Sanskrit poetics in the postcolonial space : beyond the canon /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sreenath, V. S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Bloomsbury India, 2023.
Subjects:
Table of 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.