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U.R.Anantha
Murthy's SAMSKARA
A
Critical Reader |
| Edited
by:
Kailash C. Baral, D. Venkat Rao and Sura P.Rath |
| ISBN:
81-85753-70-9 |
| Year
of Pub:
2005 |
| Price:
Rs.480.00(hb) |
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The
Book :
Samskara: A Critical Reader is the first volume of
its kind to be published on one of the classics of Indian
literatures. It includes two foundation essays by Anantha
Murthy, one on Indian fiction and the other on how he wrote
Samskara, offering a historical context to the volume. Other
essays, besides tracing the novel's roots to the tradition
of realism in Indian fiction, address textual issues such
as the representations of colonial modernity, thematic issues
such as brahminism and the caste system, cultural issues such
as gender and epistemic contestations, probing the depth and
complexity of the work from a broad range of contemporary
theoretical perspectives. Two essays focusing on the novel's
translation into other languages and adaptation for radio
add new dimensions to the interpretation of the novel.
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The
Editors :
Kailash
C. Baral
is Professor of English and Director of the Northeast Campus
of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL)
at Shillong. He has authored Sigmund Freud: A Study of His Theory
of Art and Literature (1994) and edited two books Humanities
and Pedagogy: Teaching of Humanities Today (2002) and Interpretation
of Texts: text, meaning and interpretation (2002). He has also
co-edited Theory and Praxis: Curriculum, Culture and English
Studies (2003, with Kar and Rath) and Reflections on Literature,
Criticism and Theory (2004, with Rath and Rao).
D. Venkat Rao is Professor at the School of Critical
Humanities, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages,
Hyderabad. He did postdoctoral research at the University of
California, Berkeley, University of Washington, Seattle and
University of Chicago. He is one of the editors of the volume
Reflections on Literature, Criticism and Theory (2004, with
Rath and Baral). His areas of interest include literary and
cultural studies, hypermedia, internet research, image studies,
and mnemocultures.
Sura P. Rath is Professor of English and Director of
William O. Douglas Honors College at Central Washington University
in Ellensburg, USA. He has edited Flannery O' Connor: New Perspectives
(University of Georgia Press, 1996, with Mary Ann Shaw), Sitakanta
Mahapatra: The Mythographer of Time (2001), Theory and Praxis:
Curriculum, Culture and English Studies (2003, with Kar and
Baral) and Reflections on Literature, Criticism and Theory (2004,
with Baral and Rao). |
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