealt with in both Indian and Western aesthetic thinking. In doing so, the study concentrates on Kuntaka’s theory of vakrokti and Ānandavardhana’s theory of dhvani in Indian aesthetic thinking and Russian formalism and deconstruction in Western thinking. The book categorically focuses on the intersection between the theory of vakrokti and Russian formalism and the meeting-point between the theory of dhvani and deconstruction.

Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture

Author : Mukti Lakhi Mangharam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350200824
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture written by Mukti Lakhi Mangharam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Freedom Inc. argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms.