[INDOLOGY] Narratology

[George Thompson]

Sorry to have sent this incomplete message.  My fingers are not as fast as
my thoughts.... gp

Briefly,

Indo-Europeanists interested not only in IE linguistics, but also in IE
poetics, also have spent much time on inherited narrative techniques in IE
narrative texts.  See Calvert Watkins, Rudiger Schmitt, et al.  They have
long known of the historical links between classical Indian narrative
techniques and related techniques in other IE traditions.

We find in the Bhagavad Gita, for example, heavy use of chiasmus [ a
pattern: abccba, etc], just as in the Homeric epics.

I could go on and on, but I need to get on


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 2:52 PM, George Thompson <gthomgt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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