Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Reading Diary A: Legends of India, by Washburn Hopkins
For this week, I thought I would read "Legends of India" as it sounded like an interesting title, and I decided to just jump into reading it without any background knowledge. Through the reading, I learned that this story unfolds the events of the Mahabharata, but in a very different way than the online PDE version we read previously. This format of the story feels much more proper and maybe traditional in a way, because of the language style used i the story. The story isn't written in "pain english" like the PDE versions are, and at times it almost feels like the dialogue between characters is purely a poem. This makes reading the story a little bit more difficult and turns it into a slower process, but also makes it enjoyable since it feels very different from the original copy and I don't feel like I'm reading the same thing over again. For this week's reading, the first set of characters and their roles in the story are introduced starting with the Pandu brothers and then Krishna. The reason for the fight between the Kurus and the Pandus is also explained.
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Hey Tucker!
ReplyDeleteFrom what it sounds like this story was kind of a hard read. I agree with you that poetry can be difficult to interpret. There have been times when I have interpreted poetry correctly but then there are times when I am just way off from what the poem was trying to say. I look forward to reading more your posts!