[INDOLOGY] Narratology

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

02 09 14

Thanks George! I have no difference with you. My narrowing of the choice,
instead of using a more inclusive term like, say, *Deutschologists*, was
inadvertent.

One thing. By *Rahmen-erzälung* I tried to mean the structure of narration
within narration that is very prominent in Indian story-telling,
occasionally leading to the loss of the thread.  There are several other
types of structure that George's references include.

In any case, I enjoyed the postings.

Thanks again!

Best

DB




On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:22 AM, 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
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> INDOLOGY mailing list
>>> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
>>> http://listinfo.indology.info
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> INDOLOGY mailing list
>> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
>> http://listinfo.indology.info
>>
>
>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20140902/3e2c3ecd/attachment.htm>