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To examine the moral, postcolonial, and ecological dimensions of selected Assamese folktales from Burhi Aair Sadhu as repositories of ethnic identity and cultural resistance.

August 16, 2026The International Journal of Literary HumanitiesOpen Access

Folklore as Ethnic Archive

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NSNayanika SharmaVellore Institute of Technology University LDLaxmi Dhar DwivediVellore Institute of Technology University

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Literary analysis reveals moral, ecological, and anti-colonial frameworks in Assamese folktales, highlighting the preservation of subaltern environmental ethics.

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To examine the moral, postcolonial, and ecological dimensions of selected Assamese folktales from Burhi Aair Sadhu as repositories of ethnic identity and cultural resistance.
Applied Nie Zhenzhao’s Ethical literary criticism, Gayatri Spivak’s Subaltern theory, and ecocritical frameworks.
Conducted close readings of five tales: 'Tejimola,' 'Champawati,' 'The Monkey and the Fox,' 'The Sly Fox,' and 'The Tale of the Cat’s Daughters.'
Identified central motifs of virtue under oppression, strategic cunning, kinship ethics, and relational ecological reciprocity.
Demonstrated that the collection constitutes an ethnic archive that encodes extra-institutional justice, indigenous female epistemic authority, and critique of colonial modernity.

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Sharma et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a60f2fb91fc834ae211 https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7912/cgp/a400

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Literary analysis reveals moral, ecological, and anti-colonial frameworks in Assamese folktales, highlighting the preservation of subaltern environmental ethics.

Folklore as Ethnic Archive

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Folklore as Ethnic Archive

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