I. Invitation to Participate:
We invite people interested in Devkota scholarship
to present their research findings and scholarly
articles at our monthly programmes that are
held on the last Saturday of the Nepali month.
We welcome papers, talks, pannel discussions,
etc. Please contact us if you would like to
present anything in our monthly programmes.
We invite foreign scholars too to read Devkota
in this website or elsewhere and to send us
your studied responses to Devkota literature.
We prefer textual analysis rather than cogitations
on Devkota's philosophy.
II. List of scholars who have written
a doctoral dissertation on Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad
Devkota:
| 1. |
Kumar
Bahadur Joshi. "Mahakavi Devkotako
kavita yatra ra tyaska mode-upamodeharuko
vivechana." ["Mahakavi Dekvota's
Poetic Journey: An Analysis of Its Twists
and Turns"] Tribhuvan University. 1986
(2043 B.S.) |
| 2. |
Ghanashyam Nepal.
“Devkotaka Gadhyasahityako Shailivaigyanik
Adhyan” (“A Stylistic Study
of Devkota’s Prose”). West
Bengal University. 1988. (2045 B.S.) |
| 3. |
Sanjaya Rai (Vantawa).
“Devkotaka Phutkar Kavitama Bimbavidhan”
(Imagery in the Poetry of Devkota”).
West Bengal Univesity. 1988 (2045 B.S.)
(?). |
| 4. |
Ram Prasad Sharma.
"Mahakavi Laxmiprasad Devkota ra
Suryakanta Tripathi Niralaka Kavyama Bidrohi
Swor: Tulanatmak Adhyana" (Rebellious
Voice in the Poetry of Mahakavi Laxmi
Prasad Devkota and Suryakanta Tripathi
Nirala: A Comparative Study"). Benaras
Hindu University, India. 1989. (2046 B.S.) |
| 5. |
Durga Prasad Aryal.
"Devkotaka Nibandama Nihit Darshanik
Chintan" ("Philosophical Thoughts
Embedded in the Essays of Devkota")
Mahendra Sanskrit University. 1999 (2056
B.S.) |
| 6. |
Mahadev Awasthi.
"Laxmiprasad Devkotako Khandakavyakarita"
("Laxmi Prasad Devkota's art of composing
khandakavyas [long poems). Trivhuvan
University. 2000 (2057 B.S.) |
| 7. |
Ram Nath Ojha.
"Laxmiprasad Devkotaka nibandama byangachetana"
("Irony in the essays of Laxmi Prasad
Devkota"). Tribhuvan University. 2003
(2060) |
| 8. |
Krishnaraj Adhikary.
"Laxmiprasad Devkotako mahakavya samrachana"
(The Structure of Laxmi Prasad Devkota's
Epics").Tribhuvan University. 2004
(2061 B.S.) |
| 9. |
Netra Prasad Neupane.
"Devkotaka kavyakritima manawatabad."
("Humanitarianism in the Poetic Works
of Devkota") Tribhuvan University.
June 2008 (Jestha 2065 B.S.) |
III. New Findings on Devkota
According to Biographer Nityaraj Pandey, Devkota's "Purnimako Jaladhi" was the first poem to be published in Gorkhapatra of Friday November 30, 1934. However, another poem titled "Shodasi Sundari" has been found to have been published in Gorkhapatra in two parts on Baishakha 18 and 25, 1985, corresponding to April 30 and May 7, 1928.
IV Some Suggested Research Areas on Devkota's Works
The following titles are suggested by the two-day seminar on Devkota organised by Universal College, Maitidevi, from April 17-18, 2009.
- The Magic of the Wonderous Past: Devkota and Celebration of Eastern Antiquity
- By the Glow of Ancient Fires: Greek Myth in Dekvota's Poetry
- Devkota and Nepali Romanticism
- Devkota and Public Poetry: the Bapu Sonnets
- Devkota and Creation of Protest Poetry
- Devkota and the Nepali Political Poetry
- Celebrating the Woodland Life: Devkota and Nature Poetry
- Beyond Caste, Class and Group: Creation of Nepalese Identity in Dekvota's Poetry
- Devkota and Imagist Movement
- Portrayal of Ethnic Life/Culture in Devkota's Narrative Poems: Luni, Mhendu, Muna-Madan
- The Underclass, the Oppressed and the Marginalized in Devkota's Poetry
- Devkota and Tragic Vision: Sulochana, Kunjini, Champa
- Giving Voice to the Subaltern: Poetic Response to Nepali Revolution 1948-1951
- Encounter with Colonial English and Nepali: Creation of Language Identity in Devkota's Essays
- The World Beyond: Nepalese in Foreign Armed Services
- Eastern Womanhood in Devkota's Poetry
- Celebrating Nepali Nation: Images of Nepali Nation in Devkota's Poetry
- Through the Vision of Children: Devkota's Short Stories
- Devkota and Children's Literature
- Devkota in Translation/ Comparative Study
- Of Evil Born:The Villainy of Myth and Real Life
Devkota Research Fellowship Awards
1. June 6, 2009. Mahakavi Devkota Centre granted the 2009 Devkota Centenary Research Fellowship Award jointly to Phatik Poudel, Tara Adhikary, and Kumar Adhikary. The three scholars will jointly write a research paper on "Devkota as a Playwright." They will also translate Krishi-Bala into English.
2. November 12, 2010. Mahakavi Devkota Centre ( DSRC) has awarded the Devkota Research Fellowship
Award for 2010 to Professor Dr. Deviprasad Gautam of the Central
Department of Nepali, TU, Kirtipur. He will study the use of language in
Devkota's essays.
Devkota Research Study Awards
1. July 13, 2009. Devkota Centre granted a Research Study Award of Rs. 15,000.00 (fifteen thousand only) to Laxman Gautam. He will conduct a research on "Beyond Caste, Class and Group: Creation of Nepalese Identity in Devkota's Poetry" and present his research at the One Hundred and First Birth Anniversary of Laxmi Prasad Devkota.
2. July 14, 2009. Devkota Centre granted a Research Study Award of Rs. 15,000.00 (fifteen thousand only) jointly to Saroj Ghimire and Ghanashyam Bhandari. They will conduct a research on "Creation of Language Identity in Devkota's Poetry in English" and present their research at the One Hundred and First Birth Anniversary of Laxmi Prasad Devkota.
Devkota Research Fellowship Rules:
महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्र
महाकवि देवकोटा विद्वद्वृत्ति कार्यविधि २०६६
अ) प्रारम्भ
१। “महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति” कोष स्थापना : महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटाका कृतिहरूलाई राष्ट्रिय तथा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय स्तरमा अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धानलाई प्रोत्साहन गर्न महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्रले महाकवि देवकोटा शतवार्षिकी २०६६ सालको अवसरमा “महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति” (Mahakavi Devkota Research Fellowship स्थापना गर्न रु ५,००,०००।— (पाँच लाख रुपैयाँ) को अक्षय कोष व्याङ्कमा जम्मा पारेर त्यसको वार्षिक व्याजबाट हरेक वर्ष विद्वतवृत्ति प्रदान गर्ने व्यबस्था गरेको छ ।
२। महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति कोषमा यस केन्द्रले यथासंभव रकमवृद्धि गर्दै लैजाने छ ।
आ) अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धानको विषय
१। महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति मूलत: महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटामा केन्द्रीत विषयसँग सम्बन्धित अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धानको लागि दिइने छ । जस्तै :—
क) महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटाका कृति, व्यक्तित्व वा जीवनीमाथि गरिने अध्ययन वा अनुसन्धानतर्फ,
ख) महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटासँग स्वदेशी वा विदेशी सर्जक, साहित्यकार, कलाकार, आदिको तुलनात्मक अध्ययन वा अनुसन्धानतर्फ,
ग) महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटाको युग र सो युगका प्रमुख धार र प्रवृत्तिहरूको अध्ययन वा अनुसन्धानतर्फ ।
घ) महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटाका कृतिहरूको (भूमिका र टिप्पणी सहितको) अनुवादतर्फ ।
ई) प्रक्रिया
१। महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति प्रत्येक वर्ष महाकवि देवकोटाको जन्मजयन्तिको अवसरमा प्रदान गरिने छ ।
२। महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति प्राप्त गर्न आवश्यक प्रक्रिया :— क) महाकवि देवकोटा केन्द्रले तोकेको समयभित्र उम्मेदवारले अनुसन्धानको प्रस्ताव पेश गर्नु पर्ने छ र सो प्रस्ताव केन्द्रको कार्यकारिणीको वैठकमा सम्बन्धित विषेशज्ञहरू समेत आमन्त्रण गरी योग्य उम्मेदवारलाई प्रदान गर्ने छ ।
उ) उम्मेदवार
१। महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति प्राप्त गर्न उम्मेदवारको निम्नलिखित अनुशारको योग्यता हुनुपर्ने छ :—
क) विश्वविद्यालयबाट स्नातकोत्तर उपाधि
ख) अनुसन्धान कार्यमा अनुभव प्राप्तलाई ग्राह्यता दिइने छ ।
२। महाकवि देवकोटा वि द्व द्वृत्ति राष्ट्र, जात, लिङ्ग, धर्म, वर्ण, आदिको आधारमा विभेद नगरी योग्यताको आधारमा महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्रले कसैलाई पनि दिन सक्ने छ ।
ऊ) पारिश्रमिक रकम भुक्तानी
१। महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा अध्ययन तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्रले महाकवि देवकोटा विद्वद्वृत्ति प्राप्त गर्ने व्यक्तिलाई ५० प्रतिशत पारिश्रमिकको रकम भुक्तानी अध्ययन आरम्भ भएपछि र बाँकी ५० प्रतिशत सो अध्ययन केन्द्रलाई बुझएपछि प्रदान गरिने छ ।
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