Performance and Performativity in Contemporary Indian Fiction in English
( 1 )
Publication series ：1
Author： Alexandru Maria-Sabina Draga
Publisher： Brill
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9789004292604
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004292598
Subject： I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation
Keyword： 世界文学
Language： ENG
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Description
Through a comparison with theatrical performance the argument develops that in both theatre and fiction the concepts of performance and performativity transform classical Indian mythic poetics. In the mythic symbiosis of performance and storytelling in Indian tradition, myth becomes a liberating space of consciousness, where rigid categories and boundaries are transcended.