Author: Ira Valeria Sarma
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110896524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The book presented here is the first work of Western literary criticism to examine the Hindi laghukathā - a modern Indian prose genre that has been published since the 1970s in Hindi newspapers and magazines and is characterised by its concise form (500 words on average) and socio-political agenda. The importance of the genre within the Hindi literary scene lies in the fact that the laghukathā is based on indigenous genres which have been modernised, whereas the Hindi short story and the novel are Western genres that have been appropriated and Indianised. A thorough investigation of around 280 primary texts accompanied by an evaluation of the relevant Hindi criticism gives a comprehensive literary analysis of this genre and its historical development. This allows, in conclusion, to delineate an "ideal type" of laghukathā, suggesting a range of compulsory, desirable and optional features. English translations of almost 50 representative Hindi texts complete the picture and thus provide an insight into this genre so far unknown to a Western audience.
The Laghukatha
Author: Ira Valeria Sarma
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110896524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The book presented here is the first work of Western literary criticism to examine the Hindi laghukathā - a modern Indian prose genre that has been published since the 1970s in Hindi newspapers and magazines and is characterised by its concise form (500 words on average) and socio-political agenda. The importance of the genre within the Hindi literary scene lies in the fact that the laghukathā is based on indigenous genres which have been modernised, whereas the Hindi short story and the novel are Western genres that have been appropriated and Indianised. A thorough investigation of around 280 primary texts accompanied by an evaluation of the relevant Hindi criticism gives a comprehensive literary analysis of this genre and its historical development. This allows, in conclusion, to delineate an "ideal type" of laghukathā, suggesting a range of compulsory, desirable and optional features. English translations of almost 50 representative Hindi texts complete the picture and thus provide an insight into this genre so far unknown to a Western audience.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110896524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The book presented here is the first work of Western literary criticism to examine the Hindi laghukathā - a modern Indian prose genre that has been published since the 1970s in Hindi newspapers and magazines and is characterised by its concise form (500 words on average) and socio-political agenda. The importance of the genre within the Hindi literary scene lies in the fact that the laghukathā is based on indigenous genres which have been modernised, whereas the Hindi short story and the novel are Western genres that have been appropriated and Indianised. A thorough investigation of around 280 primary texts accompanied by an evaluation of the relevant Hindi criticism gives a comprehensive literary analysis of this genre and its historical development. This allows, in conclusion, to delineate an "ideal type" of laghukathā, suggesting a range of compulsory, desirable and optional features. English translations of almost 50 representative Hindi texts complete the picture and thus provide an insight into this genre so far unknown to a Western audience.
Pāsādikadānaṁ
Author: Martin Straube
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Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Kathā in Sanskrit Poetics
Author: Nalinī Sādhale
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Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Study on the various forms of the story in the theoretical works of Sanskrit literature.
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Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Study on the various forms of the story in the theoretical works of Sanskrit literature.
The Journal of Sanskrit Academy, Osmania University
Acta Orientalia Vilnensia
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Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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American Book Publishing Record
Book Review Index
Guide to Indian Periodical Literature
Language and Literature
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Category : Indo-Aryan languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indo-Aryan languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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