Perspectives on Mizo Culture - Laxmiprasad, P V
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Folktales of Mizoram is a translated collection of sixty-six short stories from northeast India taken up for a critical evaluation. The stories depict a typical Mizo culture in spirit and practice. This study focuses on the transformation of oral literature into written narratives. Folk practices, folk medicine, folk narratives, traditional songs, and received wisdom dominate these stories. A more insightful approach into folk narratives and songs emphasizes the world of new hermeneutics. The land, the culture, the language, the traditions have been remarkably explored through an elegant…mehr

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Folktales of Mizoram is a translated collection of sixty-six short stories from northeast India taken up for a critical evaluation. The stories depict a typical Mizo culture in spirit and practice. This study focuses on the transformation of oral literature into written narratives. Folk practices, folk medicine, folk narratives, traditional songs, and received wisdom dominate these stories. A more insightful approach into folk narratives and songs emphasizes the world of new hermeneutics. The land, the culture, the language, the traditions have been remarkably explored through an elegant reading and evaluation of this collection. Antiquity speaks through the folk tales. The spirit of folktales becomes one of unique exploration of hermeneutics in the end.
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Autorenporträt
P. V. Laxmiprasad, Ph.D., Department of English, Satavahana University (India). He is an eminent Indian literary critic who has critically evaluated this collection (Folktales of Mizoram) for a brilliant analysis. He has 38 books to his credit. He has championed the cause of Indian Writing in English. His primary focus and interest has been to work on Indian writers in English and regional literatures in English translation. He has promoted Indian ethos and demonstrated his consummate skill in publishing Indian authors. Over the last two decades, he has been in the forefront of publishing many research papers and books of criticism. He is a passionate devotee of Indian English writings. He reviews for journals in India and abroad. Overall, he has 300 publications to his credit.