New IPSAS 4: Laghukathâ , a Hindi Genre, by I.V. Sarma

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It is with great pleasure that we announce another volume of the series

 

Indian Philology and South Asian Studies (IPSAS)

ed. by A. Wezler and M. Witzel, vol. 4 :

 

 

Ira Valeria Sarma

The Laghukathâ

A historical and Literary Analysis of a modern Hindi Prose Genre

 

Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 2003

pp. XII , 344

ISBN 3-11-017593-2

 

 

This books deals with a modern prose genre, including its early history and

development since c. 1900. It concentrates on the recent flourishing of

the Laghukathâ since c. 1970 and discusses its development as an

independent genre, the authors, their intentions, the means of publication.

The main focus is on literary analysis: content, themes, protagonists,

space and form; an extensive chapter deals with style.

 

 

for more on IPSAS see: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/ipsas.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Michael Witzel

Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University

2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, USA

 

ph. 1- 617-496 2990 (also messages)

home page: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm

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Some of modern Tamil prose has been translated into French.

 

L'arbre Nagalinga, Nouvelles d'Inde du Sud,

choisies et traduite du tamoul par François GROS et Kannan M.

Avant-propos et postface de François GROS.

Editions de l'Aube, 2002, ISBN 2-87678-687-7

 

The selection Gros made contains novels by:

R. Chudamani, Pudumaippittan, Mauni,

C.S. Chellappa, T.M.C. Raghunathan, L.S. Ramamirtham,

T. Janakiraman, Ashokamitran, Sundara Ramaswamy,

G. Nagarajan, K. Alakiricami, Sampath,

Vannanilavan, Pumani, Tamilselvan, Piramil Dharmu Sivaramu,

Nanjil Nadan, Konanki, K.N. Subramaniam, Velaramamurti.

 

http://www.services.cnrs.fr/wws/arc/ctamil/2003-02/msg00000.html

 

 

INDOLOGY, Michael Witzel <witzel@f...> wrote:

>

> It is with great pleasure that we announce another volume of the

series

>

> Indian Philology and South Asian Studies (IPSAS)

> ed. by A. Wezler and M. Witzel, vol. 4 :

>

>

> Ira Valeria Sarma

> The Laghukathâ

> A historical and Literary Analysis of a modern Hindi Prose Genre

>

> Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 2003

> pp. XII , 344

> ISBN 3-11-017593-2

>

>