Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
Biographic Data
| ID | 7498951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarbajaya Bhattacharya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarbajaya |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhattacharya |
| SIGNATURE | BHATTACHARYA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jadavpur University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6294-7804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Constructing the self and “discovering” India
In Abala Basu’s travelogues for children, published in the journal Mukul and based on her travels across India and Europe, the author appears to be performing the dual task of disseminating knowledge and creating an image of the nation. Travel, employed in this way, becomes a tool of both education and politics where retelling the past serves both purposes equally. Within the broader context of the development of travel writing and nationalism, t…
If possible, I too shall venture out into the world – that is my desire”
Hugo's description of a view from a moving train is one of many instances in travel writing which illustrates how the mode of travel (here, the railways) often plays a significant role in the creating of new landscapes within the text. The gaze of the traveller also plays a significant role in landscape production as does their relation to the land they are describing. This article seeks to examine the ways in which 'literary landscape(s)' produc…
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If possible, I too shall venture out into the world – that is my desire”
Hugo's description of a view from a moving train is one of many instances in travel writing which illustrates how the mode of travel (here, the railways) often plays a significant role in the creating of new landscapes within the text. The gaze of the traveller also plays a significant role in landscape production as does their relation to the land they are describing. This article seeks to examine the ways in which 'literary landscape(s)' produc…
Constructing the self and “discovering” India
In Abala Basu’s travelogues for children, published in the journal Mukul and based on her travels across India and Europe, the author appears to be performing the dual task of disseminating knowledge and creating an image of the nation. Travel, employed in this way, becomes a tool of both education and politics where retelling the past serves both purposes equally. Within the broader context of the development of travel writing and nationalism, t…
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