Words, Texts, and Meanings Indian Literatures in English Translation

by Harishankar, V. Bharathi; Krishnan, Mini; Shivakumar, Sumathi

• ISBN13: 9780198096283
• ISBN10: 0198096283
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

V. Bharathi Harishankar, Associate Professor, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras,Mini Krishnan, Editor and Translator,Sumathi Shivakumar, Assistant Professor, English, A.M. Jain College, Chennai


V. Bharathi Harishankar is an Associate Professor of English at the Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras.

Mini Krishnan has been actively involved in educational publishing for two decades and currently edits translations for OUP. She was the founding editor of the South Asia Website for Women Writers hosted by the British Council and the series editor of the Modern Indian Novels in Translation project.

Sumathi Shivakumar is an Assistant Professor of English at A.M. Jain College, Chennai.

Table of Contents

Note from the Authors
Unit I: Introduction to Translation
Module 1 - Survey of the History, Growth and Role of Translation in India
Module 2 Translation: Theories, Approaches and Key Terms
Unit II: Translation in Practice - Poetry
Module 1 - Sangam Poetry in Translation
Module 2 - Demanding Firmness of Mind by Bharathiyar
Module 3 - Debt by Sukirtharani
Module 4 - The Tigress by Pratibha Nandakumar
Unit III: Translation in Practice - Short Fiction
Module 1 - Vaaganam by Ambai
Module 2 - Gulab Jamun by Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Unit IV: Translation in Practice - Drama
Module 1 - Jadu ka Kaleen by Mridula Garg
Unit V: Translation in Practice - Fiction: Novella
Module 1- Vaadivaasal by C.S. Chellappa
Further Reading