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Book Title

Recovering Marginalised Theatre, Folk Epics and Songs Beyond Literary Canons

Editor

Dr. Kashyap Deepak
Mahatma Gandhi Central University

Expected Publisher

De Gruyter Brill (Scopus Indexed)

About the Book

This edited volume seeks to recover marginalized theatre, folk epics, oral traditions and songs that have remained outside mainstream literary studies. The volume welcomes interdisciplinary research on neglected literary traditions, Dalit aesthetics, regional languages, folk performance, translation studies and alternative archives of cultural memory.

Suggested Themes

• Marginalised Theatre
• Indian Constitutional Language Theatre
• Non-Constitutional Language Theatre
• Folk Epics and Oral Traditions
• Dalit Epics
• Dalit Aesthetics
• Pamphlet Theatre
• Nukkad Natak
• Politics of Academic Marginalisation
• Rewriting Epics
• Marginalised Literary Heroes
• Buddhism in Theatre and Epics
• Translation Studies
• Literary Heist
• Oral Literature
• Dalit Ecologies
• Theory and Philosophy

Important Dates

Abstract Submission	30 September 2026
Acceptance Notification	15 October 2026
Full Chapter Submission	15 December 2026

Submission Details

Please send your abstract along with a short bio-note to:

Email: dr.diipk@gmail.com

Areas of Interest

• Regional Literature
• Folk Theatre
• Dalit Literature
• Translation Studies
• Performance Studies
• Comparative Literature
• Cultural Studies
• Oral History
• Subaltern Studies
• Indian Literary Traditions

Useful Links

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Recommended Reading

Selected works include publications on Dayachand Mayna, Dalit Theatre, Gabbilam, Ekalavya, Folk Epics, Literary Translation, and Marginalised Performance Traditions as listed in the official CFP bibliography.