Prabhakar Madella
Research Scholar, Sunrise University, Alwar
Brij Govind
Professor, Sunrise University, Alwar
Abstract
Karnad is troubled by the contemporary man's existence, which he sees as too complicated and incomplete. The use of folktales is meant to draw attention to the absurdity of a and conflicts in today's world. As a result of the influence of western ideologies and systems of knowledge that take a multifaceted approach to human behavior, folk stories are being repurposed as vehicles for contemporary life. His view on the present is colore existentialism, reflective of a sea shift in how contemporary man thinks about the meaning of human existence and where it came from the postmodern practice of boundary dissolution has resulted in a universal humanity that bridges all civilizations. In the light bulb moment of confronting the other, European ethnocentrism was displaced. Similarly, the a priori delimitation of knowledge was reflected in the epistemic discourse of the Orient, with the Radhakrishnan Commission of 1948 proposing a split between the study of "facts" (nature and the physical world) and "events" (society and human values).The purpose of the research study named "Myth, Folk - lore and Reality in the plays of Girish Karnad" is to analyze the presence of myths in a few of Karnad's plays. It has five distinct sections.The "Introduction" chapter lays out the fundamentals of drama and Girish Karnad's impact on western playwrights. The field of Indian English drama didn't catch up to the others until the 1970s. Due to the absence of a "live theater" and "live audience," this situation has arisen.
Keywords:theme, technique, folk theatre, style