Wordscapes

Description

This book is designed to introduce students to the matchless world of Indian literature that we read largely through translations. In a multilingual and multicultural country like India, translations of texts from different regional languages into English as well as into other Indian languages are essential to comprehend the expansive reality of our country.

There are five broad divisions—Introduction to Translation, Poetry, Prose, Drama, and Fiction. Every unit begins with a Warm Up, followed by Objectives and a section on Getting Acquainted with the author/poet, translator, and text. The main section consists of a text translated into English from a major Indian language. There are five subsections—Stop and Think, Pause and Proceed, Recap, Activities and Practise to Perfect.

This book has been prepared in the self-instructional format to help learners become independent, confident and active learners.

About the Authors

Dr. N. Jagadeshwari is Assistant Professor, Department of English at the Government Arts College, Tiruvannamalai.

Dr. Bharathi Harishankar is Professor of English and Head, Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Madras.

Mini Krishnan edits literary translations for OUP India and is the series editor of Living in Harmony (OUP) a values and life skills education programme for schools.