Author: Subashree Krishnaswamy
Translator(s)/ Edito: Subashree Krishnaswamy/K. Srilata
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 130
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195692462
Description
A text for students of literature, Short Fiction from South India brings together English translations of twelve short stories originally written in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. While the introduction sketches the phenomenon and history of translation in the Indian context, the exercises at the end of each unit encourage students to concentrate on various elements that constitute a story—theme, imagery, vocabulary, and style.
Each story is accompanied by:
• A short BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE on the author;
• The FIRST PAGE OF THE STORY from the source language;
• A detailed GLOSSARY; and
• COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISES comprising sections on
- Reading the story to interest students in the nuances and
connotations of translated texts;
- Translation issues to help students meet the challenge of
translated texts, and
- Activities that encourage writing and translation and tap the
creative potential of students
Conceptualized primarily with students of literature in mind, Short Fiction from South India is edited for interactive classroom use.
Contents
Editor’s Note
About the editors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. KANNADA:
A Sweet Dish
KUM. VEERABHADRAPPA
Seemantha
H. NAGAVENI
Annayya’s Anthropology
A.K. RAMANUJAN
2. MALAYALAM:
Wooden Cradles
LALITHAMBIKA ANTHERJANAM
The World Renowned Nose
VAIKOM MUHAMMAD BASHEER
The Last Show
PAUL ZACHARIA
3. TAMIL:
Squirrel
C. S. LAKSHMI ‘AMBAI’
The Rat
ASHOKAMITRAN
The Chair
KI. RAJANARAYANAN
4. TELUGU:
The Touch
ABBURI CHAYA DEVI
Rain
RAAVI SASTRY
Taatayya (My Grandpa)
KODAVATIGANTI KUTUMBA RAO