Folkloristic Study of India and Nigeria through the Select Plays of Girish Karnad and Wole Soyinka

The dramatic works of Girish Karnad and Wole Soyinka bear striking parallels. Both of them possess a thorough understanding of both their native cultural background and Western literary customs. They included the English language into their writings after realising its importance in the modern world. Their theatrical production has indigenous culture and ethnic identity as its central emphasis. They did not, however, disregard the realities of contemporary culture, interpersonal relationships, or public sentiment. People discovered the colonisers' fiedishness in addition to their inventive use of contemporary techniques and classic motifs. In the literary world, Karnad and Soyinka's postcolonial works merit a special place. In this book, three plays by Girish Karnad and Wole Soyinka—Yayati, Hayavadana, and Nagamandala; A Dance of the Forests; The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite and Death and The King's Horseman respectively—have been compared and contrasted.