Upama Rani
Doctoral Student, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
She is a doctoral student in the Department of English at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Her research focuses on examining the construction of childhood in select Hindi literary texts. She has published research papers in the Routledge series on gender and childhood, the journal Translation Today, and the online magazine Hakara. Her areas of interest include children’s literature, Hindi literature, and translation studies.
Research Interests:
Children's Literature, Hindi Literature, Translation Studies
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PhD Thesis Title
Construction of Childhood in Select Hindi Texts: A Critical Study
Banaras Hindu University
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The doctoral thesis, investigates how childhood is represented, shaped, and understood within the framework of Hindi literature. It addresses how translation and narrative strategies influence the perception of childhood, offering new insights into the cultural politics embedded in literary constructions of early life.