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VISION OF GENDER IN GIRISH KARNADS HAYAVADANA FUNCTIONS OF MULTIPLEXED CORPORAL MASKS

15 Pages : 148-157

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).15      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).15      Published : Mar 2021

Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks

    Through the integration of the local Yakshagana and the western Brechtian Epic theatre practices, Girish Karnad through Hayavadana (1971) has formed a brilliant theatre show. One theatrical device, apart from the folk-theatre motifs, is the utilization of physical masks on stage. The reading examines different techniques used by Karnad, which provide the staging of masks successful in theatre. It furthermore focuses on the objectives, techniques, and types of mask treatment in expressions of disguise and revelation at the physical level. The purpose of this exploration is to make a complete study of the expressive masks used in Hayavadana (1971) to interpret the proposed reality of the characters. The qualitative approach has been adopted as a methodology where the interpretive method of investigation has been engaged to search for the secreted meanings in the text. Professed through the lens of select theoretical structure, Hayavadana becomes a site of diversity and range.

    (1) Amara Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Khan, Amara. 2021. "Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I): 148-157 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).15
    HARVARD : KHAN, A. 2021. Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 148-157.
    MHRA : Khan, Amara. 2021. "Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 148-157
    MLA : Khan, Amara. "Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.I (2021): 148-157 Print.
    OXFORD : Khan, Amara (2021), "Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I), 148-157
    TURABIAN : Khan, Amara. "Vision of Gender in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: Functions of Multiplexed Corporal Masks." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 148-157. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).15