[INDOLOGY] Narratology

[George Thompson]

Dear List,

Narratology has roots not only in German scholarship, as Dipak has pointed
out.  It also has deep roots in Russian semiotics [see Propp, Jakobson,
Lotman, Ivanov, and Toporov et al.]. Two important Indologists had deep
connections with this school: T. Elizarenkova and Boris Oguibenine,  who
is, I think, still a member of this list.  Narratology was also nurtured by
French scholars, influenced by Levi-Strauss and his brand of structuralism.

Indo-Europeanists interested not only in IE linguistics, but also in IE
poetics, also have spent much tim




On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 1.9.14
>
> German philology has the term Rahmen-erzählung literally 'Frame
> narration'. I am speaking from unrecorded memory. It was discussed by some
> acquaintances including me long ago. I do not remember the context and the
> sequel. It neatly defines the Indian narration structure. This may be
> probed into. There is no dearth of knowledgeable German friends who might
> help.
>
> Best
>
> DB
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Friends:
>>
>> One of my students is working on Narratalogy in the Indian Tradition.
>>
>> While we have enough information on how stories are told, we seem to be
>> lacking information on how stories are structured.
>>
>> Any help would be most helpful.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Harsha
>> Prof. Harsha V. Dehajia
>>
>>
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