Sanskrit Poetics in the Postcolonial Space

Beyond the Canon

Sreenath V.S.

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Bloomsbury Academic India
30 January 2024

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Social & cultural history; Oriental & Indian philosophy

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.

By: Sreenath V.S.
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic India
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9789356402720
ISBN 10: 9356402728
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sreenath V.S. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India. His areas of interest are Sanskrit literary theory and literature, classical Malayalam literature and the history of ideas.

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Sanskrit Poetics in the Postcolonial Space

Beyond the Canon

Sreenath V.S.

$170

Hardback

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