Contemporary Issues in Vijay Tendulkar’s Plays
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Vijay Tendulkar, an avant-garde playwright is one of the significant dramatists of Indian English genre. He is realistic in the portrayal of problems of common man, intricacies of human relationship and discrimination against women in the patriarchal society. He deals with all the ills and issues of the contemporary society. The issues are discussed in this paper under three headings – Gender Issues, Violence and Power Politics.
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Contemporary society in drama, gender issues in literature, violence and power politics, Vijay Tendulkar’s craft.
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3. Babu, Manchi Sarat. Indian Drama Today. New Delhi: Prestige, 1997.
4. Banerjee, Arundhati. Five Plays. Vijay Tendulkar. Bombay: OUP, 1992.
5. Barbuddhe, Satish. “The Mechanics of Power”. The Plays of Vijay Tendulkar: Critical Explorations. Amar Nath Prasad & Satish Barbuddhe(ed.) New Delhi: Saruo & Sons, 2008.
6. Dass V.N. “Women Characters in the Plays of Vijay Tendulkar”. New Directions in Indian Drama. Sudhakar Pandey and Freya Barua (eds.). New Delhi: Prestige, 1994. Print.
7. Dubbe, D. “The Theme of Flesh Trade in Vijay Tendulkar’s Kamala”. The Commonwealth Review (ISCS), Vol. V. No.1.1993.
8. Iynger, K.R. Srinivasa. Drama in Modern India and Writer’s Responsibility in Rapid Changing World. Bombay: PEN All India Centre, 1961.
9. Kavya.B. “Non – Traditional Sexuality in Vijay Tendulkar’s, A Friend’s Story”. Golden Research Thoughts. Vol II Issue IV Oct 2012.
10. Mills, Sara. “Power and Institutions”. Michel Foucault. London: Rout ledge Critical Thinkers, 2003.
11. Prasad, Amar Nath. Four Indian Playwrights: A Critical Assessment. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publisher’s Ltd, 2014.
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13. Barbuddhe, Satish. “The Mechanics of Power”. The Plays of Vijay Tendulkar: Critical Explorations. Amar Nath Prasad & Satish Barbuddhe (ed.) New Delhi: Saruo & Sons, 2008.
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15. Wadikar, Shailaja B. “Back to Tradition”. New Horizons: Tendulkar’s Contribution to Modern Theatre. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2013. Print.
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2018-05-05
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Latha, Dr S Somasundari. “Contemporary Issues in Vijay Tendulkar’s Plays”. Contemporary Literary Review India, vol. 5, no. 2, May 2018, pp. 98-119, https://www.literaryjournal.in/index.php/clri/article/view/60.
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