SUNITI KUMAR CHATTERJI: A Centenary Tribute

This is a collection of select papers from the proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Suniti Kumar Chatterji: An End-Century Assessment' jointly organised by the Sahitya Akademi and the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad in November 1989.

Late Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, former President of the Akademi, a public figure and a man of letters was a sage, seer and scholar all in one. The contributors of this volume discuss his pioneering and scholarly works in linguistics and literature and asses his contributions to modern India as a social thinker and as a great visionary and practical humanist. Though these discussions centre around Suniti Kumar's conceptualisation of language, literature and society, they are no less important for our own understanding of modern India as a nation-state, for, the strengths and weaknesses of Suniti Kumar's theoretical models and humanism are presented in the light of current developments in theory and society.

This volume features tributes to the scholar, base papers and panel discussions.

About the Author:

Udaya Narayana Singh is a linguist by training, a creative writer (with plays and poems in Maithili) by choice and a literary critic (mainly writing in Bengali) by conviction. Udaya Narayana Singh was educated at Sanskrit College, Calcutta and later taught at the University of Delhi. He is currently a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hyderabad where he also heads the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies. He has a Ph. D (1979) from Delhi University on Syntactic Theory.

Shivarama Padikkal was educated at Mysore University. He did his M.A. from Bangalore University and has a Ph. D. from Mangalore University for his work on the Emergence of the Kannada Novel. He is currently working as a lecturer at the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad.

Excerpts from Review:

NARRATIVE: A SEMINAR
Ed. Amiya Dev

The first-hand testament of creative writers on the various aspects of the art of narrative-a must for academics, interested readers and for libraries.

UNIVERSALITY OF MAN: THE MESSAGE OF ROMAIN ROLLAND
Ed. Sibnarayan Ray

Compilation of papers presented by eminent writers, thinkers and academicians of India and France on Romain Rolland, French writer, musician, biographer, mystic and humanist covering a wide range of issues having bearing on his life-long concerns. Stimulates readers' further thinking on the nature and problems of the universality of man.

NATIVISM (ESSAYS IN CRITICISM)
Ed. Makarand Paranjape

The fifteen essays included in this book introduced and define the concept of Deshivad, analyse its classical, medieval and colonial backgrounds, trace its evolution into a contemporary critical tool, debate its strengths and weaknesses and attempt to put it into practice by applying it to contemporary literary works.

CREATIVE ASPECTS OF INDIAN ENGLISH
Ed. Shantinath K. Desai

Collection of seminar papers presented by eminent writers and critics, focussing on the Indian writers' problems, characteristics of Indian English, writing and problems of translation of Indian literature into English.

The second part contains poems of Jayanta Mahapatra, Keki Daruwalla, Keshav Malik, Prabhanjan K. Mishra and Agha Shahid Ali which were read out during the Seminar.