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Revisiting Literary Theory and Criticism: Indian and Western Perspectives

 
R.N. Rai (Editor) M.S. Pandey (Editor) Anita Singh (Editor)
Synopsis

Recent developments in world literature have radically altered our perception of the nature of literature and its function in society. The present anthology explores the necessity/desirability of theory in our literary discourse and examines whether Indian scholars should blindly imitate the norms of Western literary theory/ theories and apply them to our Indian texts or they should develop, update and contextualize their own Indian theory in the view of the emerging trends in world literature. It acknowledges the fact that in the contemporary era literary criticism cannot survive without theoretical assumptions and ideological implications. Gradual erosion of boundaries between different disciplines has clearly shown a 'paradigm shift' in literary studies. New literary movements like dalit writing, women writing, tribal writing, nativistic writing, ecocentric writing and modern folk writing can hardly be explained by the norms of traditional Indian poetics. Hence Indian poetics should develop a theoretical system which must be assimilative, comprehensive and self consistent. The anthology contains fifteen research articles contributed mostly by senior distinguished scholars and academicians of the country. It is divided into three sections- first section enters into discourse on the demise/survival/ future prospect of literary theory, the second deals with the postcolonial and poststructuralist discourses of the West and the third section takes up different theoretical issues but examines them from Indian perspectives.

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About the author

Anita Singh

Anita Singh, Reader in English, teaches at Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat, Varanasi. She has several articles published in journals and anthologies. Her first book titled Arthur Miller: A Study of the Doomed Hero in His Plays was her doctoral work.

Her areas of interests are Indian Feminist Theatre, Gender Studies and Performance Studies. She is both a critic and creative writer, and has published many article, translations, book reviews, anthologies and short stories in various journals and magazines. Currently, she is working on a project sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, on "Staging Gender: Performing Women in Ramlila of Ramnagar"

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Bibliographic information

Title Revisiting Literary Theory and Criticism: Indian and Western Perspectives
Format Hardcover
Date published: 08.09.2018
Edition 1st. ed.
Language: English
isbn 9789382178224
length 300p.