Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship: A Study of the First English Translations

Author:   C T Indra ,  N Govindarajan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   200
Publication Date:   31 July 2023
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Author:   C T Indra ,  N Govindarajan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032399522


ISBN 10:   103239952
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   31 July 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The book, until now available only in Tamil, paints a picture of Orientalist scholarship as it crystallized in the late-eighteenth century, prior to the discovery by Ellis of the existence of the Dravidian family of languages. At the same time, Dr Govindarajan redeems the fate of Tamil works and the often anonymous Tamil authors who composed in colloquial Tamil and in a mostly oral literary and cultural milieu.One might say that Kindersley was a forerunner of the post-Orientalist, post-colonial scholars of south Indian languages who have expanded the horizons of early modern south Indian cultures far beyond the prevalent grammatical and dialectal norms. David Shulman, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem


“The book, until now available only in Tamiḻ, paints a picture of Orientalist scholarship as it crystallized in the late-eighteenth century, prior to the discovery by Ellis of the existence of the Dravidian family of languages. At the same time, Dr Govindarajan redeems the fate of Tamiḻ works and the often anonymous Tamiḻ authors who composed in colloquial Tamiḻ and in a mostly oral literary and cultural milieu. One might say that Kindersley was a forerunner of the post-Orientalist, post-Colonial scholars of South Indian languages who have expanded the horizons of early modern South Indian cultures far beyond the prevalent grammatical and dialectal norms”. David Shulman, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem


The book, until now available only in Tamil, paints a picture of Orientalist scholarship as it crystallized in the late-eighteenth century, prior to the discovery by Ellis of the existence of the Dravidian family of languages. At the same time, Dr Govindarajan redeems the fate of Tamil works and the often anonymous Tamil authors who composed in colloquial Tamil and in a mostly oral literary and cultural milieu. One might say that Kindersley was a forerunner of the post-Orientalist, post-colonial scholars of south Indian languages who have expanded the horizons of early modern south Indian cultures far beyond the prevalent grammatical and dialectal norms. David Shulman, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem


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C T Indra, former Professor of English, University of Madras, Chennai, India, taught in the Department for over three decades. She was a Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard (1980–81) and American Studies Research Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (1990). Her areas of interest are Literary Criticism and Theory, Translation and Hagiography. She has translated from Tamiḻ into English short stories, plays, a novella, poems and critical writings. Prema Jagannathan is Associate Professor of English (retired) and former Dean of Academic Affairs at Stella Maris College, Chennai, India. Her areas of interest include Indian Fiction, Bhakti Literature, Translation Studies and Communicative English.

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