期刊名称:IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature
印刷版ISSN:2347-4564
电子版ISSN:2321-8878
出版年度:2018
卷号:6-9
页码:313-318
语种:English
出版社:IMPACT Journals
摘要:Girish Raghunath Karnad is a front rank dramatist in Indian English literature. Karnad is regarded as one of the three great writers of the contemporary Indian drama, the other two being Vijay Tendulkar and Badal Sircar. Girish Karnad has been a leading dramatist earning international praise as a playwright, poet, actor, director, critic, and translator. Girish Karnad has gone back to the roots of Indian myth, tradition, and culture and has recreated for us the rich and vibrant picture of Indian society culture and its people. With the help of the living texture of myth, history, and legend, Karnad constitutes a bond between past and present, between author and audience, and in this way shares his interest and excitement with the audience at large. Girish Karnad addresses the contemporary problems by employing the devices of myth, folklore, legend, and history. He uses these devices not to merely visit the past but also to rethink the present and to anticipate the future. He chooses events and episodes from Indian mythology to question their values and relevance in the present context.