Dialogics of self, the Mahabharata, and culture
Subtitle: the history of understanding and understanding of history
By: Lakshmi Bandlamudi
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781843318354; 9780857289537
Subjects: Literature and history; Mahābhārata; Dialogism (Literary analysis); Mahabharat (Television program : 1988-1990); Literary Discourse analysis; Memory; Self in literature
Other titles: History of understanding and understanding of history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: About theories and philosophies. Introduction. So what's the story and why this story?; title: About self. Telling tales about lives; title: Who tells what kinds of stories?; title: About memory. The cultural scene : allure of tales in the living texts; title: Remembering the Mahabharata : the story telling time and the time of the story; title: Gendered memories : the heroine's journey in time; title: About interpretation. The reading act; title: Readers, plots, and discourses; title: About self, memory, and interpretation. Tales in lives and lives in tales; title: Reflections on real time in great time .