Author: Dr. Aparna Das
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/03090036
Abstract : Indian Theatre traces a continuous history of dramaturgy from Bharata’s Natyashastra to the post colonial present. Folk- Modern Hybridity in Indian theatre after 1947 constitutes decentring the European drama by exploring the indigenous thematic concepts. It is also accomplished through the narrative techniques that the post-independent dramatists employ in their dramatic performances. The inculcation of pre-colonial past in the forms of indigenous performances like rituals, myths, folktales, history, music songs, dance, local settings, and oral style of storytelling, turn out to be effective devices in dismantling the dominating forms of western drama. These incorporations make the postcolonial Indian theatre a site for articulating resistance by the once colonized subjects. This paper aims to examine how tradition, colonialism and resistance have been able to shape the present Indian theatrical tradition.
Keywords : Indian Theatre, Hybridity, pre-colonial, post- colonial, resistance, folk theatre, cultural identity.
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