O. V. Vijayan

Auteur

E.V. Ramakrishnan is a bilingual critic, poet and translator who writes in English and his first language, Malayalam.

K.C. Muraleedharan is Associate Professor of English retired from Payyanur College, Kerala.

Résumé
This book offers a comprehensive understanding of O.V. Vijayan's work by analysing his fictional and non-fictional works, cartoons, and columns, and situates him in the context of Malayalam literary culture and Indian literature at large.

Contenu

SECTION 1: The World according to O.V. Vijayan: A Selection of His Writings (a) Excerpts from Vijayan's Novels (b) Two Short Stories by Vijayan (c) A Selection of Vijayan's Non-fictional prose (d) A selection of Vijayan's Autobiographical Essays SECTION 2: The Emergence of a Modern Malayalam Classic: Essays on The Legends of Khasak SECTION 3: Vijayan's Oeuvre as a Fictionist: Dissent, Terror, Grace and Beyond SECTION 4: Vijayan in the Twenty First Century SECTION 5: Vijayan in Translation SECTION 6: Vijayan the Cartoonist SECTION 7:Vijayan as Seen by His Contemporaries SECTION 8: Vijayan in Conversation SECTION 9: Vijayan in Letters