REL 135gx Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Magic In Harry Potter, Mahakavya
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We are dealing with the whole south asian region, not southeastern region. Poetry: we lose a lot in translation, usually read aloud. Indian culture really enjoyed language and words more than you"ll find in most other cultures (love of words) Sanskrit grammar: although the sanskrit grammar is fixed, there was a lot of room to exploit various aspects, massive vocabulary, hundreds of synonyms, makes learning sanskrit particularly difficult, puns, extremely long compound words. Isn"t just about communicating a state of affairs or about conveying facts about the world. The purpose of the language is to giving an aesthetic experience in various ways: not always suddenly translatable, meant to make us feel a certain way, not everyday language, many types of kavya, mahakavya or kavya. Lengthy poems that are bound to cover a number of topics. The life of buddha: plays, often romantic or erotic in nature, never tragic, performed with dancing and music, small kavya and anthologies.
