Retelling History: A Study of Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq
Keywords:
Retelling history, Girish Karnad, TughlaqAbstract
Girish Karnad is a pioneer in new drama and all his plays can be enacted. The neo-literary movement throws a bright light on the disparities in our social life. He is unsurpassable as a humanist and satirist in modern Indian English Drama. His plays are an invaluable contribution to dramatic literature. Karnad evolves a dramatic technique that is so flexible that it changes according to the requirements of his plots. The plot of Tughlaq is based on history and it has all the essentials of a good historical play. Tughlaq has an enduring place in dramatic literature.
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