There is much left to explore in Indian English Poetry, especially modern Indian English poetry. After studying some researches in Indian English poetry and the works of poets like Keki Daruwalla, Jayanta Mahapatra, AK Ramanujan, Arundhati Subramanian, it appears to me that some splendid poems by these poets never makes it to papers. Perhaps, there is some kind of obscurity. However, there is no denying that these poems do communicate long before they are understood. Probably, what is lacking is a literary criticism to illuminate such writings. Literary criticism of Indian English poetry, as I opine, places more emphasis on interpretations that the literary experience.
With my baby steps into cognitive literary approaches, I do feel what is termed as 'cognitive poetics' will help in communicating the literary experience of poetry along with meaningfulness, which might possibly account for a sound literary criticism.
Therefore, I am keen on knowing about the kind of cognitive literary research that is happening in India, especially with respect to Indian English poetry.
Sreenidhi Sivakumar
Hi
If you’re interested in investigating poetry from a cognitive linguistic perspective, I wonder if you have read (Cognitive Grammar in Literature, 2014) edited by
Chloe Harrison Louise Nuttall Peter Stockwell Wenjuan Yuan. Another resource that can prove useful is (Cognitive Stylistics Language and cognition in text analysis, 2002), edited by Elena Semino Jonathan Culpeper.
Best Wishes
Sreenidhi Sivakumar
- Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
- It is really a good opportunity for me to share my knowledge of the research and criticism on Cognitive Poetics in India. To be very frank that research level in Indian students do not touch the level worth mentioning. Indian English writers (Indo-Anglian) contributed abundantly in English literature in this continent. Aurobindo's Savitri, Madhusudan Dutt's English poems, Saronini Naidu, have enriched Indian as well as English literature as a whole. A few research on the topic (Cognitive Poetics) like Aditi S Rayarikar, Purdue University , though a fusion of German and Indian literature. But radical research particularly on Indian English poetry is rare.
وانا ايضا اتوق لمعرفة اثر الشعر الانجليزي في الشعر الهندي وهي فرصة معرفية ثمينة
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