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World Literature Without English:
Biswasahitya Granthamala -
A Case of the Making of Children’s Literature

Sonali Ganguly


Abstract

This paper is an extensive study of the origin and evolution of children’s literature in Odia. In this paper, I intend to examine the major issues associated with the creation of children’s world literature. It is the study of the entire process of production, publication, circulation, and reception of literary works in the world literary market, followed by its significant role in imbibing a positive reading habit in the children. The paper proceeds to discuss the strategies involved in developing the children’s literature for a specific set of readers. I would also elucidate the existing cultural, linguistic and literal hegemony of English in the world literary market which demands a serious attention. Biswasahitya Granthamala is a remarkable contribution in the field of developing a new trend of literature and nurturing the reading habits. The selected world authors and the literary pieces across the world not only portray the global culture but also generates the adaptability and the thinking ability of the child to comprehend the global issues.

Keywords: Child literature, Globalization, Production, Reception, Circulation, Translation, Biswasahitya

Introduction

Literature uplifts an individual morally and provides rich cultural nourishment along with a deep insight into the perception and comprehension of the global issues. The rapid accelerating impact of globalization has marked its footprints in every sphere of life including the field of literature. It has not only ensured the growth of world literary market but also had a manifold impact on the production, publication, circulation, and reception of literature across the world. The most significant impact of globalization is the increasing global dominance of the English language which implies linguistic hegemony. It not only deprives the right to study and learn the local language rather instigates to adapt to the linguistic domination that leads to mind control. The readers are exposed to the world literature but through English language textbooks which raises a matter of concern. The literature which consists the flavor of the world reaches to the readers only in one language i.e. English. Gayatri Spivak too expressed her concern regarding this threat of monolingualism and said, “English language world literature textbooks may become pervasive in the future.” Another issue that demands serious attention is the availability of online resources that affects the reading habit of this generation to a huge extent which is viewed as ‘the death of literature due to the shifting interest from reading to the internet’ by Wang Ning, a Chinese anthologist and translator of world literary texts (Ning, 173)’. The children and the students are inclined more towards the technical education pushing literature aside. This is a concern which has also been discussed by the experts. The possible solution of this issue is in the hands of the academicians as perceived by David Damrosch and Martin Puchner. They discussed the necessity of designing the course curriculum through which we could expect a radical change in the expansion of the reading horizon of the students.

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Sonali Ganguly
Research Scholar
International Institute of Information Technology
Bhubaneswar 751003
Odisha
India
c617001@iiit-bh.ac.in

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