Thematic Aspects in Girish Karnad’s Yayati: A Critical Study
Keywords:
Theme, play, drama, Critical StudyAbstract
Girish Karnad is a renowned actor, film producer and a playwright. He has written in KAnnad and
English. He is also the recipient of Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honour conferred in
India. Karnad has great insight into human nature. Karnad has employed mythical, historical, and folk
themes in his plays and ta the same time they are identified with contemporary scene. IN this paper, the
researcher has explored the thematic aspects with special reference to his play, Yayati. Karnad took the
theme of Yayati from Adiparva of Mahabharata yet he has maintained the originality by his own style and
techniques.
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