Madhavrao Sapre at the Advent of Writing

By placing itself strategically within the debates surrounding first Hindi short story, its authenticity and colonial context, this essay wants to understand repercussions that any claim of “first-ness” has for literature in general literary historiography particular. The underlying assumption is claiming something as a “first”, one inaugurates tension – an event history. Latent such suggestion event, story case, actually kind prose writing absolutely new singular without historical antecedents. Instead making historically definitive claims own, or vouching many contending stories, traces gestures circumscribe Madhavrao Sapre’s Ek Tokri Bhar Mitti, announce originality. essay’s focus on prose, especially would be guided by form, choice narrative technique, thematic models, register used quite significantly, place motive publication. Also relevant essay, both backdrop conceptual optic, Derrida’s theorization generic events mark beginning specific genre laws give proper name. name attributed work, advent it marks, kahaani and, with Derrida, will question possibilities attendant