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PLAYS AND COUNTERPLAYS: AN INTERTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF COMMUNIST AND ANTI-COMMUNIST PLAYS IN MALAYALAM THEATRE
The current study, which is the first part of a larger project, undertakes how Communism, a political ideology with international ramifications, was represented through political theatre in the context of South India, especially, Kerala. This enquiry will look into both communist and anti-communist...
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J. S. Asian Stud.
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005409.pdf |
| Summary: | The current study, which is the first part of a larger project, undertakes how Communism, a political ideology with
international ramifications, was represented through political theatre in the context of South India, especially, Kerala.
This enquiry will look into both communist and anti-communist manifestations in Malayalam theatre. This project aims
to shed some light on a rare series of political plays from Malayalam theatre which was moving parallel to the
dominant political ideologies of the state. Sometimes Malayalam theatre favored the communist movement while in
some other cases it took anti-communist positions. This series of play texts includes Thoppil Bhasi’s Ningalenne
Communistakki (You Made Me a Communist) (1952) asthe source play and Jnanippakkammoonishtavum (I Will
Become a Communist Now) (1953) by Kesava Dev, Vishavriksham (Poisonous Tree) (1958) by C. J. Thomas, Ningalaare
Communistakki (Whom Did You Make a Communist) (1995) by Civic Chandran, Ningalenne Communistakki Indra
Sadassil (You Made Me a Communist in Paradise) (2004) and Enum Ente Thambranum (Me and My Lord) (2008) by
Thoppil Soman as counter plays. |
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| Physical Description: | p.131-143 02 (02) 2014. |