Question

comment on the method of storytelling in kadambari?​

Answer 1

The method of storytelling used in Kadambari was distinctive plot construction method and narrative technique.

• Bāṇabhaṭṭa, the author of Kadambari manoeuvred a distinctive plot construction method and narrative technique vis-a-vis storytelling.

• He weaved stories within stories in the novel and let the different characters narrate their own stories.

• There were multiple narrators in the novel as each character narrated their own feelings. This is known as the Narrative Technique which was utilised by him to introduce the characters in the story. Characters narrated their lives in the form of expressions, feelings, or flashbacks.

• Plot Construction Method was used to establish a background based on different events, turning points or actions of various characters and, construct a connection between them.

Answer 2

Storytelling in Kadambari is a technique for incorporating several storylines into a single one.

• Kadambari is a tale that the parrot narrator Vaishampayana told King Sudraka about the tale that the hermit Jabali had told him. This contains a story that Kapinjala tells.
• Both Ovid's Metamorphosis and the Indian Mahabharata are well known for using a storytelling device called a "prism," which, like the way light scatters, left hints about future events or the conclusion of the tale at its very beginning.
• The lengthy story manages to keep its reader fully absorbed in the book by introducing a number of significant and minor characters, as well as a variety of intricate circumstances and related happenings across the two lifetimes of the main characters.
• Probably, for this reason, Banabhatta has been hailed as India's greatest storyteller for ages.