Mandala of Words

This book is a hermeneutic analysis of the main poetic spaces in the work of Ashok Vajpeyi, a poet and a critic recognized among the eminent contemporary Hindi writers. The four parts of the book are devoted to major anthropological questions, instrumental for the poet who - while searching for the principle of unity with the world - causes language to become an extension of existence. The author shows how, by combining both the Indian and Western cultural traditions, Vajpeyi locates his poetry «between civilizations», where it remains a self-contained projection of discourse taking the form of original and engaging patterns of poetic communication. The book portrays a significant case of the cultural encounter of East and West in the modern globalized world.

Autorentext

Renata Czekalska is Associate Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland). Her research interests are South Asian culture, contemporary literature, theory and practice of translation, intercultural communication.

Inhalt

Modern Poetry - Dialogue between Civilizations - Intercultural Communication - Poetic World of a Modern Indian Poet - Identity of the Subject - Love and Creation - The Function of Word - Mythization - Universality of Artistic Expression - Hermeneutic Analysis