Perspectives and Challenges in Indian-English Drama
Title | Perspectives and Challenges in Indian-English Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Neeru Tandon |
Publisher | Atlantic Publishers & Dist |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9788126906550 |
The Present Critical Anthology On Indian-English Drama Is A Welcome Addition To The Ever-Increasing Repertoire Of The Academic World. It Contains Some Twenty-Two Papers On Diverse Authors, Themes And Trends. The Authors Treated In It Are Girish Karnad, Mahesh Dattani, Badal Sircar, Rabindranath Tagore (Chronologically, Tagore Should Have Been Placed First), And Vijay Tendulkar. The Themes Dealt With Herein Are Myths And Folk Tales, Religious Propensity, Social Alienation, Audience Participation, Feminine Psyche, Role Of Freedom, And Man-Woman Relationship. And The Trends Touched Upon In This Anthology Are Mythic And Symbolic Interpretations, Focusing On Folklore, Experimentations In Third Theatre And Street Plays, And Feminist Approaches To Certain Plays. The Broad Spectrum Of Indian-English Drama Has Also Been Presented In A Few Papers.In Its Present Shape And Size, This Anthology Will, Hopefully, Find A Place On The Library Shelves And Enlighten The Academics On The Perspectives And Challenges Inherent In Indian-English Drama.
INDIAN DRAMA IN ENGLISH
Title | INDIAN DRAMA IN ENGLISH PDF eBook |
Author | KAUSTAV CHAKRABORTY |
Publisher | PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
Total Pages | 442 |
Release | 2014-10-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 8120350553 |
Kaustav Chakraborty (PhD) is Assistant Professor, Department of English, Southfield (formerly Loreto) College, Darjeeling, West Bengal. He has authored one book and also edited a volume of critical essays. Dr. Chakraborty has contributed many articles in reputed national journals and anthologies. This edited volume on Indian Drama in English, including Indian plays in English translation, with contributions from experts specializing on the different playwrights, covers the works of major dramatists who have given a distinctive shape to this enormous mass of creative material. This comprehensive and well-researched text, in its second edition, continues to explore the major Indian playwrights in English. It encompasses works like Rabindranath Tagore’s Red Oleanders; Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence! The Court is in Session, Kanyadaan, The Vultures, and Kamala; Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana, Tughlaq, Naga Mandala, and The Fire and the Rain; Mahasweta Devi’s The Mother of 1084; Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions, Tara, Dance Like a Man, and Bravely Fought the Queen; Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor; Indira Parthasarathy’s Auranzeb; and Badal Sircar’s Evam Indrajit. The book focuses on different aspects of their plays and shows how the Indian Drama in English, while maintaining its relation with the tradition, has made bold innovations and fruitful experiments in terms of both thematic and technical excellence. New to This Edition The new edition incorporates two new essays on very popular plays of all times—one, Manipuri dramatist Ratan Thiyam’s Chakravyuh, and the second, Maharashtrian playwright, Mahesh Elkunchwar‘s Desire in the Rocks. The essays added give a panoramic view of the plays in succinct style and simple language. The book is intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of English literature. Besides, it will also be valuable for those who wish to delve deeper into the plays covered and analyzed in the text.
Indian English Drama
Title | Indian English Drama PDF eBook |
Author | S. Krishna Bhatta |
Publisher | London : Oriental Press |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Indic drama |
ISBN |
Indian English Drama
Title | Indian English Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Jaydipsinh Dodiya |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 144 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
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Indian English Drama
Title | Indian English Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Nand Kumar |
Publisher | Sarup & Sons |
Total Pages | 252 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Indic drama (English) |
ISBN | 9788176253536 |
Musings on Indian Writing in English: Drama
Title | Musings on Indian Writing in English: Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Natesan Sharda Iyer |
Publisher | Sarup & Sons |
Total Pages | 296 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 9788176258012 |
Current Perspectives in Indian English Literature
Title | Current Perspectives in Indian English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Gauri Shankar Jha |
Publisher | Atlantic Publishers & Dist |
Total Pages | 222 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Indic fiction (English) |
ISBN | 9788126906222 |
Indian Writing In English Has Undoubtedly Acquired Its Own Independent Identity; It No More Remains Mere Imitative And Derivative. Its Long Journey From Colonial To Post-Colonial, From Imperial To Democratic And From English To Hinglish Forms A Remarkable Chapter In The History Of World Literature. Tagore Earned The First Recognition And Naipaul Is The Recent Laureate. In Between These Nobel Laureates Came A Number Of Writers Whose Work Earned Worldwide Appreciation.The Present Book Is An Attempt To Present The Different Genres Of Indian Writing In English. It Aims At Tracing Its Distinctive Features, Such As Cultural Alienation, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism Etc. While Nehru Has Furnished The Best English To The Globe, Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Arundhati Roy, Shiv K. Kumar And Dattani Have Stirred The West With Their Great Works. The Works Of These Renowned Literary Figures Have Been Considered Thoroughly And Meticulously In The Present Book.It Is Hoped That While The Student Community Will Find It Easily Accessible, The Teachers Will Also Consider It Exciting Study Material.