Western tradition and naturalistic Hindi theatre / Diana Dimitrova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dimitrova, Diana, 1969-

Series:

Asian thought and culture ; v. 58.

Asian thought and culture ; v. 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aśka, Upendranātha, 1910-1996--Dramatic works.

Aśka, Upendranātha.

Aśka, Upendranātha, 1910-1996--Literary style.

Aśka, Upendranātha, 1910-1996.

Hindi drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Hindi drama.

Hindi drama--Western influences.

Literary style.

Drama.

Physical Description:

ix, 129 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2004]

Contents:

Hindi Drama and the Naturalist Upendranath Ask 1

On Method 6

Part 1 The Playwrights

Chapter 1 Neo-Sanskritic and Naturalistic Hindi Drama 11

General Overview and Periodization 11

The Beginnings of Modern Hindi Drama 13

Bharatendu Hariscandra (1850-1885) 14

Jaysankar Prasad (1889-1937) 15

Laksminarayan Misra (b. 1903) 20

Bhuvanesvar Prasad Srivastav (1912/14-1957) 22

Jagdiscandra Mathur (1917-1981) 28

Mohan Rakes (1925-1972) 32

Chapter 2 Upendranath Ask 39

Life and Literary Biography 39

The Dramatist Upendranath Ask 47

Part 2 Western Tradition and Upendranath Ask's Dramatic Style

Chapter 3 Language and Characterization 53

Dramatic Language 54

Dramatic Speech, Ordinary Language, Narrative Speech 54

Dramatic Speech and Figure Characterization 56

Ask's Dramatic Language 58

Dramatic Language and Fictional Context 58

Linguistic Features of Dialogue 60

Functions of Dialogue 63

Dramatis Personae: Figure Conception and Characterization 64

Dramatic Figure, Dramatic Person, Dramatis Personae, Dramatic Character, Figure Configuration 64

Figure Conception 66

Characterization Techniques 72

Chapter 4 Story and Plot. Time and Space 77

Techniques of Story Presentation 78

Structural Segmentation and Composition 83

Structural Segmentation 84

Composition 86

Structures of Time and Space 89

Open and Closed Structures of Time and Space 89

Functions of the Structures of Time and Space 91

Localization Techniques and the Presentation of Time 92.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-112) and indexes.

ISBN:

0820468223

OCLC:

52418029