Author(s):
Seema Jaysi, Surekha Dewangan, Sunil Sahu
Email(s):
Jaysiseema34@gmail.com
DOI:
10.52711/2321-5828.2025.00056 
Address:
Seema Jaysi1, Surekha Dewangan2, Sunil Sahu3
1Asst. Professor (English), Govt. Dr. Indrajeet Singh College, Akaltara Dist. Janjgir - Champa (C. G.)
2Asst. Professor (Maths), Govt. Dr. Indrajeet Singh College, Akaltara Dist. Janjgir - Champa (C. G.)
3Asst. Professor (Economics), Govt. Dr. Indrajeet Singh College, Akaltara Dist. Janjgir - Champa (C. G.)
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 16,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
Girish Karnad, the renowned Kannada play writer, goes back to myths, folk tales and legends with view to making them a vehicle of another perspective. He explores broad concept of drama in his most remarkable work ‘The Fire and the Rain’. In this play main source of myth Yavakri is borrowed from forest canto of the epic ‘The Mahabharata’ It is originally written in Kannada with title ‘Agni Mattu Male’ later translated into English by writer himself. The story of play deal with various social issues of misapplication of spiritual knowledge, vengeance, existentialism and conflict between human relationship. Vishakha and Nittilai are main leading female characters of play. Toward, one side Vishakha is a woman of ambitious and Nittilai is a girl of self-sacrificing. Both carry individual and contrast characteristic or value but became of social patriarchy system they face violence, stress and suppression. The present paper aims to examine the feminist perspective in Girish Karnad’s play The Fire and the Rain. The paper discusses about main theme and portrayal the female characters, their identity and status.
Cite this article:
Seema Jaysi, Surekha Dewangan, Sunil Sahu. A Study of Feminist Perspective in Girish Karnad’s Play: The Fire and The Rain. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2025;16(4):349-1. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2025.00056
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Seema Jaysi, Surekha Dewangan, Sunil Sahu. A Study of Feminist Perspective in Girish Karnad’s Play: The Fire and The Rain. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2025;16(4):349-1. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2025.00056 Available on: https://rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-16-4-16
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