[INDOLOGY] Sources on Relationship btw Oral/Literary Traditions

[Artur Karp]

Witajcie,

One of the earliest (if not the earliest!) collections of Indian oral
traditions:

Richard Carnac Temple, The Legends of the Panjâb, Vol. I-III, Education
Society's Press, Byculla, Bombay 1884-.

Reprint: The Legends of the Punjab, Deptt of Languages, Punjab, Patiala,
1962-63

Digitalized copies of Vols. II & III available for free download:

Vol. II - https://archive.org/details/legendspanjb00tempgoog

Vol. III - https://archive.org/details/cu31924070625854


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carnac_Temple


Artur Karp (em.)
Katedra Azji Południowej
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Polska



2017-11-03 23:39 GMT+01:00 Mark McLaughlin via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Many, many heart felt thanks to Rosane Rocher, Lubomir Ondračka, and
> Dermot Killingley for your generous responses. You've provided superb
> source material for Emma and I know that many of us on this thread will
> also be reading them.
>
> With much appreciation,
> Mark
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Mark McLaughlin <markasha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Indology mind-hive,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have an undergraduate student who is interested in writing a paper on
>> questions of oral and literary traditions. I would like to solicit your
>> opinions on potential sources for her. Please see her message below for a
>> more detailed delineation of her questioning.
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks in advance!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Professor McLaughlin,
>>
>>
>>
>> I read through a little more of the Pollock book last night to get a
>> better feel for some questions. I think generally this is what I'm
>> thinking:
>>
>>
>>
>> What is the difference and relationship between the oral and literary
>> tradition? How has that relationship evolved with the emergence of written
>> texts, vernacularization, and the subsequent privileging of textual sources
>> by the colonial West and the Academy? Who is excluded and/or included by
>> the privileging of one kind of knowledge over the other? For scholars, what
>> kind of nuanced understanding of literacy should be sought or acknowledged
>> given that "to be literate" can mean different things in different
>> cultures?
>>
>>
>>
>> Let me know if this sounds like what I was talking about the other day!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Emma
>>
>> --
>> Mark McLaughlin
>> *Visiting Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions*
>>
>>
>> *Department of Religious StudiesCollege of William and MaryWilliamsburg,
>> VA*
>>
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>
>
> --
> Mark McLaughlin
> *Visiting Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions*
>
>
> *Department of Religious StudiesCollege of William and MaryWilliamsburg,
> VA*
>
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