Alterity and Poetry: The Ṛgveda and the Invention of Indian Theatre

Ancient Indian literature, poetry and prose, shows different forms of dialogue that have been regarded as the first vestiges of a dramatic art in India. In the Ṛgveda, dialogue appears to be more than a genre, what gives a fundamental structure to the hymns. The study of the ṛṣis’ style and the for...

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Autor principal:	Silvia D’Intino
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2018
Materias:	Ṛgveda Vasiṣṭha Varuṇa dialogue alterity persona Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:be3a6f2dd3ab4fdb8b94e9cfa40746062021-11-27T12:54:24ZAlterity and Poetry: The Ṛgveda and the Invention of Indian Theatre10.12797/CIS.20.2018.01.051732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/be3a6f2dd3ab4fdb8b94e9cfa40746062018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/317https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Ancient Indian literature, poetry and prose, shows different forms of dialogue that have been regarded as the first vestiges of a dramatic art in India. In the Ṛgveda, dialogue appears to be more than a genre, what gives a fundamental structure to the hymns. The study of the ṛṣis’ style and the formal peculiarities of Vedic poetry may shed light on a deep filiation. Among these peculiarities, we will focus on the use of personal pronouns, namely the first person singular. In a small group of Varuṇa hymns attributed to Vasiṣṭha (ṚV VII 86–89), the remarkable conception of the speaking ‘I’, different from the poet himself, different from the lyric ‘I’, sheds light on the distancing effect operated by the Vedic poet, on the difference between subject and persona as a main feature of his art, thus anticipating the emergence of the character, and secretly contributing to the invention of theatre in ancient India. Silvia D’IntinoKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleṚgvedaVasiṣṭhaVaruṇadialoguealteritypersonaIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2018)
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description	Ancient Indian literature, poetry and prose, shows different forms of dialogue that have been regarded as the first vestiges of a dramatic art in India. In the Ṛgveda, dialogue appears to be more than a genre, what gives a fundamental structure to the hymns. The study of the ṛṣis’ style and the formal peculiarities of Vedic poetry may shed light on a deep filiation. Among these peculiarities, we will focus on the use of personal pronouns, namely the first person singular. In a small group of Varuṇa hymns attributed to Vasiṣṭha (ṚV VII 86–89), the remarkable conception of the speaking ‘I’, different from the poet himself, different from the lyric ‘I’, sheds light on the distancing effect operated by the Vedic poet, on the difference between subject and persona as a main feature of his art, thus anticipating the emergence of the character, and secretly contributing to the invention of theatre in ancient India.
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Alterity and Poetry: The Ṛgveda and the Invention of Indian Theatre

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