| International conference on Myth, Orality and Folkore concludes |
International Conference on Myth, Orality and Folklore Concludes
Three days International Conference on Myth, Orality and Folklore in World Literature (with Special Reference to Rabindranath Tagore) concluded at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University on 31 March, 2012 . Jenaab Masood Choudhary, Former Vice Chancellor Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University was Chief Guest on the occasion. In his address, Jenaab Choudhary congratulated the conference coordinator Dr. Vandhana Sharma for undertaking such a mammoth task and for taking an initiative for providing a platform for deliberations on theme which is of significant relevance. He particularly appreciated the performance of Bawa Jitto in English which has been an innovation of its kind in the folkore of Jammu and Kashmir. Prof. Mohit K Ray, an eminent Tagore scholar and researcher delivered the valedictory address. In his address Prof. Ray mapped out the range, depth, variety and complexity of Tagore’s use of myth, orality and folklore with copious illustrations from the writings of Tagore. In the welcome address, the conference coordinator, Dr. Vandhana Sharma, Director of the School of Languages and Literature expressed her gratitude to all the participants and said that although conference is coming to a logical ending andbut it is an ending which is going to have many positive and productive results. The three day deliberations had been stimulating as they ranged from oral traditions and folklore to mythology to Gurudev Tagore. Appropriately unlocked by the Keynote speaker Prof. Indranath Chaudhuri, former secretary Sahitya Akademi on the theme “ Myth, Orality ad Folkore in World Literature” the conference has total number seven plenary talks by distinguished scholars from different parts of the country and the world and 107 paper presentations. On day 1, Prof.Alan johnson from Idaho State Univ. U.S Set the ball rolling with his first plenary talk on The American heroes Passage to India: Geography, Frontier Myths and Planetary perspectives. Prof. Usha Choudhary from the Univ. Of Delhi delivered a talk on “ Deva, Devata, and Devakhyana: The concept of an archetype, archetypal and symbol and myth in the veda”. Prof. Tutun Mukherjee form the univ of Hyderabad made an interesting talk on “ Oral, Aural Image, Repakaging the Folk for new Audiences”. In addition to this we had 2 academic sessions on the use of myth by folklore by Rabindranath Tagore and Girish Karnad . On day 2, Prof. Jay Hasford C Vest, fro Univ. Of North Carolina, Pembroke delivered his pleanary talk on “ When Napi Dances day: Myth, Orality and process in Pikuni Trickester Narratives” It was followed by another insightful talk by prof. Jasbor jain, from the the University of rajasthan on The listener in the story, Orality, Tradition and Modernity” In addition to this were six academic session on Regional Folkore and Oral traditions,, African Literature, Indian English writers. On day 3, two plenary talks by prof. Mahua Mukjerjee from the Kolkatta on dance and Rabindranath tagore and another by Dr. Neeru Tandon on Entextualising and Re-contextualsing the Oral Tradition , Myth, and Folkore in Tagore’s dramatic world were delivered. The chairperson of the valedictory function Dr. Vijay Sharma gave his expert comments at the end. The participant feed back had been encouraging and positive. |
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