I would like to draw the attention of those interested in the subject to the two papers cited below as well as to the list attached here with 72 titles generated within a few seconds from the SARDS3 database (http://www.sards.uni-halle.de/sards/) by simply entering the keyword "narrative".

Witzel, Michael: On the origin of the literary device of the ‘Frame Story‘ in Old Indian literature. In: Hinduismus und Buddhismus, Festschrift für Ulrich Schneider, hrsg. v. Harry Falk. Freiburg, 1987, pp. 380-414.

 

Minkowski, C. Z.: Janamejaya's sattra and ritual structure, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, 109, 1989, pp. 401-420.


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WS


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2014-09-02 5:12 GMT+02:00 Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004@gmail.com>:

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@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@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@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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