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Author:   Rana Nayar ,  Alpna Saini ,  Tania Bansal
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.780kg
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9781032576978

ISBN 10:   1032576979
Pages:   407
Publication Date:   30 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
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Acknowledgements Translator’s Note Alpna Saini Introduction Rana Nayar Section-I: Background and Overview Punjabi Language: Evolution, Growth and Possibilities 1. The History of Punjabi Language Pyara Singh Padam 2. Literary Development of Punjabi Language Vidya Bhaskar Arun Punjabi Literature: A Historical Survey 3. Main Trends in Punjabi Literature Parminder Singh, Kirpal Singh Kasel, Gobind Singh Lamba Problematics of Punjabi Literary History and Historiography 4. Methods and Problems in Writing the History of Punjabi Literature Sant Singh Sekhon Punjabi Culture 5. Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture T.R. Vinod 6. The Culture(s) of Punjab Gurbax Singh Frank: Punjabi Folk Literature 7. Folklore and Literature Sohinder Singh Bedi 8. Dynamics of Creative Process in Folk Literature Nahar Singh Section-II: Theorising Medieval Literary Forms Literature of the Medieval Age 9. Folklore and Medieval Punjabi Literature Karnail S. Thind Gurmat Literature 10. Gurmat Poetry - Tradition and Multiple Perspectives Jagbir Singh 11. The World of Gurbani – Principles of Interpretation Jagbir Singh Aesthetics of Gurmat Literature 12. The Poetic Form in the Philosophy of Guru Granth Sahib Gopal Singh 13. Literary History of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Taaran Singh Sufi Literature 14. Critical Reflections on Punjabi Sufi Poetry Haribhajan Singh 15. The Poetic Universe of the Sufis Haribhajan Singh Punjabi Narrative Traditions 16. Origin and Development of Punjabi Prose in the Medieval Times Gurcharan Singh 17. Qissas and Romance: A Historical Perspective Sant Singh Sekhon Section-III: Theorising Modern Literary Forms Punjabi Literature of the Modern Age 18. An Overview of New Punjabi Literature Kartar Singh Duggal Modern Punjabi Poetry 19. Reading Modern Punjabi Poetry - From Bhai Vir Singh to Surjit Patar Tejwant Singh Gill Modern Punjabi Fiction 20. Theoretical Possibilities in the Modern Punjabi Novel J.S. Rahi 21. A Critical Study of the Punjabi Novel Niranjan Tasneem Modern Punjabi Drama 22. History of Punjabi Drama Satish Kumar Verma 23. Rethinking Punjabi Drama Satish Kumar Verma Section-IV: Theorising Contemporary Issues in Punjabi Literature Progressive Punjabi Literature and Marxist Aesthetics 24. Poetry and Social Criticism Sant Singh Sekhon 25. Contemporary Progressive Literature Kishan Singh Punjabi Meta Criticism 26. Punjabi Meta Criticism: Past and Present Harbhajan Singh Bhatia Punjabi Literature and Feminist Movement 27. Punjabi Diasporic Fiction – A Feminist Perspective Dhanwant Kaur 28. The Linguistic Revival of Punjabi Feminism Fakhra Hassan Punjabi Literature and Dalit Aesthetics 29. Existence, Identity and Beyond - Tracing the Contours of Dalit Literature in Punjabi Paramjit S. Judge 30. Contemporary Punjabi Dalit Poetry: A Distinct Ideological Discourse Yograj List of Contributors Index

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Rana Nayar is Professor (Retired) from the Department of English & Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2017. His main areas of interest are World Drama/Theatre, Translation Studies, Literary Theory and Cultural Studies. A practising translator of repute (Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow & Sahitya Akademi Prize Winner), he has rendered around 12 modern classics of Punjabi into English. These include novels, short stories and poetry and range across the works of Gurdial Singh, Mohan Bhandari, Raghbir Dhand and Beeba Balwant, published by Macmillan, National Book Trust, Sahitya Akademi, Sterling, Fiction House, Katha, Rupa and Unistar et al. He also has one collection of poems Breathing Spaces (Unistar, Chandigarh) and four critical books, i.e., Edward Albee: Towards a Typology of Relationships (Prestige, New Delhi, 2003), Inter-sections: Essays on Indian Literatures, Translations and Popular Consciousness (Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2012), Gurdial Singh: A Reader (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2012) and Cultural Studies in India (New York, London, New Delhi: Routledge, 2016), an anthology, edited along with Pushpinder Syal and Akshaya Kumar, to his credit. A committed theatre lover, he has directed over 20 major full-length productions, and has acted in almost as many. Alpna Saini is Professor of English at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. Her areas of interest include gender studies, cultural studies, Indian drama, Indian cinema and translation studies. She translates from Punjabi and Hindi into English and vice versa. She has extensively published research articles and translations from Punjabi and Hindi to English. She has published a book of critical essays on the drama of Girish Karnad titled Subjectivity as a Locus of Conflicts in Girish Karnad: a Discussion of his Plays. She has also edited and introduced a book titled Negotiating Boundaries: A Study of Bushra Ejaz’s Writings with Neetu Purohit. Her most recent work of translation was Blood Flowers: Selected Poems of Harbhajan Singh Hundal which she co-edited with Rajesh Sharma. Tania Bansal completed her PHD in Comparative Literature from Central University of Punjab, Bathinda in 2017. After serving on the faculty of Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, she moved to Akal University, Talwandi Sabo (Punjab). Currently she is serving as Assistant Professor at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali. Her research interests are new historicism, feminism, partition history and translation.

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