Dagmar Marková
List of John Benjamins publications in which Dagmar Marková is involved.
2013 What Can Indian Film Thrillers Tell the Viewer? Social Tension in Modern Indian Literature and FIlm, pp. 89–101 | Article
Most recent Indian films, independent or Bollywood productions, even the most commercial, seek to provide Indian viewers with something of the wider social context. In particular, the message is one of love for one’s country regardless of religion and specific Indian ties of love within the family.… read more
2012 A View of Indian Muslim Life in the Short Stories of Nāsirā Śarmā Archív Orientální 80:1, pp. 85–103 | Article
Nāsirā Śarmā (b. 1948) is a Muslim lady married to a Hindu, a principled secularist, writing in Hindī. She is a prolific writer; her short stories about the contemporary life of Indian Muslims present a view of the minority community, who find it very difficult to part with traditional conservative… read more
2008 Nirmal Varmā, Writing in Hindi about Prague Archív Orientální 76:3, pp. 359–378 | Article
Nirmal Varmā (1929-2005) lived in Prague between 1959 and 1968. The atmosphere of Old Prague became one of the favorite motifs of his writings. He witnesses the Prague Spring of 1968, the Soviet invasion on August 21, 1968 and its aftermath in 1969, all of which influenced his political views in a… read more
2007 Animals Among People, as Depicted in Modern Hindi Literature Archív Orientální 75:4, pp. 493–511 | Article
In modern Hindi literature, the imagery of animals is usually employed in order to present an insight into the complexity of the human mind and human relations. A positive attitude towards useful animals is reflected; the motifs of animals are employed to depict cruel social inequalities. In… read more
2007 Indians and the West as Seen by Premcand and by Contemporary Hindi Writers Archív Orientální 75:3, pp. 329–349 | Article
In a few short stories on this theme, Premcand (1880-1936) as the first Hindi writer conveyed a certain warning to the reader that though West offers personal freedom of choice, it takes more away than it gives. In the literature of last several decades, Premcand’s main motifs related to the subject… read more
2006 Hindi Dalit Short Stories - Male and Female Perspectives Archív Orientální 74:3, pp. 283–297 | Article
Dalit literature is a literary movement born out of the social movement of the Dalits, the “downtrodden,” former “untouchables,” the lowest segment of the Hindu caste hierarchy, called Harijan (“Children of God”) by Mahatma Gandhi. Since 1935, when the British government in India grouped all the… read more
2006 The Private Lives of the Indian Muslim Middle Class as Depicted by Ismat Cuġtāī Archív Orientální 74:1, pp. 95–110 | Article
Ismat Cuġtāī, successor to the first Urdū woman writer Raśīd Jahān, gave most of her literary attention to the middleclass Muslim family, in particular to the women within its strata. Thanks to her extensive and in some cases controversial literary work, she is fully recognized as one of the four… read more
2005 A. P. Sharma, Hinduism Redefined. Archív Orientální 73:2, pp. 269–270 | Review
2005 Hiltrud Rüstau, Uttaranchal. Dem Himmel ein Stück näher. Archív Orientální 73:2, pp. 268–269 | Review
2005 Raśīd Jahān’s Literary Work: The First Insight into Hidden Corners of Indian Muslim Homes Archív Orientální 73:2, pp. 223–234 | Article
Raśīd Jahān (1905-1952), the first Urdu woman writer, was also the first writer to be concerned with very intimate aspects of the life of Muslim women living in pardā. Due to its depiction of a once taboo area of life, her first one-act play outrage Muslim clergy and orthodox circles in general, and… read more
2005 Anjali Capila, Images of Women in the Folk Songs of Garhwal. Himalayas. Archív Orientální 73:3, pp. 391–392 | Review