Retelling of the Ramayana Due
As you know, there is a long tradition of retelling the Rāmāyaṇa, episodes from the Rāmāyaṇa, or characters’ experiences in the Rāmāyaṇa in highly creative ways for a variety of reasons. Sometimes retellers explore troubling issues in the epic or use the epic to examine current societal issues or find lessons to apply in their own lives. Others subvert it to show the inequities in South Asian society(-ies) while others rewrite it as a literary or devotional exercise.
For this exercise, choose an episode from the Rāmāyaṇa and retell it. If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you may attempt to retell the entire Rāmāyaṇa. The format that I am challenging you to use is that of a haiku. A haiku is a three-line poem in which the first line is comprised of five syllables, the second seven syllables, and the third five syllables.
In addition to this three-line poem, please create a 2-page double spaced document explaining the scene that you have chosen to retell, why you choose it, and the significance of each word or element in the haiku. You should contextualize the poem by referring to previous class readings: please give at least five citations (in total) to three different readings.
If any of you would like a little more space for your retelling, you may also compose a longer poem, screenplay, or short story but do not let either exceed two double-spaced pages, and you must still include the supplemental two-page document described above.
As you know, there is a long tradition of retelling the Rāmāyaṇa, episodes from the Rāmāyaṇa, or characters’ experiences in the Rāmāyaṇa in highly creative ways for a variety of reasons. Sometimes retellers explore troubling issues in the epic or use the epic to examine current societal issues or find lessons to apply in their own lives. Others subvert it to show the inequities in South Asian society(-ies) while others rewrite it as a literary or devotional exercise.
For this exercise, choose an episode from the Rāmāyaṇa and retell it. If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you may attempt to retell the entire Rāmāyaṇa. The format that I am challenging you to use is that of a haiku. A haiku is a three-line poem in which the first line is comprised of five syllables, the second seven syllables, and the third five syllables.
In addition to this three-line poem, please create a 2-page double spaced document explaining the scene that you have chosen to retell, why you choose it, and the significance of each word or element in the haiku. You should contextualize the poem by referring to previous class readings: please give at least five citations (in total) to three different readings.
If any of you would like a little more space for your retelling, you may also compose a longer poem, screenplay, or short story but do not let either exceed two double-spaced pages, and you must still include the supplemental two-page document described above.
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