rabindranath tagore's plays
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Themes of Tagore's Plays
Name: Virji Bathavar
Class: M.A. Sem-1
Roll No.:1
Paper No.: 4(Indian writing in English)
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Submitted to: Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University…
Introduction
He was born in 7
may 1861 in
Kolkata.
He was great
philosopher and
artist.
He wrote many
short story and
novel.
The plays of Rabindranath Tagore
The post office
Sanyasi
Chandalika
The Gandhari’s prayer
The king of the dark chamber
The king and The Queen
Chitra .
Tagore’s experience with drama began when
he was sixteen, with his brother jyotindranath.
Tagore wrote his first original dramatic piece
when he was twenty- Valmiki pratibha which
was shown at the Tagore’s mansion.
Tagore stated that his works sought to
articulate “the play of feeling and not of
action”. in 1890 he wrote visarjan which has
been regarded as his finest drama.
In the original Bengali language, such works
included intricate subplots and extended
monologues.
Tagore’s dramas used more philosophical
and allegorical themes.
Lastly, Tagore’s chandalika was modeled on
an ancient legend describing how a tribal girl
lives.
Themes of Tagore’s plays
Indian culture
Nature
Class conflict in Indian society(Chandalika)
Love (Sanyasi, the king and the Queen,
chandalika,)
Nationalism
Religion (Chandalika)
Union of man
Social taboos
Depth emotion and relations(Gandhari’s
prayer)
Mystery (The king of the Dark chamber)
Humanity (Karana and Kunti, Chandalika)
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