“Illustration of Relationship and Existence in Vijay Tendulkar’s Select Plays: An Existential Study”

English Literature

Abstract: Vijay Tendulkar is a very prolific figure in the Modern Indian Drama. His portrayal of realism is quite striking and thought-provoking. This research article demonstrates the evils that hover in the present Indian society in the plays of Vijay Tendulkar. It also analyses how Tendulkar communicates the social constraints to his audience. Vijay Tendulkar is one of the most prolific and controversial dramatists among the Post-Independence Indian playwrights. The researcher aims to discuss the illustration of relationship and Existence in connection with Existentialism. Existentialism is a philosophical and literary perspective that focuses on the experience of an individual and the way that he or she understands the world.After World War II, some philosophers and writers saw the world as an indifferent place without a set of universal rules that is applied to everyone. Thematically, Tendulkar’s plays have ranged from the exploration of relationship of man and woman to reinterpret social, historical and political episodes that exist in the society. His plays concentrate on different aspects of the human character and complex behaviour of human relationship.

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