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In defence of the Graphic Mythologies of Ramayana

Author(s) Dr. Rashmi Sharma
Country India
Abstract Though the Ramayana has never lacked elements of the fantastic, its trajectory within graphic media has transformed it into a significant mytho-poetic device in contemporary cultural discourse. Graphic renditions often reimagine sacrosanct heroes and divine figures within visually stylized, sometimes exaggerated narrative worlds that foreground their conflicts with antagonistic forces. Yet, despite such transformations, the epic has not lost its philological depth or cultural potency. Invoked variously as fable, folktale, fairy tale, shastra, and kavya, the Ramayana has continually reinvented itself as a modern myth that appeals to imagination and creativity, and more recently, as a fertile ground for the idioms of digital and superhero fiction. Through these graphic rearticulations, the horizons of world literature are being visually and narratively redefined.
This paper argues that graphic adaptations of the Ramayana are not reductive popularizations but complex narrative forms that expand the epic’s interpretive and aesthetic possibilities. Rather than merely simplifying the source text, these works participate in both the reinvention and recontextualization of the literary canon. Drawing on adaptation theory, intermediality, and comics studies, the paper examines how texts such as Amar Chitra Katha and Ramayan 3392 AD reconfigure myth through the interplay of visual and verbal storytelling. Through close analysis of panels, layout, and visual style, it demonstrates that graphic narratives do not diminish the epic tradition but actively contribute to its renewal within contemporary culture.
Keywords Ramayana, Graphic, Adaptation, Comics, Narrative
Field Arts > Drawing
Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-06-04
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