15Jun 2017

AN EPIC RETOLD: A CRITICAL AND TRAGITAL NARRATION OF THE MAHABHARATA.

  • MPhil English, St Teresa?s College Ernakulam.
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The paper attempts an analysis of the recent developments in the field of communication and social media in transforming literature, while focusing on Chindu Sreedharan\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s twitterature, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'An Epic Retold\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'. Considering the subject and medium of narration the work is a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'tragital\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' rendering of the Indian epic, Mahabharata, while highlighting the loopholes and silences of the text when Bhima, the Pandava brother is the narrator. The paper also emphasizes the scope of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'co-tellership\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' that is offered by a platform like Twitter, and the inter-connectedness between disciplines like literature and media. Key Words: Twitterature, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The Epic Retold\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\', Mahabharatha on Social Media, Bhima, Convergence Culture, Hyperconnecting, Co-tellership.

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[Lakshmi K Babu. (2017); AN EPIC RETOLD: A CRITICAL AND TRAGITAL NARRATION OF THE MAHABHARATA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 536-539] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Lakshmi K Babu
M.Phil, St. Teresa\'s College, Ernakulam

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4445      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4445

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