Alan Garner’s Rāmāyaṇa

Brodbeck, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-8665 2025. Alan Garner’s Rāmāyaṇa. Interlitteraria 30 (1) , pp. 137-154. 10.12697/IL.2025.30.1.9

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Abstract

This article is a study of Alan Garner’s retelling of the Rāmāyaṇa, which was published in short-story collections in 1969 and 2011. The first part of the article compares Garner’s version with the version from which he worked, and on that basis discusses and attempts to account for his adaptation strategies. The second part of the article discusses the final paragraph of Garner’s Rāmāyaṇa, which is taken directly from his source and promises rewards to whoever receives or disseminates the text. This paragraph had a profound effect upon Garner when he first encountered it, and serves as a key to his retelling and his career.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion P Language and Literature > PI Oriental languages and literatures
Publisher:	University of Tartu Press
ISSN:	1406-0701
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	20 July 2025
Date of Acceptance:	7 July 2025
Last Modified:	17 Sep 2025 11:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/179921

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