U.R. Anantha Murthy's Samskara: a critical reader
Pencraft International, Jan 1, 2005 - Literary Criticism - 256 pages
Samskara: A Critical Reader is the first volume of its kind to be published on one of the classics of Indian literatures. It includes two foundation essays by Anantha Murthy, one on Indian fiction and the other on how he wrote Samskara, offering a historical context to the volume. Other essays, besides tracing the novel's roots to the tradition of realism in Indian fiction, address textual issues such as the representations of colonial modernity, thematic issues such as brahminism and the caste system, cultural issues such as gender and epistemic contestations, probing the depth and complexity of the work from a broad range of contemporary theoretical perspectives. Two essays focusing on the novel's translation into other languages and adaptation for radio add new dimensions to the interpretation of the novel.
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A.K. Ramanujan Acharya agrahara Anantha Murthy Anantha Murthy's Samskara Annajirao anti-brahman argues backyard belief Bengali Bhagirathi bhashas body Brahmin community caste system Chandri characters colonial contemporary context created crisis critical critique of brahmanism cultural Delhi desire Dharwad dilemma discourse Dumont early English novel epic essays existential existentialist experience fiction frontyard Galaganatha gender genre Gulvadi gynophobia Hindu Hinduism historical novels identity Indian Indirabai issues Kannada language Kannada literature Kannada novel Kannadigas Karnataka language literary lives Mahabharata male Marathi mode modern moral Muslim Mysore Naipaul Naranappa narrative narrator Natarajan novel in Kannada novelist orientalism orthodox Pandita play postcolonial Praneshacharya problem prostitute protagonist psychoanalysis Putta Puttanna question radio Ramayana reader reading reformers religion religious response ritual Samskara Sanskrit secular sense sexual social novels society story structure Swedish symbolic themes tradition translation U.R. Anantha Murthy's V.S. Naipaul Vasudevacharya Venkatacharya Venkatarao village Vishwanatha Western woman women writers wrote Yakshagana