Indian Narratology

Indian Narratology

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Author: K Ayyappa Paniker
Publisher: Sterling
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 200
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120725026

Description

This book is an attempt to provide a bird’s-eye view of the efforts made by Indians in the past, to arrive at various strategies in the art of narration. It identifies ten major models of narration, with occasional comments on their possible impact on the Western narrators.

Without going into elaborate details about each of these strategies, it tries to highlight the awareness with which Indian storytellers have established very clear demarcations within the highly variegated panorama of the art and science of the Indian narrative, which has often been ignored or neglected by comparative literature experts, both inside India and outside.

It identifies ten major models of narration, with occasional comments on their possible impact on the Western narrators. These models are: the Vedic, the Puranic, the Itihasa, the Srnkhla, the Anyapadesha, the Mahakavya, the Dravidian, the Folk-Tribal, and the Mishra. The introductory chapter outlines the theory and practice of the narrative in India, while the concluding chapter discusses the relation between narrative and narratoloy.

The Appendix briefly outlines the Asian narrative tradition.

Contents

Preface

The Theory and Practice of the Narrative in India

The Vedic / Encrypted Narrative: Rg Veda Model

The Purana / Saga Narrative: Bhagavata Model

The Itihasa / Epic Narrative: Ramayana / Mahabharata Model

The Srnkhala /Chain Narrative: Kathasaritsagara Model

The Anyapadesa / Allegorical Narrative: Pancatantra Model

The Mahakavya /Grand Narrative: Raghuvamsa Model

The Buddhist /Jain Narrative: The Jataka Model

The Dravidian Narrative: Cilappatikaram Model

The Folk / Tribal Narrative: Multiple Models

The Misra /Miscellaneous Narratives

Narrative versus Narratology

Appendix: The Asian Narrative Tradition

Bibliography

Index