Excavating the fossils of India : representations of the Mahabharata and Ramayana in post-colonial Indian literature and film

• Main Author: Rathiy Devi Ramanathan
• Other Authors: Bede Tregear Scott
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15189
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The direction of the graduation essay lies in the examination of postcolonial representations of pre-colonial Indian epics. Two major Indian epics, namely the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, will be discussed. The essay establishes the different ways in which post-colonial Indian authors represent pre...