Girish Karnad’s contribution to Indian Theatre in Indian English Literature

Abstract

Being the post modernist playwright, Girish Karnad has the power of using the folk theatre in his plays in a very flaunting way. He has borrowed the ideas of culminating the rich Indian culture in his plays. Each of his plays has a unique kind of props which symbolises the main genre of the play.  He has rejected the idea of imitation of western world which was in fashion for English writings and chooses to form a fresh way of writing, using our great folk arts. Some of them were prevailing that time and some of them were on the edge of extinction. His plays are usually found very close to common people with a very realistic approach towards the issues of human being. The paper is an attempt to unfold the innumerable contributions by Karnad to the Indian English Theatre with the help of our rich Indian folk cultures, prevalent since the birth of human civilization. The article shall also cross-examine the types of techniques and methods used to articulate the play on stage, blending the various myths of Sanskrit Literature