Sanskrit poetics in the postcolonial space : beyond the canon / Sreenath V.S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sreenath, V. S., author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.

Sanskrit poetry.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

xii, 163 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : BLOOMSBURY INDIA, 2023.

New Delhi ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2023.

Summary:

"The book positions Sanskrit poetics in a postcolonial context to understand its contemporary relevance and proposes a productive future direction for this system of knowledge. The fundamental argument against Sanskrit poetics in modern literary circles is that it is a system of knowledge that does not have any contemporary relevance, since the idea of literature conceptualised by Sanskrit poetics is incompatible with the modern notion of literature. The general argument is that Sanskrit poetics has only the archaic value of a museum piece. This book which resists such an extremist approach to Sanskrit poetics aims to provide a new direction for Sanskrit poetics to generate new knowledge about this epistemology. The new approach that the author proposes is explicated through three major theoretical positions in Sanskrit poetics, namely dhvani, aucitya and vakrokti."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction: Mapping the field

Beyond the Canon

Avivaksita-vacya-dhvani and the restructuring of conventional semantic ambit

Aucitya: A Mechanism of control

Vakrokti as a resistance to Svabhava

Towards an interventionist intellectual historiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9789356402720

9356402728

OCLC:

1400013262

Publisher Number:

99996218066