Papers by Justyna Kurowska
Nietak-t. Inne Strony Teatru, 2010
Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien, 2020
Die Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien (ZIS), bis 2010 Studien zur Indologie und Irani... more Die Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien (ZIS), bis 2010 Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik (StII), ist ein Publikationsorgan für indologische und südasienwissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem alt- und neusprachlichen Bereich. Schwerpunkt sind philologische und textwissenschaftliche Beiträge sowie Forschungen mit (kolonial-)historischer, ethnographischer und medienwissenschaftlicher Ausrichtung. Alle zur Veröffentlichung vorgesehenen Beiträge unterliegen einem anonymisierten Begutachtungsverfahren (peer review). Inhalt: • Rainer Grafenhorst: Der Raub des Soma. Über Rivalität und Knappheit im Vedischen Opfer • Mudagamuwe Maithrimurthi: Identifying Three Entomological Species in Sanskrit Literature: Peśaskṛt, Indragopa and Viśvaṃbhara and the Term Śaṅkupatha • U. Gärtner, D. Hellmann-Rajanayagam, R. Korff, Mo Mo Thant: The King and the Bell. Some Considerations on Justice and Due Legal Process from Classical Literature and Inscriptions in South India and Southeast Asia • Runa C...
Żaloba rytualna a zaloba w gronie rodziny - rozne wymiary śmierci na tle obchodow świeta muharram... more Żaloba rytualna a zaloba w gronie rodziny - rozne wymiary śmierci na tle obchodow świeta muharram w powieści Rahiego Masuma Razy "Polowa wsi"
O walce sztuki ze śmiercią. Gwaltowna śmierc i śmierc zbiorowa jako temat wspolczesnej powieści w... more O walce sztuki ze śmiercią. Gwaltowna śmierc i śmierc zbiorowa jako temat wspolczesnej powieści w jezyku hindi.
BADI-UZ-ZAMAN'S 'DEATH OF A RAT'. FIRST FANTASY NOVEL IN THE HINDI LANGUAGE ('Smi... more BADI-UZ-ZAMAN'S 'DEATH OF A RAT'. FIRST FANTASY NOVEL IN THE HINDI LANGUAGE ('Smierc pewnego szczura' Badi-uz-zamana. Pierwsza powiesc fantastyczna w jezyku hindi)
Gewalt zwischen Hindus und Muslimen. Eine sozialkritische Aufarbeitung der Pogrome von 2002 in Gu... more Gewalt zwischen Hindus und Muslimen. Eine sozialkritische Aufarbeitung der Pogrome von 2002 in Gujarat im Art Cinema-Film Firaaq
Communal violence and death in India’s Partition prose as exemplified in novel ‘Darkness’ by Bhis... more Communal violence and death in India’s Partition prose as exemplified in novel ‘Darkness’ by Bhishma Sahni
Cracow Indological Studies
The present paper looks at a fictional account of the Bengal famine of 1943 in order to locate re... more The present paper looks at a fictional account of the Bengal famine of 1943 in order to locate relevant historical information regarding a specific period of time (Chatterjee 2014) and identify elements that would allow it to be read as an example of the ‘prose of the world’ in Ranajit Guha’s understanding of the term (Guha 2002). The narrative of Amr̥tlāl Nāgar’s Bhūkh is framed through author’s recourse to his own experience, artistic and historical research, lived emotions and personal feeling of urgency to record the event. By repeatedly raising the claim of authenticity of his testimonial, Nāgar unwittingly draws us into an investigation of his relationship with the main narrator and the protagonist of his work. This, in turn, reveals the absence of clarity on the part of the author—he seems in two minds when discussing the role of the elites in making of the famine and is unable to either criticise or justify their failure to act. Further, the paper investigates social reality...
Feeding on Abjects: 'Symbolic' Cooking and Consuming of Dead Bodies in the Modern Hindi Novel, 2020
Teaching Hindi as a foreign language (Videshi bhasha ke rup me hindi shikshan: paridrshya)), 2012
Journeys and Travellers in Indian Literature and Art. Vol. II: Vernacular Sources, 2018
This paper investigates Vinod Kumar Shukla’s (Vinod Kumār Śukla) three novels— Naukar kī kamīz (T... more This paper investigates Vinod Kumar Shukla’s (Vinod Kumār Śukla) three novels— Naukar kī kamīz (The Servant's Shirt, 1979), Khilegā to dekhẽge (Let It Flower, 1996) and Dīwār mẽ ek khiṛkī rahtī thī (A Window Lived in a Wall, 1999), focusing on the motif of travel as one of the key tools used to emphasise differences between inner and outer space and the fantastic and realistic realms of the world. Travel is used to show a contrasting perspective on life, and to introduce a ‘foreign’, outer gaze upon the world and situations the character is placed in. We discuss the role of fantastic objects, non-linear time, private and public spaces, and examine the concept of travel as an escape from reality and a journey to a counter-reality - ‘other worlds’, which are often an extension of our known world. Shukla uses fantasy to present the otherness and weirdness of his working class, family-loving characters, who are simple yet extraordinary, creative in their quest to find freedom in their self-created worlds. In them, divided into inside and outside zones, private (inside) and public (outside) spaces and times, the magical and fantastic element emerges. The private is the space of home, village or garden entered through the ‘window living in a wall’, the place where one can regain control over one’s self through imagination and love.
One example of a literary work engaging with the problem of social seclusion is the Hindi novel M... more One example of a literary work engaging with the problem of social seclusion is the Hindi novel Murdghar written in 1974 by J.P. Dikshit. It describes the lives of prostitutes and pimps living in the slums of Bombay, trying to secure a minimum income, raise kids, find love and escape from the corrupted police forces and justice system. The existence of the poor is a constant struggle with hunger, disease and death. Newborn children are destined to die prematurely. Prostitutes do not enjoy healthcare or contraception while their partners engage in dangerous acts, such as smuggling and theft. After their death, the bodies of the poor become anonymous, amorphous corpses and a liability for the family which cannot afford its release from the morgue or a proper burial. They are lost in the mass of other unprivileged, desacralized bodies and will never find peace. Their death – untimely, violent and macabre – is a consequence of the life they led. KEYWORDS: Modern Hindi novel, thanatology, death and dying in literature, prostitution in India, the subaltern in the Hindi novel, Bombay, J.P. Dikshit, Murdghar
The aim of this article is to present Badi-uz-zaman's novel "The Death of a Rat" which is usually... more The aim of this article is to present Badi-uz-zaman's novel "The Death of a Rat" which is usually referred to a the first fantasy novel in Hindi language. The analysis revolves around the innovative elements of style and topic introduced by Badi-uz-zaman in his work. The introductory part of the article shades light on basic facts regarding the novel of Badi-uz-zaman, the language used by and the portrayal of characters. This section is followed by a brief summary of the content of the work. The essential part of the analysis is focused on the peculiar fantasy features of the book, such as fantastic events, depiction of characters, mysterious places and items, metamorphosis of the protagonist and the motif of a rat. The article concludes with some remarks of a few noted critics of Hindi literature concerning the analysis and interpretation of this novel.
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