The Laghukatha : a historical and literary analysis of a modern Hindi prose genre

The Laghukatha : a historical and literary analysis of a modern Hindi prose genre / Ira Valeria Sarma.

The book presented here is the first work of Western literary criticism to examine the Hindi laghukath? - a modern Indian prose genre that has been published since the 1970s in Hindi newspapers and magazines and is characterised by its concise form (500 words on average) and socio-political agenda....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sarma, Ira Valeria, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2003.
Series:Indian philology and South Asian studies ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Short stories, Hindi > History and criticism.
Hindi prose literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM/Short stories.
Hindi prose literature
Short stories, Hindi
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical development
  • 2.1 State of research: contemporary approaches
  • 2.2 Beginnings (before 1900)
  • 2.3 Transition into a modern genre (1900 â€? 1970)
  • 2.4 Modern laghukathaÌ?s
  • 3 The laghukathaÌ? writers
  • 3.1 The authorsâ€? intentions
  • 3.2 Means of publication
  • 4 Literary analysis
  • 4.1 State of research: approaches in Hindi laghukathaÌ? criticism
  • 4.2 Methodology
  • 4.3 Content
  • 4.4 Form
  • 4.5 Style
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 6 Bibliography
  • 7 Appendix: LaghukathaÌ?s of the sample
  • 8 Index

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