A Mandala of Words - Cultural Realities in the Poems of Ashok Vajpeyi

This book is a hermeneutic analysis of the main poetic spaces in the work of Ashok Vajpeyi, a poet and a critic recognized among the eminent contemporary Hindi writers. The four parts of the book are devoted to major anthropological questions, instrumental for the poet who - while searching for the principle of unity with the world - causes language to become an extension of existence. The author shows how, by combining both the Indian and Western cultural traditions, Vajpeyi locates his poetry «between civilizations», where it remains a self-contained projection of discourse taking the form of original and engaging patterns of poetic communication. The book portrays a significant case of the cultural encounter of East and West in the modern globalized world.

List of contents

Modern Poetry - Dialogue between Civilizations - Intercultural Communication - Poetic World of a Modern Indian Poet - Identity of the Subject - Love and Creation - The Function of Word - Mythization - Universality of Artistic Expression - Hermeneutic Analysis

About the author

Renata Czekalska is Associate Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland). Her research interests are South Asian culture, contemporary literature, theory and practice of translation, intercultural communication.

Product details

• Authors: Renata Czekalska
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9783631667316
• ISBN: 978-3-631-66731-6
• No. of pages: 251
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 330 g
• Series: Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature; Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature; Studies in East Asian Literatures and Cultures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures