This volume, therefore, does not claim to be comprehensive, but it does cover nearly all major literary Given India’s enormous linguistic diversity, it is virtually impossible to ensure that all literary traditions are included.
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The import of Tharu and Lalitha’s ‘‘gynocritical’’ work, for instance, cannot be fully grasped unless one can place it within the larger archive of works by men and women, as also the ‘‘singularity’’ of Mahasweta Devi’s work within the Bengali tradition (Spivak 1996, 162). Often, literatures are known metonymically by famous works of antiquity (such as Silappatikaram in Tamil). This book hopes to initiate the discussion of more of the regional literatures under a common platform.
On the critical side, Aijaz Ahmad’s essay in his book In Theory (1992) outlines the conceptual problems associated with the study of regional literatures in current metropolitan and Indian academic contexts. Lalitha’s Women Writing in India (1992) are recent examples. Gayatri Spivak’s translations of Bengali author Mahasweta Devi’s work, Imaginary Maps (1995), Kalpana Bardhan’s Of Women, Outcasts, Peasants and Rebels (1990), and Susie Tharu and K. ‘‘Postcolonial’’ works from India in English are generally well known in the metropolis, but little is known to the general reader of writing in Malayalam or Telugu, Panjabi or Gujarati.1 Very recently, certain sectors of regional Indian literatures have begun to be constituted as fields of progressive critical interest in the metropolis. The book’s value is its focus on the regional literatures, that is, literatures written in languages other than English. The survey chapters and their attached bibliographies are intended to serve as introductory tools to scholars seeking an overview of broad trends in the literatures. This is done through surveying each of the major literatures from the many regions. SCOPE OF THE BOOK The chapters in this reference book have the general aim of introducing the reader to post–1900 literary works from India. Introduction: Regional Literatures of India-Paradigms and Contexts NALINI NATARAJAN Finally, for their moral support, I thank my family and friends, especially my husband John Parrotta. Thanks also to Purnima and Vinod Vyasulu and Svati Joshi for help in locating contributors. I thank Bruce Hathaway and my research assistant, Maritza Stanchich, for help with computer work related to the book. My gratitude to them and to other colleagues in the English Department. The Department of English and the College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, helped with release time to firm up some aspects of the book. I thank Emmanuel Nelson and the editors at Greenwood Publishing Group for their interest when I first proposed the project and for their cooperation along the way. Perspectives on Bengali Film and Literature Mitali Pati and Suranjan Gangulyįirst and foremost, I wish to thank the contributors for their hard work and cooperation throughout this project. Twentieth-Century Urdu Literature Omar Qureshiġ3. Twentieth-Century Panjabi Literature Atamjit Singhġ0. Twentieth-Century Marathi Literature Shripad D. Twentieth-Century Indian Literature in EnglishĪlpana Sharma Knippling 4. Introduction: Regional Literatures of India-Paradigms and Contexts The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). Printed in the United States of America TM Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 95–20938 ISBN: 0–313–28778–3 First published in 1996 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Copyright 1996 by Nalini Natarajan All rights reserved.
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Indic literature (English)-20th century-History and criticism-Handbooks, manuals, etc. Indic literature-20th century- History and criticism. Indic literature-20th century-History and criticism- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India / edited by Nalini Natarajan. Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India Edited by Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India
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