Analysis of material
4.3. Summary
This chapter discussed a variety of sequences from the 2009 Mīrā serial, beginning with the narrative spanning the first five episodes, and tied these sequences to the overarching themes of devotion and marriage. It argued that the serial’s extended treatment of these themes in the context of Mīrā’s childhood, and the variety of original sequences used to tell this story, while staying within the framework of the hagiographical tradition, constitute the serial’s originality within that tradition. The following chapter aims to use these insights to answer the second research question: How can the serial’s particular relation to the hagiographical tradition be understood within its wider context?