1st Edition
Frontier Cultures A Social History of Assamese Literature
By Manjeet Baruah
Copyright 2012
222 Pages
by
Routledge India
222 Pages
by
Routledge India
222 Pages
by
Routledge India
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The study of Assamese literature has so far been in terms of the history of the Assamese language. This book is a history of the narratives written in Assamese language and its relation to the process of region formation. The literature dealt with ranges from pre-colonial chronicles, ballads and drama to modern genres of fiction and critical writing in Assamese language. Taking the Brahmaputra... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements Part I. Situating the Problem. Introduction 1. The Valley, 'Border' and the Question of Order 2. Buranjis and Sankari Culture: Language and Narrative in Pre-colonial Textual Traditions 3. Language Shift and Narrative: Pre-colonial Continental Crossroad to Colonial Frontier. Conclusion Part II. Literature and Socio-spatial Relations. Introduction 4. Language and Narrative: Negotiating between Difference and Contradiction 5. Narrative and Social Base: The Irony of Breakdown 6. Reinventing Frontier Narrative. Conclusion. Appendix: (a) An Account of Text and Social Origin of Author (b) Translations of Essays and Letters in Bahni. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Manjeet Baruah is Assistant Professor, School of Translation Studies and Training, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.
