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Brecht in India: The Poetics and Politics of Transcultural Theatre book cover

1st Edition

Brecht in India The Poetics and Politics of Transcultural Theatre

By Dr. Prateek Copyright 2021
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge
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Brecht in India analyses the dramaturgy and theatrical practices of the German playwright Bertolt Brecht in post-independence India. The book explores how post-independence Indian drama is an instance of a cultural palimpsest, a site celebrating a dialogue between Western and Indian theatrical traditions, rather than a homogenous and isolated canon. Analysing the dissemination of a... Read more

1. Towards a Definition of Brechtian Theatre in India  2. Performing Brecht on the Indian Stage: Towards a National Theatre  3. Politicising Brecht: A Study of Fritz Bennewitz’s Theatre  4. Regionalising Brecht in India  5. The Two Bends versus Ends of Brechtian Theatre: A Study of the Theatre of Safdar Hashmi and Amal Allana

Biography

Dr. Prateek is a former post-thesis fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia and currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of English Studies, SRM University, Andhra Pradesh, India. He received a Ph.D. in theatre studies from the University of Queensland, Australia. He was a visiting Ph.D. scholar at Humboldt University and the University of Oxford. He is also a former Fulbright at Yale University.

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