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The syncretism of the archaic folktale and the new apparatus of storytelling in the digital ecologies creates a new symbiosis for the popular Mizo indigenous tale, Mauruangi. Multiple variants of Mauruangi emerge with new interpretations, signs and syntax that encompass and emphasise the medium of its circulation and play an important part in the formation of a new variant of the tale. Moreover, this systematic dispersion by storytellers in their own democratised digital space led to the formation of a new hypertext for the tale. The formation of multiple variants of the tale through multiple platforms stipulates the question of authority over the discourse of Mauruangi and its author-function in the digital sphere.
Ms Vanzikpuii, and Dr. Henry Lalmawizuala. “Clusters of Storytellers and Author Functions: The Dispersion of Mizo Folktale Mauruangi in the Digital Sphere.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 767–786. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.50.
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