Narratives across borders / by Manju Jaidka.

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Jaidka, Manju [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781443892483
1443892483

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Electronic books.

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808.036 23

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PE1425

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Summary: This volume is centred around the idea that the aim of literature is to build bridges, to bring people together, and to highlight underlying similarities despite the apparent differences in world literatures. As such, the book focuses on the moral purpose of literature and its tendency to overcome divisive forces. It supports the idea of cosmopolitanism, a re-working of the ancient Indian ideal of Vasudhaiva Kuttumbakam, or 'the world is my home', a concept close to the African notion of 'ubuntu', which refers to an open society (as against a small, enclosed one) and relates to the essence of.

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This volume is centred around the idea that the aim of literature is to build bridges, to bring people together, and to highlight underlying similarities despite the apparent differences in world literatures. As such, the book focuses on the moral purpose of literature and its tendency to overcome divisive forces. It supports the idea of cosmopolitanism, a re-working of the ancient Indian ideal of Vasudhaiva Kuttumbakam, or 'the world is my home', a concept close to the African notion of 'ubuntu', which refers to an open society (as against a small, enclosed one) and relates to the essence of.

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