East Asian Literatures: An Interface with India

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This volume discusses the past, present and future perspectives of literature in Japan, china and South Korea and its interface with India. Since this being a largely unexplored area, an attempt has been made to present a true picture of the literature and cultural milieu of the East Asian countries to the readers through well researched, thought-provoking and enlightening papers contributed by eminent scholars from India, Japan, China and Korea. It is a historical fact that India maintained strong cultural ties with East Asian countries directly or indirectly through religion and culture since ancient times. This cultural bond has become all the more significant and meaningful in this age of information technology and globalization. In this conetext, literature has a great role to play. To be precise, it is only through literature that this existing bond of cultural affinity among India and East Asian countries could be nurtured and strengthened. This book gives a vivid picture of the state of the past and present literary trends in Japan, china and South Korea, the influence of India literary trends and thought on their literatures, and the general perception and assimilation of East Asian literatures, and the general perception and assimilation if East Asian literatures in India. This book would be a unique and comprehensive reference material for teachers, researchers, students, writers, and literary critics of Indian and East Asian literatures.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.A. George

Dr. P.A. Geoge (1959) is an associate professor at the Centre for Japanese and North East Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. He teaches courses in Japanese Language and Literature. He has been specializing on Miyazawa Kenji and his works since mid 1990s. In 2002, the government of Hanamaki City, Iwate prefecture, Japan, bestowed him with ‘The Miyazawa Kenji Shorei-sho’ (The Miyazawa Kenji Award for Young Scholars) in recognition to his research on Kenji and translation of some of his children’s stories into Malayalam. Dr. George also translated some novellas of Shimazaki Toson, another renowned Japanese novelist of twentieth century, into English and published few years ago. Presently, he is working on a Malayalam translation of short stories of famous Japanese authors like Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Kawabata Yasunari and others.

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Title
East Asian Literatures: An Interface with India
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
817211205X
Length
xvi+384p., Notes; References; Plates; Index; 26cm.
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