Name: Cultural and Literary Traditions in India
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Cultural and Literary Traditions in India

History, Myth and Orality

Edited By: Prakash Chandra Pradhan, Devender Kumar, Arti Nirmal, Sandip Paul

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Indian myth is a living force. This book traces the interplay of history and orality from The Ramayana to diverse folk traditions, revealing how ancient narratives of power, gender, and identity illuminate contemporary conflicts and crises.

This book presents an all-encompassing view of the cultural and literary traditions of representing, adapting, and understanding myth in the context of diverse issues of…

This book presents an all-encompassing view of the cultural and literary traditions of representing, adapting, and understanding myth in the context of diverse issues of Indian society and culture. It showcases the intertwined relation of history, myth, and orality, and addresses diverse issues of narration, interpretation, history, gender, divinity, identity, resistance, marginality, violence, power, and politics in relation to myths in India. It examines self-renewal aspects of the myths that offer an interpretative frame to contemporary crises and conflicts. It deals with various myths associated with Shiva, The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, Saptamatrika, and Puranas. Besides myths, various folk and oral traditions are explored including devadasi, nachni, Bhand pather, Yakshagana, Ramkatha, and gramkatha. It stands apart from the existing body of researches on myth and folk literature in India by its extensive scope that considers literary and cultural practices all over India.

Prakash Chandra Pradhan is a professor in the Department of English at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He holds DLitt, PhD, MPhil, and MA degrees from Utkal University, India. He has published 5 books, 69 research papers and reviews and 28 articles. He has edited books and research journals.

Devender Kumar is a professor in the Department of English at Banaras Hindu University, India. His areas of academic interest include British fiction, Indian literature in English, European literature in translation and folklore studies.

Arti Nirmal is an associate professor in the Department of English at the Banaras Hindu University, India. She has been engaged in teaching and researching postcolonial and decolonial studies, migration studies, law and literature, and folk and gender studies for nearly 15 years.

Sandip Paul currently works as an assistant professor at Usha Martin University, Ranchi, India. He earned a doctoral degree in 2022. He has published 3 articles in peer-reviewed and international journals.

Prakash Chandra Pradhan, Muskaan Kapoor, Jaya Sarkar, Moumita Ghosh, Sayantani Mukherjee, Ayushi Jaiswal, Sujit Kumar Singh, Prangya Priyankari Samal, Dharmendra Kumar, Vinamrata ., Prakash Chandra Panda, Sandip Paul, Dharmendra Yadav, P Shushmita Vatsyayan, Jaishankar Jha, Krishnakoli Dey, Pooja Gupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Shweta Kumari, Monami Nag, Neha Jain, Maitri Verma, Pallabee Dasgupta