Author: Sriniket, Kumar Mishra

Annotation: Premchand, one of the greatest short story writers in Hindi literature, had read excessively world literature. He had translated many literary works into Hindi along with composing original literary works. We would focus our study specifically on his translations of French literary texts and reception of French literature in his writing. We would also come to know his idea about French literature. We would come to know about translation strategies of Premchand adopted in his literary translations. The objective of this article is to highlight the effect and reception of French Literature in his writing.

Keywords: Premchand, Translation, Reception, double translations, French literature in Hindi.

Pages in journal: 146 - 156