30, August 2025

Dramatic Techniques Used in Wedding Album and Boiled Beans on Toast by Girish Karnad

VOLUME-9; ISSUE-8; AUG-2025

Author(s): Dr. Priyanka Shah

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Guest Lecturer, Dept. of English, MLS University, Udaipur (Rajasthan) India

DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202508015     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202508015


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Abstract: In the field of literature for giving additional value, enhancing quality work and fulfilling the objective of task, a writer uses techniques for presenting his narrative. As Girish Karnad belongs to the narrative genre - drama, a deliberate analysis of the dramatic technique is the nucleus of this article. Dramatic technique is an art as a drama is not only for reading but also most of the time written for enactment. It enhances the spectator’s interest in the play as well as enchanted him. In the field of literature, Karnad’s works have been explored from various angles. But still with every new reading, they come out with a new exciting knowledge or angle.  The article explores Girish Karnad’s selected plays titled Wedding Album and Boiled Beans on Toast with the perspective of analyzing dramatic techniques used in.

Key Words: Karnad, Dramatic technique, drama, Wedding Album, Boiled Beans on Toast.

Dr. Priyanka Shah (2025); Dramatic Techniques used in Wedding Album and Boiled Beans on Toast by Girish Karnad,  International Journal of Research Culture Society,    ISSN(O): 2456-6683,  Volume – 9,   Issue –  8,  Pp.91-98.        Available on – https://ijrcs.org/

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