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Maharshi Dayanand University Research Journal ARTS 2019, Vol. 18 (1), Jan.-June ISSN 0972-706X CONTENTS Theory in Story: The Pedagogical Potentials of Tulsidas' 1-16 Sri-Ramcharitmanas in Theory Classroom ANUP SINGH BENIWAL An Analysis of Skill Development Initiatives in Haryana State 17-32 SANDEEP BERWAL POONAM PUNIA Conflicts behind the Spectacle:The Turbulent History in Making 33-49 of the Karbi Youth Festival in Assam PRAFULLA KR NATH AMIYA KUMAR DAS PARASMONI DUTTA Comparative Study of the Teaching and Learning Techniques 51-62 used in Technical and Professional Courses in Private and Government Universities/ Institutions ANURADHA SEKHRI Religion in India: Religious Composition of Population 63-80 and Religious Regions MEHAR SINGH Crime in India: An Inter-State Analysis 81-101 NEHA GUPTA LALIT Revisiting The Mahanadi Water Dispute Discourse: A Reflection 103-113 of Diverse Perspectives KESHAB CHANDRA RATHA Impact of Father-figures in Jane Austen's Novels 115-120 SWATI CHARAN The Magical Power of Positive/Negative Emotions : A Study on 121-131 Health of Young Adults RITU KAUSHIK PUNAM MIDHA Psychological Impact Among Women Due to Armed Conflict 133-143 in District Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir BILAL AHMAD MIR K. SOMASUNDARAN Morphological and Demographic Characteristics of a Planned 145-160 City: A Case Study of Jaipur City AVINASH KUMAR SINGH E-Governance in Haryana 161-168 PRADEEP (i) Article Maharshi Dayanand University Theory in Story: The Pedagogical Research Journal ARTS Potentials of Tulsidas' 2019, Vol. 18 (1) pp.1-15 ISSN 0972-706X Sri-Ramcharitmanas in © The Author(s) 2019 http://www.mdu.ac.in/Journals/about.html Theory Classroom Anup Singh Beniwal USHSS, GGS, IP University, New Delhi -110078 Abstract The theory classes in English Departments in India are marked by a pedagogical dilemma. The teachers are often called to create a fit between the abstractions of theory and the concreteness of literary locations. This negotiation often demands establishment of a creative-critical interface between seemingly oppositional natures and pulls of the theory and the story. Within the Indian epistemological context the answer to this pedagogical enigma perhaps lies in treating a story as theory and turning theory into a story within the ambit of literary explorations. Tulsidas' Sri-Ramcharitmanas, a seminal cultural text, in its very conception, creation and transmission, seems to be embedded with the potentials for such a pedagogy engagement. Accordingly, this paper seeks to reflect on the pedagogical possibilities and efficacy of this hypothesis in the literary-theory classroom with Tulsidas' Sri-Ramcharitmanas as a case study. Keywords: Pedagogy, Theory, Literature, Civilization, Culture, Doha, Chaupai, Text, Catharsis, Narrative, Tradition, Individual Talent, Praxis, Interface, Intertext, Bhakti Corresponding author: Anup Singh Beniwal, USHSS, GGS, IP University, New Delhi -110078 E-mail: [email protected] 2 Anup Singh Beniwal -I- The theory classes are one of the toughest pedagogical spaces that the teacher and the taught have to contend with in equal measure, especially in Literature Departments in India. Herein both are under pressure to negotiate the excruciating exigencies of 'fitting in' the abstractions of the alien 'thought frames' or theory with the contextual concreteness of the literary texts. This negotiation often demands establishment of a creative-critical interface between seemingly oppositional natures and pulls of the theory and the story. Within the Indian epistemological context the answer to this pedagogical enigma perhaps lies in treating a story as theory and turning theory into a story within the ambit of literary explorations. Tulsidas' Sri-Ramcharitmanas, a seminal cultural text, in its very conception, creation and transmission, seems to be embedded with the potentials for such a pedagogy engagement. The sage-author adroitly turns his narrative into the very site of theoretical reflections on literature and literariness. In the process the narrative-literary potentials of the Manas are transformed into critical/theoretical reflections not only on the 'art of literature' but on its interfaces with culture, and life. By focusing on the opening section of Sri- Ramcharitmanas in particular, this paper seeks to reflect on the pedagogical possibilities and efficacy of this hypothesis in the literary-theory classroom. -II- It is a truism that every 'epistemic-academic moment' demands a commensurate pedagogical re-innovation that is in sync with the sensibility of its 'man' and 'milieu'.