And Tradition In Girish Karnad's Hayavadana And Tale-Dande
Exploring Myth and Tradition in Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana and Tale-Dande
B.Ananda Rao M.A., M.Phil (Ph.D)
Assistant Professor of English
Sri Vasavi Engineering College
Tadepalligudem.
Email:banandarao1972@Gmail.com
Myth is primarily a certain type of story in which some of the 'Chief characters are gods or other beings larger in power than humanity. Very seldom it is located in history: its action takes place in a world above or prior to ordinary time. Hence, like the folk tale, it is an abstract story pattern. "The characters can do what they like, which means what the storyteller likes: there is no need to be plausible or logical in motivation. The things that happen in myth are things that happen only in stories; they are in a self-contained literary world.
Myths are stories of unascertainable origin or authorship accompanying or helping to explain religious beliefs. Often (though not necessarily) their subject is the exploits of a god or hero, which may be of a fabulous or a superhuman nature and which may have instituted a change in the working of the universe or in the conditions of social life.
Girish karnad’s life and Early influences:
Girish karned was born on 19 may 1938 in matheran, a town near Bombay. He belongs to semi-Marathi and semi Kannada Saraswathi community of Dharwar. He grew up in a small village in Karnataka. He had a firsthand experience of folk theatre and Natak companies which
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