Animal Farm Through the Lenses of Anandvardhana’s Dhwani Theory
Keywords:
Indian Poetics, kavya, Dhwani theoryAbstract
The ancient Indian Sanskrit literature is today known as Indian Poetics or Sanskrit Poetics which is an immortal encyclopedia of the theories and principles of literature. It is very rich from its root; therefore, it has many fruitful branches. Beginning with Bharatmuni’s Natyasastra, Indian Poetics includes many other great ‘acarya’(aestheticians) like Bhamaha, Kuntak, Anandvardhana, Kshemendra, Dandi and many more. Their contribution in Indian poetics is marked with applause. However, among all these aestheticians Anandvardhana creates his own way by contributing Dhwanyaloka in Sanskrit Poetics.
The paper focuses on the application of Dhwani theory on George Orwell’s Animal Farm as well as whether this work is Uttam kavya, Madhyam kavya or Adham kavya. It also focuses on whether this work articulates which kind of meaning and sense: Abhidha, Laksana or Vyanjana.
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