avadhesh kumar singh

 

Books:

    Man Development and Environment. ed. with R.S. Doria 1990.

    The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: A Study in Myths and Symbols. Delhi: Creative Books, 1990.

    Contemporary Indian Fiction in English. ed. Delhi: Creative, 1993.

    Effusion: Gujarati Poetry in English. ed.with K.H.Mehta, Rajkot: Saurasthra University Press, 1995.

    Translation: Its Theory and Practice. ed. Delhi: Ceative, 1996.

    Indian Feminisms ed. with Jasbir Jain, Delhi: Creative, 2001.

    Marginalized Voices: Essays on Indian Writing in English, ed.2003

    Indian Renaissance Literature, ed. Delhi: Creative, 2003.

    National Issues and Native Responses: Indian Renaissance Prose Writing, ed. with K. H. Mehta, Delhi: Creative, 2004.

    Indian Knowledge Systems in 2 Volumes with Kapil Kapoor. Delhi: DK Publishers, 2005.

    Discourse of Resistance in the Colonial Period. Ed. Delhi: Creative, 2005.

    Critical Discourse in the Colonial Period. Ed. With Sanjay Mukherjee. Delhi: Creative, 2005.  

    Ramayana through Ages: Ramakatha in Indian Languages. Delhi: D. K. Printworld, 2007.

    In(ter)ventions : Literary and Critical Discourses.Delhi:Creative Books, 2007.

    Voice of Women: Gargi to Gangasati. Delhi: D. K. Printworld, 2008.

    Colonialism and After: Continuity and Change in Indian Critical Tradition with Reference to Sanskrit, Hindi and English (under Publication with D K Print world )

  

  

Papers:  

"Reality and Relevance of Folklore", Folklore, Vol. 29, No. 9, Whole No. 339, Sept. 1989, 204-207.

"Myth and Reality", Folklore, Vol. 29, No. 4, Whole No. 334, April, 1989, 77-85.

"Mythopoesis in Election Campaign Advertising", Folklore, Vol. 28, No. 9, Whole No. 327, Nov. 1987, 223-228.

"From Pop lore to Pop Myth", Folklore, Vol. 23, No. 8, While No. 319, Jan. 1987, 6-10 & 15.

"The Narmada Through A333 ges", Folklore, Vol. 30, No. 8, Whole No. 350, Aug. 1989, 175-180.

"Mythical Elements in O'Neill's The Hairy Ape" The Indian Review of English Studies, Vol.2, No.1 & 2, 1980, 74-80.

Northrop Frye's Myth Criticism', Indian Scholar, Vol. XIV, No.1, 1992, 25-44.

"August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Critical Endeavour, Vol. II, June 1996, 125-133.

"The Elements of Protest in Kamla Markandaya", Contemporary Indian Fiction in English, 117-124.

"A Perspective on Woman in Nissim Ezekiel", Nissim Ezekiel: A Perspective (Ed.) .D. Sharma and S. K. Sharma, 1994, 100-108.

"Upmanyu Chatterjee's Agastya: A New Voice's Angst, Identity and Quest in Indian Writing in English, ed. R.S. Pathak, Delhi, 1994, 114-119.

"Indian English Fiction in the 80's: A View From the Balcony", Contemporary Indian Fiction in English, 9-21.

"Ivan Denishovich Shukhov: An Unprotesting Protagonist of a Protest Novel", Indian Review of English Studies, 1992, 4-10.

"Poetic Concerns of Kedar Nath Singh", The Quest, Vol.1, 1992, 1-10.

"English August An Indian Story: A Critical Appraisal", Recent Indian Fiction in English, Delhi: Prestige, 1995, 125-138.

"Myth and History" Folklore, Sept. 1992, 170-177.

"Violence in Creative and Critical Acts, "Critical Practice, Vol.1, No.1, 1994, 49-56.

"Rohinon Mistry's Such A Long Journey: (Re) Narrating a Community and Country", Language Forum, Vol.1, 1995, 192-202.

"Translation: Its Nature and Strategies", Translation: Its Theory and Practice, New Delhi Creative, 1996.

‘Seasons’: An American Passage to India' in Changing Face of Women in Indian Writing in English, ed. Khan, M.Q. & A.G. Khan, New Delhi, Creative, 1996, 81-91.

"Community in The Parsee Novels in English", The Literary Criterion, spring 1996, 26-34.

"On Auchitya of Translation and Translational Perspective", Translation: Its Theory and Practice, IX-XVI.

"Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy: A Critique", Critical Practice, Vol. III, No.2, 1996, 79-98.

"Trotter Nama: I Allan Sealy's I Witness His/Story of Community", Creative Forum, vol. IX, No.11, 1996, 117-124.

"Vakrokti and Russian Formalism, Critical Practice, Vol.2, No.1, 1996, 62-72.

"Anuvad : Prakruti Aur Prakruja", Tulnatmaka Sahitya : Sidhant Aur Samiksha, Ahmedabad : Parswa Prakashan, 1994, 40-56.

"Bharitya Punarjagaran Aur Bhartendu" in Bhartiya Navjiagan Aur Bhartendu Tatha Narmad Yug Ka Sahitya, Ahmedabad: Parshwa, 1995, 68-95.

"Un/Out doing Prospero: A Study of the Language of Anger", Language Forum, XXI, No.1-2, 1995, 45-55.

"The Minorities and the Muse: Some Observations on the Obtaining Indian Scenario",The Muse and The Minoities: Social Concerns and Creative Cohesion, Delhi: India International Centre, 1996, 139-149.

"Re/Considering the Theory of Indian Novel", Mimansa, Dec. 1996, 50-61.

Why Comparative Literary Folklore in India? "Folklore From Saurashtra, Delhi: Creative, 1997, 13-18.

"What a Fall Mr. Rushdie!" The Literary Criterion, 1998, 14-21.

"In Conversation with Namavar Singh", Indian Literature, 192, August 1999, 105-177.

"Towards an Indian Theory of Post Colonialism, Contesting Post Colonialisms, Jaipur: Rawat, 1999, 40-58.

"Villages in Crises: A Comparative Study of Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan, Raghuvir Chaudhary's Uparvas Kathatrayee and Rahi Masoom Raza's Adha Gaon", Essays in Comparative Liteature, Delhi, Anmol Publication, 1998, 29-310.

"De/Reconstructing Kalidasa's Abhigyanshakutalam", Critical Practice, Vol VI, June 1999, No. 2, 54-72.

"New Indian English Novel and Its New Criteria", Acceptable for publication by Bombay University, Mumbai.

"Re/Discovery of India: The Engagement of Indian English Novelists with History", Nation and Novel in India ed. E V Ramakrishnan, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2004.

"Jaya Ganga: Devotailing of Social and Political Milieu" accepted for publication in political milieu in Indian English Fiction.

Regionalism vis-a-vis Nationlism in the Indian Renaissance with Special Reference to Bhartendu Harishchandra, Narmad and Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar under publication MILLS, Delhi University.

"Sankranti Mein Fanse Gaon : Raguvir Chaudhary Ke Uparvas Kathatryee, Rai Masoom Raza ke Adha Gaon aur Khushwant Singh Ke Train to Pakistan ka Tulnattamak Adhyayan", Hindi Aur Gujarati ke Gramkendrit Upanyas, Ahmedabad : Parshwa, 1999, 111-126.(Hindi)

"Bharatiya Upanyasa ki Parikalpana", Bhartiya Upanyasa ki Avadharna , ed. Alok Gupta, Ahmedabad : Parshwa, 1999, 55-67. (Hindi)

"Apne Apne Ram Aur Uske Uttar/Adhunik Ulzav", Swantantryettor Hindi Upanyasa. Gandhinagar: Hindi Sahitya Akademi, 1998, 102-112. (Hindi)

"Postmodernism, Postcolonialism and Post-(In)dependent India : Images and Alternatives" Contemporary Indian Literature. ed. S. Gupta, Delhi : Rawat, 2000, 70-78.

"Indian Comparative Literary Studies: An Agenda for the New Millennium," Comparative Literature, ed. B. K. Das, Delhi: Atlantic, 2000, pp. 146-158.

"An Ornament or a Blessing or Both: The game of other in colonial paradigms", Journal of Literary Criticism, December 2000, Vol. IX, No.II, pp. 45-60.

"Teaching English Effectively", Asarkarak Adhyapan Ni Dishama, ed. D.A.Uchat, 2000, pp. 33-37.

"English Language Teaching:  Some Points to Ponder", English Language: Problems & Remedies, ed. D. A. Uchat & A. D. Ambasana, Rajkot: Centre for Excellence, 2001, pp. 9-10. "Between the Metro and Municipality: Contemporary Teaching of English in India", accepted for publication in The Critical Endeavour.

"The Belley and the Womb: Is that the Question" Indian Feminisms, Delhi: Creative, 2000, pp.118-132.

"Writing Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in India", Odyssey: The International Journal of Literature, June 2001, pp. 37-50.

"Decolonizing English Studies in India", Decolonisation ed. Adesh Pal et al, New Delhi: Creative, 2001, pp.122-146.

"Reflections on Teaching Poetry in English in an Indian Class-room", Pegasus, Vol.1, October 2001, pp.46-53.

"Constructing an Indian Theory of Feminism: Problems and Potentialities", in Feminism Tradition and Modernity. Ed. C. Padia, Shimla: IIAS 2003.

"Naipaul Ke Bahane Samprat Bhartiya Angreji Pravasi Vimarsh", Pahal, 73, Jan-Feb. 2003, 15-21. (Hindi)

"The Crisis in Nationalism and India" under publication I.C.P.R. & I.F.I.H.

"From Gunny Sack to Rucksack: Proposal for Indian English Diasporic Writing", Theorising Diaspora. Ed. A. Pal et al., Delhi: Creative Books, 2004.

"Travelogue as a Means of Change: A Critical Study of England in Musafiri nu Varnan (1861)" accepted for publication by BHU. Journal Vidya

"Uttarupniveshva: Ek Bhartiya Vimarsh", Alochana, Septt., 2002.(Hindi)

"Uttaradhunikatavad, Uttarupniveshvad Aur Bharat" Alochana, December, 2003. (Hindi)  

"Beauty and Value: Reconsideration", Indian Aesthetics and Poetics, ed. V.N. Jha, Delhi: Sadguru Publication, 2003, 53-64.

"New Indian English Novel and its New Criteria”, The Inside View:Native Responses to Contemporary Indian English Novel, ed. Rangarao Bhongle, delhi: Atlantic,2003,70-83. 

“Poetic concerns of Jhaverchand Meghani”, Mimansa, vol. V.,  October, 2003, 118-128.

"Classification of Literary Forms in Sanskrit Poetics", Genology, Jadavpur: DSA   Publication of Deptt. Of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, 2004, 54-65.

“Blessing or Ornament: A Study of Colonial Paradigm in the 19th Century”, Indian Journal of Literary Criticism, Vol.25. 2003.

"Reconsidering Indian Renaissance", in Indian Renaissance Literature, Delhi: Creative, 2003, 12-52.

Reviews published in many journals including Katha and Canadian Journal of Comparative Literature.    

"Mohanayaa: Dula Kag Ek Purakalpan Sarjak, Vani to Amara Vadan, ed. Ambadan Rohadiya, Gandhinagar: Deptt. of Information, Govt. of Gujarat, 2003, 71-78. (Gujarati)

"Naipaulna Nimitte: Samprat Bharatiya Lekhan par ek Tippana", Shabdasrishti, December 2003. (Gujarati)    

"Indian "Renaissance" Self- (Re) fashioning and Colonialism: A Comparative Study of the 19th Century Gujarati and Hindi "Renaissance" Prose Writings", South Asian Review, Vol. XXV, No. 1, 2004,

"Word and Beyond: Question of Meaning and Interpretation”, Sabda: Interpretation in Indian Tradition, Ed. S. K. Sarin & Makarand Paranjape, New Delhi, Mantra Books, 2004, 106-130..

"Between Metro and Municipality: Contemporary Teaching of English Literature in India", Studies in ELT, Linguistics And Applied Linguistics, Ed. by Mohit K. Ray, New Delhi, Atlantic, 2004.

Review of "Tracing Charit in India", Literary Research: Inernational Journal of Comparative Literature, 2004.

"Towards A Theory of Indian Novel", Of Narratives, Narrators, Ed. Rajul Bhargav & Shubhshree, Jaipur, Rawat Publications, 2004.

"The Indian Scholar", Literary Discourse: East & West, Ed. by A. K. Tripathy, P. K. Pandeya, Sanjay Kumar, New Delhi, Creative Books, 2005.

"Sampradayikta, Upniveshvad or Upanyas", Alochana, Vol 17-18, 2004. (Hindi)

"Beyond the Mere Quarrel of Mother in Law and Daughter in Law: Reconsidering Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth's Sasu Vahu ni Ladai", Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature, 2004.

"Sinning against Sin, Suffering and Salvation", Sin, Suffering and Salvation in Literature, Ed. Hemant Gahlot, New Delhi: Radha Publications, 2004.

"Reading into If I Die Today", Writing Difference, Ed. by Chanchala K. Naik, Delhi, Pencraft International, 2005.

"Role of University in Value Orientation to the Society", University News, Vol. 43, No. 08, Feb. 21-27, 2005.

‘A Case of Comparative Literary Studies’, English Studies Indian Perspective, Ed. Makarand Paranjape, New Delhi: Mantra Publications, 2005.

‘Discourse of Resistance against Colonialism in Premchand’s Karmabhoomi’, The Critical Endeavour, 2005.

‘Use of Myth in Eugene O’Neill’s in Eugene O’Neill: Critical Spectrum, Ed. V K Maheshwari, Jaipur: National Publication House, 2005.      

‘Village in Crisis: A Comparative Study of Khushwant Singh’s   A Train to Pakistan, Raghuvir Chaudhary’s Uparvas Kathatrayee and Rahi Masoom Raza’s Adha Gaon, Narrative of the Village, Ed. Jasbir Jain, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2006.

‘The ‘Crisis’ in Nationalism and India: A Minority Report on Nation/alism in a Transnational World’, Critiquing Nationalism, Transnationalism and Indian Diaspora, ed. Kavita A. Sharma, Adesh Pal & Tapas Chakrabarti, New Delhi: Creative Books, 2006.

Interview with Alka Sarawagi, Indian Literature, June-July, 2006.

Ramayana in the Mahabharata, Textuality and Intertextuality in the Mahabharata, ed. P.Trikha, New Delhi: Sarup.

"Literature of Margins and Poetics Margin", Marginal Existence: New Trends in Literature ed. Anita Parihar & A. Bishta, Delhi: Creative, 2006.  

“Contextualizing Higher Education in India”, University News, August, 2007.

“Constructing a theory of Indian novels”, Studies in Comparative Literature, ed. Jancy James et al, Delhi: Creative Books, 2007

“Neither Amnesia nor Aphasia: Knowledge, Continuity and Change in Indian Poetics”, Indian Knowledge Systems. 2 vols. eds. Kapil Kapoor  & Avadhesh Kumar Singh, New Delhi: DK Printworld, 2005.

“A Case for Comparative Literary Students”. English Studies:  Indian Perspectives. Eds. Makarand Paranjpe et al. New Delhi: Mantra Books, 2005.

“Re/Thinking English in India”. English in India: Issue and Approaches. Eds. Nila Shah et al. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2006.

  1. “Theorising/Narrating Resistance and Colonisation in India” in Discourse of Resistance in the Colonial Period. New Delhi:  Creative Books, 2005.

  2. Review of Tracing the Charit as Genre: An Exploration in Comparative Literature Methodology by Isphita Chanda. Recherche Literariare. 20. 39-40 (2006). 346-350.

    “Reading into If I Die Today”, Writing Difference: the Novels of Shashi Deshpande,ed. Chanchala Naik, Delhi: Pencraft, 2005, pp. 108-118.

    Translation of Premachand’s critical articles from Hindi to English “Upanyasa” and “Sahitya ki Unnati” in Critical Discourse and Colonialism. ed. with S. Mukherjee. New Delhi, creative Book, 2005.

    “Genology in Sanskrit Poetics” in Genology. Kolkata: Deptt. of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University 2005.

    “Knowledge, Globalization and Third World”, Vak, 2007, 21-56.

    “Literature of Margins and Poetics of Margins: Problem and Potentials”, Marginal Existence: New Trends in Literature, New Delhi: Creative, 2006.

    Ramayana in the Mahabharata”, Textuality and Intertextuality in the Mahabharata. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2006, 32-38.

    “The Future of Comparative Literary Studies”, New Directions in Comparative Literature, Macmillan, 2007.

    “Contextualizing Higher Education in India”, University News, August 6-14, 2007, 1-8.

    “Mythical Narrative as a Mode of Constituting Knowledge: Theory of Creative Process in the Narratives about the Creation of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata”, Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature, July-December 2008.

    "Translation in/and Hindi literature", Translation Today, Vol. 3 Nos. 1&2, 2008.

    “King Lear” Asmita Parva: Vakadhara: VII, eds. Harshad Trivedi et al. Ahmedabad: Gurjar Agency, 2008, pp. 38-49. (Hindi)

  3. “Bharatman Uchch Shikshan”, Shikshannu Satya, ed. Dakshesh Thakar. Ahmedabad: Parshva Prakashan, 2009, pp.311-329. (Gujarati trans. Pankaj Soni)

    “Of  Rama, his Charita and Katha”,  Ramayana through the Ages. ed. Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2007, pp.8-58.

    “In Their Own Worlds and Words: Indian Bhakti Women Poets ”, in Voice of Women: Gargi to Gangasati, ed. Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2008.

    "Godan: Vad Ke Dayre me ya Vad se Pare", (Hindi), Sakhi, 2009, pp. 192-221.

    “Looking Through the Screen: Reading Satish Vyasa’s Plays”, ‘Foreword’ to Mist of Tears, Angulimal and Kamroo. Ahmedabad: Divine Publications, pp. iv-xvi.

    “National Knowledge Commission Report to the Nation: Challenges and Opportunities,” University News, November 2008, 2-8.

    “Long Live Teacher!” University News, 47 (5) Feb. 2009,  22-28.

    Chiti ki Sankalpana aur Shiksha ki PunarrachanChiti, Varsha 1, Vol 1, October 2008, pp. 121-127. (Hindi)

    “Anuadhunikatavad, Uttaradhunikatavad ane Bharata”, Vimarsha, Vol. 1. 2009, pp. 213-231. (Trans from English to Gujarati by Maulik Vyas)

    “Foreword” to Sridhar Rajeswaran, Constructing the Changing Nation, New Delhi: National Publishing House, 2009.

    “Foreword” to The Glorious Past of Patan ed. Manibhai Prajapati,    under Publication.

    “Aesthetics, Ethics and Indian Culture” under publication.

    “Paradigms of Management: An Indian Discourse”, under publication.

    “Critiquing Mahatma Gandhi’s Views on Art and Literature”, accepted for publication in Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

    “1857: Itihas aur Sahitya”, under publication. (To appear in Gujarati and Hindi)

    On the Hegemony of Western Research Methodology: Quest for Alternative Indian Paradigm 

    Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism

Journal:

Editor, Critical Practice, a biannual journal of literary and critical studies published from Delhi since, 1994. (26 Volumes of the Journal are out.)