LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 1 January 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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Female Characters in Mahesh Elkunchwar`s Old Stone Mansion -
A Critique

B. S. Jadhav, Ph.D. B. B. Rajurkar, Ph.D. Candidate

Elkunchwar
Mahesh Elkunchwar

Elkunchwar, A Prominent Marathi Playwright

A new dramatist to shoot into fame in recent years is Mahesh Elkunchwar. Elkunchwar came into prominence by his one-act-plays, which display a rare blend of strength, intensity and concentration. His success in exploiting the potentialities of the medium has been hailed as historic. He has written more than 15 plays in Marathi most of which have been translated into Indian and Western languages like English, French and German. Old Stone Mansion, Sultan, Holi and Party are his famous plays. He has won national and international awards like the ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’, ‘Sarswati Samman’ and the ‘Birmingham Fellowship’.

Old-Stone Mansion, A Realistic Play

Elkunchwar Plays

Old-Stone Mansion (1989) (Wada Chirebandi) is a family centered realistic play. The prominent women characters are Aai, Vahini, Prabha, Dadi and Ranju. These women characters show family attachment and community bonds prevailing in the Maharashtrian society. They display feminine sensibilities in their behavior. The objective of this research paper is to analyze the female characters in terms of their actions and behaviour.

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B.S. Jadhav, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
DSM College
Parbhani 431401

Former Dean, Faculty of Arts
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
Nanded 431606
Maharashtra
India
bhagwansjadhav@gmail.com

B B. Rajurkar
Assistant Professor of English
Sheshabai Mundhe College of Arts
Gangakhed 431514
Maharashtra
India
rajurkar_gkd@rediffmail.com
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