Jane, Come with Me to India
The Narrative Transformation of Janeeyreness in the Indian Reception of Jane Eyre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20074960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulrich Timme Kragh (0000-0001-6000-3666, Apabhramsha Sahitya Academy), Abhishek Jain (0000-0001-5936-7067, Loyola Marymount University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 92-183 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Prismatic Jane Eyre (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11647/obp.0319.04 |
| OpenAlex | W4388654132 |
| ISBN | 9781800648425 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
The essay presents the reception of Jane Eyre on the Indian subcontinent. It examines the Indian motif within Brontë’s novel, surveys seven literary and cinematographic Jane Eyre adaptations in five Indian languages produced between 1914 and 1972, discusses the history of Indian translation practices and presents eighteen Jane Eyre translations into nine Indian languages that appeared between 1953 and 2020, and finally synoptically analyses four passages from two literal translations into Hindi and Kannada and an abridged translation into Gujarati. Throughout, the essay proposes a new approach to narrative analysis based on an Indian dramaturgical model, a new definition of translation and adaptation based on the Indian philosophical notion of transformation, and a new criterion drawn from Indian poetics for distinguishing between the notions of adaptation, abridgement, and translation
Ancient history · Art · Gujarati · Hindi · Indian literature · Indian subcontinent · Linguistics · Literal translation · Literature · Narrative · Poetics · Poetry · Source text · Urdu · History · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Translation Studies and Practices
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |