Krishna Singh. The Plays of Girish Karnad: De-Colonisation of Language and Techniques

Abstract

Krishna Singh’s The Plays of Girish Karnad: De-colonisation of Language and Techniques endeavors to explore Karnad’s contribution to de-colonize Indian English drama and revitalize it. The present book is a modified version of his UGC research project. Girish Karnad, a versatile genius, occupies prominent place in Indian English drama. His plays are the testimony of it. Karnad is appreciated as a playwright of myths and legends, history, subalternity, rituals, feminism, cultural issues and humanism. Despite these cultural roles Karnad brought revolution in Indian English drama - discarding Eurocentric models and techniques altogether; Karnad advocated the use of Indian myths, legends, folk tales, history, socio-political and contemporary issues with Indianized English and folk theatre conventions with the motif to de-colonize Indian English drama and gave it a new Shape - postcolonial Indian English drama.