[INDOLOGY] Sources on Relationship btw Oral/Literary Traditions

[Mark McLaughlin]

Thank you, Artur!

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> In Vol. I of The Legends (pp.418-528) - "Princess Niwal Daî" - as sung by
> two scavengers from Bibiyâl village near Ambâlâ. [The first page
> attached].
>
> My Polish (so far unpublished) translation available at academia.edu:
>
>  https://www.academia.edu/23171001/Córka_Tysiąca_Wężów_
> Śahr_Safidon_kī_kahānī_
>
> Artur Karp
>
> 2017-11-04 10:56 GMT+01:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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*
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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