Literary Transcreation as a Jain Practice

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-98740-159-6
Verlag: Ergon-Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, broschiert, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Beiträge zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Süd- und Ostasienforschung

A vast corpus of Jain texts lies unexamined in manuscript libraries, several of them new versions of earlier works. Though the prevalence of literary transcreation in Jain communities is striking, it is by no means a practice exclusive to them. The field of South Asian Studies has increasingly dealt with the creative engagement of authors with an authoritative literary object. Although these studies have brought to the fore important conclusions, the Jains as a literary community have remained absent from these discussions. This volume addresses this gap, highlighting the influential role of Jain authors in the multilingual literary world of South Asia.

With contributions by
John Brockington Mary Brockington Eva De Clercq Gregory M. Clines John E. Cort Heleen De Jonckheere Anna Aurelia Esposito Basile Leclère Anil Mundra Shubha Shanthamurthy Neha Tiwari Simon Winant

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Clercq, Eva

de Jonckheere, Heleen

Winant, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Jainismus