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TIME, INCIDENT AND DESCRIPTION IN PUNJABI LITERATURE

Abstract

This articles is an attempt to apply the theory of narratology to Punjabi Literature. Starting from an event, various elements of a narrative - which include the clock time, experiential or human time, perception and the many facets of discourse - are shown to be in work in close coordination in order to yield the sense of narrative building. Understanding of this schema will be of help to understand the classical, folk and contemporary literature and art in a new way. Furthermore, it is argued that, being embedded in society and its culture, narrative back-tracing also help in getting at the prevalent mythologies, norms and practices of any given narrative.

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