LITERARY SPHERE

A.K. Ramanujan UGC NET English – Key Notes Biographical Overview Born: 1929, Mysore; Died: 1993, Chicago Indian poet, folklorist, linguist, translator, academic Professor at the University of Chicago Languages: English, Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit Honours: Padma Shri (1976), MacArthur Fellowship (1983) Major Themes Family, ancestry, childhood memories Indian identity, cultural hybridity Alienation and diaspora Myth, folklore, rituals, religion Irony, understated emotion, anti-romanticism Poetic Techniques Modernist tone with traditional content Irony, symbolism, imagery Multilingual and multicultural influences Personal narrative meets cultural commentary Major Works in Chronological Order Year Title Genre ...