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- Title
Revitalizing Folk Tales of Rajasthan: Vijay Dan Detha's Chouboli And Other Stories.
- Authors
Daisy
- Abstract
Indian Literature stands as the mirror of Indian Culture, exemplary of its exceedingly rich prehistoric tradition. A strong characteristic of Indian literature is the sublime influence of regional kathas, fables, stories and myths, which later developed as a distinct genre and were termed as the 'regional literature'. Known as the Shakespeare of Rajasthan, Vijay Dan Detha has become a living legend with his path-breaking research and archival work revitalizing oral literature of Rajasthan. Only recently, the folk based tales of Detha have been translated into English. The latest, two volume Chouboli and other Stories is an anthology of 25 delightful folktales of Rajasthan, very carefully selected, translated and presented from the vast body of Detha's work by Christi A Merrill, in association with Kailash Kabir, known for his extensive work of translating Detha into Hindi. My research paper would explore in detail how these mesmeric stories of wise shepherds, foolish kings, crafty ghosts, clever princesses, honest thieves, talking necklaces, and amorous snakes, grapple with contemporary concerns and age-old dilemmas and blur the lines between rural and urban, ancient and contemporary, to pose situations that find echoes across languages, cultures and ages.
- Subjects
INDIA; INDIC literature; TALE (Literary form); CULTURE; DETHA, Dan; CHOUBOLI &; Other Stories (Book)
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2012, Vol 3, Issue 3, p127
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Article