Experimentation in Stars and Fireflies

Abstract

The present research studies about Prakash Subedi’s anthology as “Experimentation in Stars and Fireflies”. It examines how Subedi experiments with the form and content in the art of literature as concrete poetry. Knowledge and truth which are of high importance and which we often ignore are reflected in this collection in a pictorial form. The themes of poems are mostly sensual, emotional and felling oriented. It seems that he express all the sense in stream of consciousness technique in experimental thoughts in the poems. Written on different subject matters ranging from contemporary world, socio-political scenario to delving into psycho-social matters, the anthology provides a new taste for connoisseurs. The poet seems quite democratic and inclusive while choosing subject matters as he is minimalistic and experimental in his collection. The anthology is the perfect example of postmodern poems in the context of modern Nepali poetry. As a postmodern poet, Subedi has adopted farfetched, indirect means of new symbols and images in Stars and fireflies. Subedi deviates himself from the traditional ways of writing poetry in Nepalese context. The poet attacks the hypocrisy and fascist nature of poetic tradition. This anthology is also instance of incredulity towards the feeling of tensed to relaxed form. This research is divided into three chapters. The first chapter gives a general introduction to the anthology, poet’s background and discusses postmodernism as a theoretical tool and how the poet has experimented with his own technique and style. The second chapter analyzes the poems to explore experimental forms of poems to argue that Subedi’s poems are the instances of little narrative. And the third chapter is the conclusion of entire research.