Theo Damsteegt
List of John Benjamins publications in which Theo Damsteegt is involved.
2013 Mahābhārata and Emergency: Girirāj Kiśor’s Play Prajā hī rahne do Social Tension in Modern Indian Literature and FIlm, pp. 49–66 | Article
Through an analysis of some of the dialogues in a play by Girirāj Kiśor based on the Mahābhārata, this article shows that one of the themes of the play is that of subjects being dominated by a ruler and protesting against that dominance. The analysis also shows how a woman, Draupadī, has… read more
2009 The Hindi Pluperfect as a Narrative Device Archív Orientální 77:3, pp. 219–232 | Article
This article deals with the use of the pluperfect as a narrative device in six short stories written by the Hindi-author Kamleśvar and published in 1964. The article distinguishes two ways of using the “absolute” pluperfect, that is, the pluperfect found in a context other than retroversions. The… read more
2007 The Tragedy of Modernization: An Analysis of Girirāj Kiśor’s Narmedh Archív Orientální 75:1, pp. 17–38 | Article
The social-psychological Hindi play Narmedh (1970), written by Girirāj Kiśor, has as its main character a woman whose husband and sons break with tradition in regard to marriage. Because of her own experiences, she wishes to maintain her family but at the same time she feels guilty about those… read more
2001 East Indian Surinamese Poetry and its Languages A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Volume 2: English- and Dutch-speaking regions, Arnold, A. James (ed.), pp. 581–594 | Chapter