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Ananda Devi – pisarka skrzyżowania kultur
No full textAnanda Devi is a francophone-Mauritian writer who lives (and creates) near Geneva. She is the author of numerous novels, short stories and volumes of poetry. Although the stories of her characters are fictitious, Devi’s texts are strongly inspired by her native island, its history and its ethnic, cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. In her novels, Devi employs numerous stylistic devices to empower individuals who are regarded as worse, excluded from the society due to their deficits.Ananda Devi is a francophone-Mauritian writer who lives (and creates) near Geneva. She is the author of numerous novels, short stories and volumes of poetry. Although the stories of her characters are fictitious, Devi’s texts are strongly inspired by her native island, its history and its ethnic, cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. In her novels, Devi employs numerous stylistic devices to empower individuals who are regarded as worse, excluded from the society due to their deficits
Une interview avec Ananda Devi
No full textAn interview with Ananda Devi, which was conducted by Associate Professor Anna Czarnowus and Dr Marta Mamet-Michalkiewicz in 2019. The author talks about her own multilingualism, the novels where she dicusses violence, including sexual violence, her literary inspirations, the symbolism of her texts, female anger and feminism, the cultural meaning of cooking, and her novel 'The Living Days'.Wywiad z Anandą Devi przeprowadzony przez dr. hab. Annę Czarnowus i dr. Martę Mamet-Michalkiewicz z Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w 2019 roku. W wywiadzie autorka opowiada o swojej wielojęzyczności, powieściach, w których opisuje przemoc, również seksualną, swoich inspiracjach pisarskich, symbolice w swoich tekstach, kobiecym gniewie i feminizmie, kulturowym znaczeniu gotowania oraz powieści 'Les jours vivants'
Ananda Devi: a writer at the crossroads of cultures
No full textAnanda Devi is a francophone-Mauritian writer who lives (and creates) near Geneva. She is the author of numerous novels, short stories and volumes of poetry. Although the stories of her characters are fictitious, Devi’s texts are strongly inspired by her native island, its history and its ethnic, cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. In her novels, Devi employs numerous stylistic devices to empower individuals who are regarded as worse, excluded from the society due to their deficits
An Interview with Ananda Devi
No full textAn interview with Ananda Devi, which was conducted by Associate Professor Anna Czarnowus and Dr Marta Mamet-Michalkiewicz in 2019. The author talks about her own multilingualism, the novels where she dicusses violence, including sexual violence, her literary inspirations, the symbolism of her texts, female anger and feminism, the cultural meaning of cooking, and her novel \u27The Living Days\u27.Wywiad z Anandą Devi przeprowadzony przez dr. hab. Annę Czarnowus i dr. Martę Mamet-Michalkiewicz z Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w 2019 roku. W wywiadzie autorka opowiada o swojej wielojęzyczności, powieściach, w których opisuje przemoc, również seksualną, swoich inspiracjach pisarskich, symbolice w swoich tekstach, kobiecym gniewie i feminizmie, kulturowym znaczeniu gotowania oraz powieści \u27Les jours vivants\u27
Chapparby Jai Prakash Kardam: A Comprehensive Study
No full textThe paper intends to deal with the plight of Dalits and their miserable condition in Jai Prakash Kardam\u27s Hindi novel Chappar first published in 1994. The book highlights the social disparity and discrimination faced by Dalits, whether rural or urban. The still existing feudalism in Indian villages compels Dalits to abide by social norms framed in the interest of the landlords, Brahmins or the dominants. The entrenched caste system deprives Dalits to access educational institutes. They are denied even to touch scriptures as they have been reserved for upper castes only. The novel also exposes the cruel treatment of powerful, bureaucrats, policemen and politicians toward Dalits. The Ambedkarite ideology ignites the radical minds of Dalit youths in setting out a movement of liberation and emancipation which is the base of the book. \u27Dalit women\u27, the phrase narrates endless horrible incidents in the lives of Dalit women as they are raped, gang-raped, harassed, humiliated, abandoned or even forced to commit suicide or live a life of curse in their own land. The author has raised all these serious issues confronted by Dalits in a small village setting along with various other social problems in urban areas. The present paper attempts to explore the horrible narratives, incidents and challenges through the extensive reading of the characters and their actions. How they achieve their target of egalitarian society? Who and what are the forces behind the struggle against the dominants besides the community? Do the Dalit women accept their fate of curse passively or dare to challenge the self-proclaimed authorities
Alpinist adaptive potential and the dynamics of adaptation in Janusz Klarner’s „Nanda Devi”
No full textWyprawa alpinistów na Nanda Devi była pierwszą polską pomyślnie zakończoną wędrówką w Himalajach. Nanda Devi była bardzo trudnym wyzwaniem dla polskiej ekipy, ale po wielu niebezpiecznych sytuacjach w końcu osiągnęli szczyt. W kolejnym kroku alpiniści chcieli zdobyć szczyt Tirsuli. Niestety, dwóch ekspedytorów zostało zasypanych lawiną na zboczach lodowca. Janusz Klarner (członek ekipy polskich alpinistów) po kilku latach napisał książkę Nanda Devi, opartą na jego prywatnym dzienniku ekspedycyjnym. Główną tezą artykułu jest to, że dotarcie do Nanda Devi było możliwe dzięki odpowiedniej szybkości adaptacji. Himalaje były zupełnie nieznanym miejscem dla polskich alpinistów. Okoliczności wymagały adaptacji do nowych, wymagających warunków. W artykule autor analizuje te adaptacje. Niektóre z nich miały wymiar symboliczny, inne: kulturowy, techniczny oraz aksjologiczny. Korzystając z ustaleń Deleuze'a z Bergsonizmu, autor uznaje, że zdolność do odpowiednio dynamicznej adaptacji jest wynikiem odpowiedniego uporządkowania występującego w danym momencie. Podsumowując, autor rozważa różne powiązania wzorców kulturowych, przyczynowości osobistej i względów środowiskowychAlpinist expedition to the Nanda Devi was the first Polish successfully ended hiking in the Himalaya. Nanda Devi was a very tough challenge for Polish team but after many dangerous situations they finally reached the peak. As a next step alpinists wanted to reach Tirsuli peak. Unluckily, two of the expeditors were buried in an avalanche on the slopes of a glacier. Janusz Klarner (the member of the Polish alpinists team) after few years wrote a book Nanda Devi which is based on his private expedition journal. The main thesis of the article is that reaching Nanda Devi was possible by the accurate speed of adaptation. The Himalaya was a completely different and unknown place for Polish alpinists. Alpinists were forced to various adaptations in many different situations. In the article author analyses emerging changes and adaptations. Among them are symbolic, cultural, technical and axiological adaptations. Using Deleuze's findings from Bergsonizm, the author recognizes that the capacity for appropriately dynamic adaptation is the result of an appropriate arrangement occurring at a point in time. To sum up, an author considers various connections between cultural patterns, personal causality and environmental considerations
Ananda Devi et certains de l’exil
No full textInspired by Devi’s Ceux du large (2017) and by authors connected to her, a performance has been created by the author, who was to conduct an oral creative workshop among whose participants were young immigrants. Trying to take into account both dimensions of such an artistic but also human experience, the text points out the links between Ananda Devi’s words and the young immigrants’ ones, and also the influence of having read them on the way to lead the workshop. But, above all, it shows how such a poetic writing is necessary not to reduce migration to a simple and measurable fact.Inspirée par des pages de Ceux du large (Ananda Devi, 2017) et des pages d’autres auteurs avec lesquels Ananda Devi est en lien, une performance été faite par un artiste-chercheur devant aussi animer un atelier de création sonore et à la même période. Parmi les participants se trouvaient de jeunes migrants. Essayant de prendre en compte toutes les dimensions d’une telle expérience aussi bien humaine qu’artistique, le texte fait apparaître les liens entre les mots d’Ananda Devi et ceux des jeunes migrants, et aussi l’influence de les avoir lus sur la façon de conduire l’atelier. Mais, par-dessus tout, il s’agit de montrer combien une telle écriture poétique est nécessaire pour ne pas réduire la migration à un simple fait mesurable
La quête identitaire dans l’œuvre romanesque d’Ananda Devi
No full textThis article examines three novels by Ananda Devi, a well‑known francophone novelist from Mauritius, the author of many novels, short stories and poetry books. In her novels, theauthor portrays the lives of women, the roles and norms that have been imposed on them, as well as their place in the conservative and patriarchal society in Mauritius and in India.The protagonists of Pagli, Le Voile de Draupadi and Indian tango, whilst searching for their identity, rebel against the society, their families and religion which marginalise them and deny their right to make decisions about their own lives. The protagonists of Devi’s novels by objecting to such a lifestyle, by violating the social norms and breaching bans, discover their identity. Pagli symbolically rediscovers her true name, Anjali freedom and Subhadra her body/sexuality.Key words: Ananda Devi, francophone novel, woman, identity, freedom, violation of social, religious and moral norm
La quête identitaire dans l’œuvre romanesque d’Ananda Devi
No full textThis article examines three novels by Ananda Devi, a well‑known francophone novelist from Mauritius, the author of many novels, short stories and poetry books. In her novels, theauthor portrays the lives of women, the roles and norms that have been imposed on them, as well as their place in the conservative and patriarchal society in Mauritius and in India.
The protagonists of Pagli, Le Voile de Draupadi and Indian tango, whilst searching for their identity, rebel against the society, their families and religion which marginalise them and deny their right to make decisions about their own lives. The protagonists of Devi’s novels by objecting to such a lifestyle, by violating the social norms and breaching bans, discover their identity. Pagli symbolically rediscovers her true name, Anjali freedom and Subhadra her body/sexuality.
Key words: Ananda Devi, francophone novel, woman, identity, freedom, violation of social, religious and moral norm
Pour une poétique du nomadisme dans l’oeuvre d’Ananda Devi
No full textFar from nourishing the image of a fantasized Orient, Devi takes a sceptical look at the ancestral culture and deconstructs the stereotypes of exotic images and those reducing women to a simple object. Taking pleasure in transgression, she rehabilitates through discursive and linguistic processes the place of the female subject in the narrative space. The author demonstrates intellectual nomadism, through the mixing of identity and culture. In Devi’s text, languages are in alchemy: they rub shoulders, inseminate and proliferate. She handles languages, makes her text dance to rhythms and intonations to accompany her universal themes with a nomadic poetic who works her work in-depth.Loin de nourrir l’image d’un Orient fantasmé, Devi porte un regard sceptique sur la culture ancestrale est déconstruit les stéréotypes des images exotiques et ceux réduisant la femme à un simple objet. Prenant plaisir dans la transgression, elle réhabilite à travers des procédés discursifs et linguistiques la place du sujet féminin dans l’espace narratif. L’auteure fait preuve de nomadisme intellectuel, par le brassage identitaire et culturel.
Dans le texte de Devi les langues sont en alchimie : elles se côtoient, s’inséminent et se fécondent. Elle manie les langues, fait danser son texte aux rythmes et aux intonations pour accompagner ses thématiques universelles par une poétique nomade qui travaille en profondeur son œuvre
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