LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
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         Soibam Rebika Devi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Power Structures in Karnad’s Play Nagamandala

Smitha Sankaranarayanan, M.A., M.Phil. (English), Ph.D. Research Scholar


Abstract

This paper aims at highlighting the power structures operating in the various realms in Girish Karnad’s play ‘Nagamandala’. The effect of power on the lives of men and women is elicited through this work. The condition of a society without power relations has become a matter of dispute among intellectuals. The need for establishing power is also discussed in this work.

Keywords: Power structures-myths and superstition-patriarchal society-language-sexuality-legal authority-medicines-male hegemony.

Introduction

The play Nagamandala by Indo-Anglian playwright Girish Karnad has succeeded in unraveling the power structures that underlie the relationships prevailing in society. The effect that these elements of power have on the mindset of human beings and their identity is analysed here.

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Smitha Sankaranarayanan, M.A., M.Phil. (English), Ph.D. Research Scholar
Non-Vocational Teacher in English
GVHSS Ayyanthole
Thrissur-680003
Kerala
India
smitha.dileep123@gmail.com
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