Resend with some corrections/addition. +++ Narratology is a wide area dealing with narratives and their structure -- modes of seeing-- thoughts, as our perception moulds them. To naturally mean that there are many ways to say something. Alice in Wonderland is one example. Poetry is another more inspired form: within which there are many avenues. Hans Christian Andersen? The Ramayana and what is spoken through it! Examples of solid Qualitative analysis by Indians are hard to come by. Conceptual skills are paramount as in the ability to read a text, see a picture, recording the observation by whatever form -- whatever the modality of the content. Accurate transposition takes great effort, to be assure that context is not lost in translation. Analysis has to come from the body of the modality much in analogous manner by which those aware listen to ones body.
Most know the following but still worth pointing out: Writing chops are cultivated over time, and rigor: some never get past a certain trope, or a certain genre -- but what they do with their limited skills still gives meaning to their lives and helps make sense of the world to others. I say this knowing where I stand writing wise (no where), and what I say (which I have to say). One has to have a good reason to tell any story via any form. It is a great blessing if the intent and vortex of the narrative is rooted in empathy. Ones consideration towards any exposition has to be brokered accordingly. Many possibilities, including personal narratives, autobiographical approaches too are available to the writer whose writing transforms self as it invigorates raeders. Hopefully people are familiar with Thomas Bernard, still referred to in Austria as a Nestbeschmutzer (an individual wont to soil his own nest). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bernhard If time permits anyone look at his sentence structure. A book worth considering: The novels of Thomas Bernhard: form and its function. Also, Thomas Bernhard, an introductory essay by Thomas Cousineau http://www.thomasbernhard.org/cousineautbintro.shtml ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
