Mariola Offredi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mariola Offredi plays a role.
2014 Educating the Young against Discrimination. The Woman Issue in the Hindi Textbooks of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Archív Orientální 82:1, pp. 59–116 | Article
The paper takes into consideration the Hindi textbooks of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT, set up in 1961 and fully funded by the Central Government) for sixth to twelfth grade students (11/12 to 17/18 years of age) published in the 2000s. In accordance with the… read more
2011 The Mountains in Contemporary Hindi Literature Archív Orientální 79:3, pp. 281–312 | Article
The paper intends to analyse the changing image of mountains in contemporary Hindi literature. A selection of works has been made, from both poetry and fiction, covering a time span of over eight decades, from 1920 to 2004. The image they provide is wide-ranging. In the field of poetry, in the… read more
2010 A Note on the Development of the Religious Theme in 20th Century Hindi Literature Archív Orientální 78:2, pp. 153–173 | Article
The paper deals with the different ways in which twentieth-century Hindi writers introduced the theme of religion into their work. A selection of authors has been made in order to highlight some important issues connected with religion. As may be expected, basically two points of view are to be… read more
2009 Myth and Religion in Kr̥̥ṣṇā Sobtī’s Zindagīnāmā Archív Orientální 77:2, pp. 143–168 | Article
This paper takes into consideration the role of myth and religion in Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī’s novel Zindagīnāmā [A book of life, 1979]. The introduction highlights the composition of Śāhjī’s household, where people of different faiths live, and explores the fellowship among Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs, which… read more
2008 Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī. A Journey from Bacpan to Samay sargam Archív Orientální 76:3, pp. 337–357 | Article
Two voices inhabit the inner being of Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī, both as a fiction writer and as a woman. Creative output stems from that inner being, allowing the artist to project an imaginary world, created through the cognitive process that provides for the building blocks of the mind. In this article I will… read more
2007 Vasudha Dalmia, Poetics, Plays, and Performances. The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre Archív Orientální 75:1, pp. 118–121 | Review
2007 Zindagīnāmā: The Undivided Panjab of Krishna Sobti Archív Orientální 75:3, pp. 351–372 | Article
At the heart of Krishna Sobti’s novel Zindagīnāmā (A book of life, 1979) is a village of the Gujrat district (western Panjab, now Pakistan), in the Chaj Doab. The setting is contained within three bands: the outermost band is the village, where most people are Muslim but which is dominated by… read more
2007 Cecilia Cossio, Cinema in India. Lo strano caso di Shashi Kapur Archív Orientální 75:1, pp. 115–117 | Review
2005 Composition Technique in Dhūmil’s Poetry Archív Orientální 73:3, pp. 335–362 | Article
This paper deals with composition technique in the poetry of Dhūmil (Sudāmā Pāṇḍey “Dhūmil”, 1936-1975). While the poet is capable of producing “attractive” images, as may be seen in some unpublished fragments of his earliest work, in the poems in the collection Sansad se saṛak tak (From Parliament… read more