Prof. T. S. Satyanath

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Prof. T. S. Satyanath

Professor Emeritus, Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literature Studies, University of Delhi, India

Prof. T. S. Satyanath is a former Professor in the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi (Delhi 110007). Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Cultural Studies and Folklore Studies are his areas of interest. He has published extensively in these areas, five books, thirty-five research papers in Kannada and forty-seven in English. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and University of Georgetown, Guyana and a visiting professor at Kannada University, Hampi. He is a former EC member of Comparative Literature Association of India and is closely associated with Delhi Comparatists, a group of teachers and students engaged with comparative studies on the campus of the University of Delhi. He is also one of the editors of Delhi Journal of Comparative Studies. He is a recipient of the Karnataka State Janapada and Yakshagana Academy award (1985), Sham Ba Joshi award for his contribution to cultural studies (1997) and G. S. Shivarudrappa award (2024).

Areas of Interest: Comparative Indian Literature, Classical and Medieval Indian Literature, Translation Studies, Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies, Kannada Language and Literature

Email: tssatyanath[dot]du[at]gmail[dot]com

Publications:

Books/Monographs:

  1. Satyanath, T.S. Narabali: Ondu Vishleshane. Bangalore: Vicara Sahitya, 1978.
  2. Satyanath, T.S., ed. Venkatanchalavasankita Kapota Carite. Bangalore: Kannada Sahitya Parishat, 1980. (A critical edition of a seventeenth century Kannada literary text with a detailed introduction and a comparative study of the theme in Sanskrit and Kannada.)
  3. Satyanath, T.S. Kannada Janapada: Kelavu Mukhagalu. Bangalore: Sharada Mandira, 1988. (A collection of research papers on Kannada folklore; has been awarded the Karnataka Janapada and Yakshagana Academy award for the year 1988 for its contribution to folklore research.)
  4. Satyanath, T.S. Kavyas as Knowledge System. Kolkata: Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2010.
  5. Satyanath, T. S., Basavaraj Kalgudi, and Vikarm Visaji, eds. Modern Indian Language – Kannada. New Delhi: IGNOU, 2022.

Selected Essays and Research Papers:

  • Satyanath, T.S. “In Search of Politics and Poetics of Representing Hunters.” Restorying the Indigenous and the Popular Imaginary, Vol. III, ed. by Prem Kumari Srivastav and Gitanjali Chawla. New Delhi: Author Press, 2016.
  • Satyanath, T.S. “Mapping Shakespearian Translations in Indian Theatrical Public Sphere.” Performing Shakespeare in India: Exploring Indianness, Literatures and Cultures, ed. by Shormishtha Panja and Babli Moitra Saraf, pp. 131-150. New Delhi: Sage, 2017.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “Processes and Models of Translation: Cases from Medieval Kannada Literature.” History of Translation in India, ed. by Tariq Khan, pp. 191-206. Mysore: National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages, 2017.
  • Satyanath, T.S. “Mapping Multilinguality in Medieval Indian Literary Culture.” Figures of Transcontinental Multilingualism, ed. by K. Alfons Knauth and Subha Chakraborty Dasgupt, pp. 115-135. Zurich: Lit Verlag, 2018.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “Mapping Transmediality in Medieval Indian Writing Culture: Formalistic and Social Epistemologies.” Indian Multilingualism and Language Behaviour: A Festschrift for Prof. H. M. Maheshwaraiah, ed. by L. Manjulakshi and M. Mahendra: 72-84. Dharwad: Neelaparvat Prakashana, 2020.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “Towards Comparing Indian Literary Culture.” From ‘Vishwa’ to ‘Bharatiya’: New Essays on Comparative Indian Literature, ed. by Dilip Borah, pp. 62– 82. Delhi: DVS Publishers, 2021.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “Panchatantra.” M. A. Folklore and Cultural Studies. New Delhi: IGNOU, 2022.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “di ar samshodhane: tatvikate, adhyayana karma hagu neleglu.” di ar nagaraja avara smagra sahitya cintane. venkatesh indvadi. ed. pp. 54-75. Hampi: Kannada University, 2022. [Kannada publication]
  • Satyanath, T. S. “kannada bhashe mattu vyakarana.” adhunika bharatiyabhashe – kannada, T. S. Satyanath, Basavaraj Kalgudi and Vikram Visaji. eds. pp. 13-43. New Delhi: IGNOU, 2022. [Kannada publication]
  • Satyanath, T. S. “sahitya samskritiya ccaritre.” adhunika bharatiyabhashe – kannada, T. S. Satyanath, Basavaraj Kalgudi and Vikram Visaji. eds. pp. 74-98. New Delhi: IGNOU, 2022. [Kannada publication]
  • Satyanath, T. S. “Understanding Indian Grammatical Traditions in the Context of Vernacular Literary Traditions.” International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 110-38, 2023.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “Intermediality in Medieval Indian Literary Culture: Understanding the Musicological Canon, Ragamala Paintings and Bhakti Compositions.” Delhi Journal of Comparative Studies, vol. 2, no. 34, p. 73, 2023.
  • Satyanath, T. S. “kannada bhashe mattu vyakarana: ondu maru cintane.” Aniketana, 2023. [Kannada publication]
  • Satyanath, T. S. “ke. em es. avara odanatadalli.” edeya dani, Prof. Marulasiddappa felicitation Volume. ed. by H. Dandappa. Bangalore: Sapna Book Stall, 2023. [Kannada publication]
  • Satyanath, T. S. Grama-nagara-kheda-kharvada-madamba-pattana-dronamuka: Human Settlements in Medieval Indian Literary Culture. V. I Subramonium Centenary Commemoration Volume, ed. by G. K. Panikkar. Thiruvananthapuram: Dravidian Linguistic Association, 2026.

Research Projects:

  • A Database of Kannada Knowledge Systems, 2006-07, CIIL, Mysore
  • Mapping Knowledge Documents in Modern India: A Study of Printed Texts in Kannada during 1850-1950, 2009-10, University of Delhi
  • Comparative Indian Literary Studies: Mapping the Delhi Model, 2010-11, University of Delhi