Texts, traditions, and sacredness : cultural translation in Kristapurāna / Annie Rachel Royson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royson, Annie Rachel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Literature and society--India--History.

Literature and society.

Literature.

Stephens, Thomas, 1549-1619. Kristapurāṇa.

Stephens, Thomas.

Jesus Christ--In literature.

Jesus Christ.

Stephens, Thomas, 1549-1619--Criticism and interpretation.

Stephens, Thomas, 1549-1619.

Kristapurāṇa (Stephens, Thomas).

India.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 173 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Summary:

"This book presents a critical reading of Kristapurāṇa, the first South Asian retelling of the Bible. In 1579, Thomas Stephens (1549-1619), a young Jesuit priest, arrived in Goa with the aim of preaching Christianity to the local subjects of the Portuguese colony. Kristapurāṇa (1616), a sweeping narrative with 10,962 verses, is his epic poetic retelling of the Christian Bible in the Marathi language. This fascinating text, which first appeared in Roman script, is also one of the earliest printed works in the subcontinent. Kristapurāṇa translated the entire biblical narrative into Marathi a century before Bible translation into South Asian languages began in earnest in Protestant missions. This book contributes to an understanding of translation as it was practiced in South Asia through its study of genre, landscapes, and cultural translation in Kristapurāṇa, while also retelling a history of sacred texts and biblical narratives in the region. It examines this understudied masterpiece of Christian writing from Goa in the early era of Catholic missions and examines themes such as the complexities of the colonial machinery, religious encounters, textual traditions, and multilingualism, providing insight into Portuguese Goa of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The first of its kind, the book makes significant interventions into the current discourse on cultural translation and brings to the fore a hitherto understudied text. It will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of translation studies, comparative literature, religious studies, biblical studies, English literature, cultural studies, literary history, postcolonial studies, and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Texts, Travels, and Christianities in South Asia

2. Into the Languages of this Land

3. Genre, Novelization, and Translatability in Kristapurana

4. (Re)Painting Landscapes, (Re)Inventing Tradition

5. Speaking After.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Royson, Annie Rachel. Texts, traditions, and sacredness

ISBN:

9780367641580

0367641585

9780367704735

0367704730

OCLC:

1350644551

Publisher Number:

99992902028