Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA)

8/3/2023

Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA)

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Traditionally Adivasi culture is an oral tradition, in recent decades Adivasis are writing their own Literature to revitalize their language and cultural solidarity. Mary Girard seeks to examine what and how stories and narratives are being presented and how folktales, such as the ones recorded by her ancestor Ferdinand Hahn, continue to adapt. Through the lens of Folklore Studies and literary analysis, this project will examine how the Adivasi have adapt their culture in a new literary form, to inform Ms. Girard's next book, a novel that explores the nature of cultural transformation and resilience in the context of cross-cultural encounters and changing times.

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Cultural Adaptation and Storytelling:

The formation of Adivasi Literature