LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 9 : 4 April 2009
ISSN 1930-2940

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Girish Karnad as a Modern Indian Dramatist
A Study

B. Reena, M.A., M.Phil.

Abstract

This dissertation for the degree of M.Phil. has several chapters.

Girish Karnad is a Modern Indian Playwright and is one of the most outstanding practitioners of performing arts. He has acted in movies, directed and produced movies, documentaries and television serials in Kannada, Hindi and English. This dissertation is a modest attempt to study Girish Karnad as a Modern Indian Dramatist.

Chapter I

This introduction chapter deals with the origin and development of Indian Drama in English. It also discusses Girish Karnad's creative and performing abilities.

Chapter II

This chapter deals with the estranged relationship between the husband Appanna, the wife Rani and the Cobra in Naga-Mandala.

Chapter III

An attempt is made in this chapter to fix Tughlaq in the Modern Indian context, which is the second play of Girish Karnad. Tughlaq is a historical play on the life of Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq of the fourteenth century India . It also deals with Ironical and Satirical elements in this play.

Chapter IV

This chapter concentrates on Karnad's next play Hayavadana , which is richly symbolic and spectacular. It focuses on the story of a love triangle between Devadatta, Kapila and Padmini.

Chapter V

This chapter analyzes the qualities of Girish Karnad that made him a Modern Indian Dramatist.

This is only the beginning part of the Dissertation. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE DISSERTATION IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

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B. Reena, M.A., M.Phil.
Department of English
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
Thandalam
Chennai - 602105
Tamilnadu, India reena_reena60@yahoo.com

 
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