Marathi Literatureमराठी साहित्य
From bhakti abhang to Dalit testimony
This subject covers the Varkari bhakti tradition of Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram, twentieth-century modernism, Dalit literature's radical intervention, and modern Marathi theatre, situating Maharashtra's literary history within its social and political movements.
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The Varkari Tradition: Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram
The devotional Varkari sampradaya centred on Vitthal of Pandharpur, and its two towering poet-saints, Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
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Marathi Modernism: Mardhekar and the New Poetry
B.S. Mardhekar's introduction of modernist technique and urban alienation into Marathi poetry, breaking from Ravikiran Mandal romanticism.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
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Dalit Literature: Testimony, Rage, and the Little Magazine
The Dalit Panther movement and the emergence of Marathi Dalit autobiography and poetry as a radical literary and political intervention.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
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Modern Marathi Theatre: Tendulkar and Social Confrontation
The rise of modern, socially confrontational Marathi theatre through Vijay Tendulkar's controversial and formally innovative plays.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
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Marathi Bhakti in Comparative World Mystical Poetry
The Varkari bhakti tradition of Jnaneshwar, Namdev, Eknath, and Tukaram read alongside Sufi, Christian mystic, and Zen devotional poetics.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 2 exercises
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Marathi Theatre in World Theatre History: Ibsen, Brecht, Boal
The development of modern Marathi theatre from sangeet natak through social realism and experimental drama, read against Ibsen's realism, Brechtian epic theatre, and Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 2 exercises
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Dalit Writing in Global Minority and Testimonial Literature
Marathi Dalit autobiography and poetry read alongside African American testimony, Latin American testimonio, and global minority literary traditions.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises