Jaya

McGrath, Kevin:
Jaya : performance in epic Mahābhārata / Kevin McGrath. - Boston, Mass. : Ilex Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011. - ix, 112 S. - (Ilex Foundation series ; 5)
ISBN 978-0-674-06246-7
US$ 14,95 / £ 11,95 / EUR 13,50
DDC: 294.5923046

Beschreibung
Jaya is a study of how the four poets of the Indian epic Mahābhārata fuse their separate performances of the poem into a single and seamless work of art. The book examines in detail the different mnemonic forms engaged by this verbal activity focusing primarily on the distinction between what is seen and what is heard, as the poets stage and dramatize the four dimensions of their heroic song within one timely occasion. The subtle poetics of preliteracy and literacy which are compounded in one performance are demonstrated and made distinct in both a literary and a conceptual light. Jaya will be of interest to those who work in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, the Classics, Oral Traditions, Comparative Literature, and the traditions of archaic poetry. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Acknowledgments. ix
1. Introduction. 1
2. Sound and Vision. 9
3. Poet and Messenger. 24
4. Battle and Grief. 48
   1. Bhīṣma parvan. 50
   2. Droṇa parvan. 61
   3. Karṇa parvan. 70
   4. Śalya parvan. 74
5. Poet and Hero. 84
6. Closure. 94
Bibliography. 105
Index. 111

Autor
KEVIN MCGRATH is Associate of the Department of Indian and Sanskrit Studies at Harvard University. Profile page.

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