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The Rajasthani oral narrative of Devn¡r¡ya¸

Contents of Exploration Mode

 

1 Introduction  

1.1 Word and World 

1.2 Devn¡r¡ya¸ 

1.3 Aims 

2 Verbal Narrative 

2.1 Performance 

2.2 Rememberance 

2.3 Song and Declamatory chant 

2.4 Conversational Discourse 

2.5 Repetition 

2.6 Dialogue 

3 Visual Narrative 

3.1 The Signs Persistence 

3.2 Organizational Features 

4 Textual Narrative 

4.1 Synopsis of the Narrative 

4.2 Imagining a Text 

4.3 Of Kings, Queens, and Avat¡ras 

5 Historical Narrative 

5.1 The Printed Text 

5.2 The Oral Telling 

5.3 Another History 

6 Social Narrative 

6.1 Choch£ Bh¡¶: Bard, Trickster, Genealogist 

6.2 Metaphors of Multiplicity 

6.3 Images of Women 

6.4 The Ambivalence of Power 

7 Divine Testimony 

7.1 Parcyo 

7.2 A Journey through Realms 

7.3 The Conquest of Realms 

Bibliography 

 

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