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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.fxmx43
- isbn: 9781783741021
- eisbn: 9782821876163
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India oral tradition folklore storytelling Inde art de conter folklore tradition orale Folklore Literature (General) LIT008020 DSBSujets proches
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Imre Bangha, « 13. A Curious King, a Psychic Leper, and the Workings of Karma: Bajid’s Entertaining Narratives », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.fxmx43
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The Hindi literary scene in the second half of the sixteenth century underwent a deep change and, thanks to the stability and patronage of the Mughal empire, Brajbhasha started to supersede the earlier layers of Awadhi and sant poetry. Up until that time it was Puranic, epic, and historical narratives and sufi romances — composed normally in the doha-chaupai metre, conveying important religious or political messages, and usually of a performative nature — that had been deemed worthy of being ...