what is the rationale behind sujit mukherjee argument that the Indian literary historian needs a new methodology to write a history of Indian literature?
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Sujit Mukherjee's rationale behind formulating a new methodology is founded on the fact that India has multiple languages and multiple literary traditions which cannot be successfully represented by one history of Indian literature.
Suit Mukherjee's rationale behind formulating a new methodology is founded
on the fact that India has multiple languages and multiple literary traditions which
cannot be successfully represented by one history of Indian literature.
In the Introduction to the anthology, Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary Traditions in India, the editors write: " Since language and literary traditions
emerge from specific historical and political points of reference, they have to be
studied from within their constantly changing cultural frames and not in isolation."
This is why Sujit Mukherjee seeks an appropriate critical approach that would
reflect the unity in diversity and diversity in unity, characteristic of Indian Literary
tradition. The essay "Propositions" seeks an overview of the indigenous context
of a different kind of literarv history.