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Deciphering the Forest: A Journey from an Intellectual Concern to a Lived Experience.

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Title: Deciphering the Forest: A Journey from an Intellectual Concern to a Lived Experience.
Authors: Naiya, Sohini, Singh, Smriti
Source: ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies; 2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-18, 18p
Subject Terms: GRAPHIC novels, SELF, PSYCHOANALYSTS, MYTHOLOGY, GEOGRAPHERS, PHILOSOPHERS
People: GUATTARI, Felix, 1930-1992, DELEUZE, Gilles, 1925-1995
Abstract: The graphic novel Aranyaka: Book of the Forest (2019) by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik and illustrator and author Amruta Patil is related to the 3000-year-old Vedic literature and the central significance of forests in Vedic mythology. The central theme revolves around natural elements and the world around us. It shows human transactions in the forests and how life evolves amidst nature. This study discusses how blurry the lines between self and others are and whether we truly "see" others and, in turn, ourselves. Domestication and civilization distance us from nature. This paper intends to discuss the tactics, manipulation, and consumption of space in everyday life that the protagonist Katyayani, her husband Yajnavalkya, and others employ within the setting of the dense, dark forest. The forest here acts as a psychological forest, where Katyayani's inner self is transformed and which, for Yajnavalkya, serves as a place where he appears in the quest for knowledge. This paper further aims to show how, in Aranyaka: Book of the Forest, spatial changes take place in the forest using the concepts of human geographer Yu Fu Tuan, philosopher and psychoanalyst Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari, French psychoanalyst and philosopher. The paper also looks at what role the forest plays in the self-awakening of the female protagonist, Katyayani. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The graphic novel Aranyaka: Book of the Forest (2019) by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik and illustrator and author Amruta Patil is related to the 3000-year-old Vedic literature and the central significance of forests in Vedic mythology. The central theme revolves around natural elements and the world around us. It shows human transactions in the forests and how life evolves amidst nature. This study discusses how blurry the lines between self and others are and whether we truly "see" others and, in turn, ourselves. Domestication and civilization distance us from nature. This paper intends to discuss the tactics, manipulation, and consumption of space in everyday life that the protagonist Katyayani, her husband Yajnavalkya, and others employ within the setting of the dense, dark forest. The forest here acts as a psychological forest, where Katyayani's inner self is transformed and which, for Yajnavalkya, serves as a place where he appears in the quest for knowledge. This paper further aims to show how, in Aranyaka: Book of the Forest, spatial changes take place in the forest using the concepts of human geographer Yu Fu Tuan, philosopher and psychoanalyst Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari, French psychoanalyst and philosopher. The paper also looks at what role the forest plays in the self-awakening of the female protagonist, Katyayani. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:15496732