Critical Discourse in Odia

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This volume forms part of the Critical Discourses in South Asia series, which deals with schools, movements and discursive practices in major South Asian languages. It offers crucial insights into the making of Odia literature and its critical tradition across a century. The book brings together English translation of major writings of influential figures dealing with literary criticism and theory, aesthetic and performative traditions, and re-interpretations of primary concepts and categories in Odia. It presents twenty-five key texts in literary and cultural studies from late-nineteenth century to early-twenty-first century, translated by experts for the first time into English. These seminal essays explore complex interconnections between socio-historical events in the colonial and post-Independence period in Odisha and the language movement. They discuss themes such as the evolving idea of literature and criteria of critical evaluation; revision and expansion of the literary canon; the transition from orality to print; emergence of new reading practices resulting in shifts in aesthetic sensibility; dialectics of tradition and modernity; and the formation, consolidation and political consequences of a language-based identity. Comprehensive and authoritative, this volume offers an overview of the history of critical thought in Odia literature in South Asia. It will be essential for scholars and researchers of Odia language and literature, literary criticism, literary theory, comparative literature, Indian literature, cultural studies, art and aesthetics, performance studies, history, sociology, regional studies and South Asian studies. It will also interest the Odia-speaking diaspora and those working on the intellectual history of Odisha and Eastern India and conservation of language and culture. Cover Endorsement Page Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Translators Introduction Chapter 1 Mohini Mohan Senapati: Odia folktales Chapter 2 Chakradhar Mohapatra: Village songs in Odia Chapter 3 Debi Prasanna Pattanayak: Colophons of palm-leaf manuscripts in Odisha Chapter 4 Shyam Sundar Rajguru: Sudramuni Sarala Das: author of the Odia Mahabharata Chapter 5 Gopinath Nanda Sarma: Reflections on Sarala Das’s Mahabharata: excerpts from Sree Bharata Darpan Chapter 6 Sarala Devi: Portrayal of women in Sarala Das’s Mahabharata Chapter 7 Gaganendra Nath Dash: Representations of the conflict between people living in cities and forest dwellers in Odia literature Chapter 8 Mrutyunjay Ratha: An essay on Dinakrushna Das’s Rasakallola Chapter 9 Sachchidananda Mishra: Baladeb Ratha and his experiments with poetic technique Chapter 10 Krushna Charan Behera: Perso-Arabic influence on Odia literature Chapter 11 Fakir Mohan Senapati: Michael Madhusudan Dutta and his Meghanadvadh Kavya Chapter 12 Debendra Dash: System of patronage and attribution of authorship in colonial Odisha: the case of Gangadhar Meher Chapter 13 Sudarsana Acharya: War of words: aspects of a literary controversy Chapter 14 Biswanath Kar and Chandra Mohan Maharana: The need for a literary periodical Chapter 15 Gopal Chandra Praharaj: Two Odia books: a review Chapter 16 Ashraf Ali Khan: Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Mamu: a review Chapter 17 Surendra Mohanty: Literature and morality Chapter 18 Girija Sankar Ray: Odia drama: a study of its social background Chapter 19 Basant Kumar Satpathy: Accounting for literary change: a survey of modern Odia poetry Chapter 20 Natabara Samantaray: Netramani’s diary Chapter 21 Gopinath Mohanty: Rabindranath Tagore and modern Odia poetry Chapter 22 Krishna Chandra Panigrahi: Commercial prospects of modern Odia literature Chapter 23 Chintamani Behera: The poetry of Sachidananda Rautray Chapter 24 Nilakantha Das: Odia literature: a historical enquiry Chapter 25 Bipin Bihari Ray: Literature and philosophy Glossary Bibliography Index