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Ramsay Wood

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Description:Of all the ANCIENT STORYTELLING COLLECTIONS from India, it is the educational animal fables found in the THE PANCHATANTRA (and its related ancient Buddhist predecessor, THE JATAKA TALES) which — travelling East and West along the Old Silk Road —influenced WORLD LITERATURE everywhere.What made the ancient Sanskrit fables of THE PANCHATANTRA so durable and well travelled? What role did live-action storytelling have in their origin and long-distance migration? What is the function of these stories, if any, beyond entertainment? Why are they so beautiful and hauntingly compelling?Along their way westward they spawned equally famous classics in both Arabic and Persian — indeed the oldest extant manuscripts of THE PANCHATANTRA are versions of KALILA AND DIMNA, a 750CE Arabic derivative of the long-lost Sanskrit and Pahlavi originals. From the Persian and Arab world, these fables migrated across the Mediterranean into Europe and by the 16th century existed in Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, French and English versions.This Essay derives from a Lecture at The Power of Stories seminar.presented by the Institute for Cultural Research in London at the School ofOriental and African Studies 28/29th May, 2009.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra. To get started finding Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 28

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Publisher: Institute for Cultural Research

Release: 2011

ISBN: 0904674525

Description: Of all the ANCIENT STORYTELLING COLLECTIONS from India, it is the educational animal fables found in the THE PANCHATANTRA (and its related ancient Buddhist predecessor, THE JATAKA TALES) which — travelling East and West along the Old Silk Road —influenced WORLD LITERATURE everywhere.What made the ancient Sanskrit fables of THE PANCHATANTRA so durable and well travelled? What role did live-action storytelling have in their origin and long-distance migration? What is the function of these stories, if any, beyond entertainment? Why are they so beautiful and hauntingly compelling?Along their way westward they spawned equally famous classics in both Arabic and Persian — indeed the oldest extant manuscripts of THE PANCHATANTRA are versions of KALILA AND DIMNA, a 750CE Arabic derivative of the long-lost Sanskrit and Pahlavi originals. From the Persian and Arab world, these fables migrated across the Mediterranean into Europe and by the 16th century existed in Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, French and English versions.This Essay derives from a Lecture at The Power of Stories seminar.presented by the Institute for Cultural Research in London at the School ofOriental and African Studies 28/29th May, 2009.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra. To get started finding Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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