The Calf Became an Orphan (A Study in Contemporary Kannada Fiction) - Couverture souple

Robert J. Zydenbos

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8184700733 ISBN 13 : 9788184700732

Editeur : Institut Francais De Pondichery, 1996

Synopsis

Language: English
Pages: 329





Foreword

The present study is about fiction in Kannada (also known as Canarese), one of the most highly developed literary languages of India. What J.F. Fleet, a nineteenth-century colonial civil servant who was one of the rare early researchers in the field of Kannada language and literature, has expressed about the state of Kannada studies in his time still holds good today: the study of its literature has been sadly neglected not only by foreign scholars but also by Indian scholars outside the Kannada-speaking state of Karnataka, for reasons which will be stated below. This study deals with fiction In Kannada which has appeared since India attained independence in 1947 and focuses on those themes which are found in this literature and which are not known in the major Western literatures because they represent problems which are specific for the culture in which this literature is written.

To my knowledge, this is the first doctoral dissertation about Kannada literature ever submitted at a university in the Western world. Also I believe that it is the first dissertation dealing with culturally specific themes in a modern Indian literature from a literary point of view. This work is therefore a pioneer work in its kind, and such writings can demand much from their readers; but I hope that my readers will enjoy the adventure of exploring this literature as much as I did.

While writing this work I have kept in mind that it may be of interest not only to Ideologists but also to those who are working in other disciplines, for instance in comparative literature or anthropology, i.e. for people without any specialized knowledge about Kannada, its literature, Karnataka or even India. Since we are dealing here with a la

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Institut Francais De Pondichery
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8184700733
• ISBN 13: 9788184700732
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 301
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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