Publication Date

12-1-2017

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature

Volume

11

Issue

2

First Page

4

Last Page

21

Abstract

The world of Kalidasa is defined by transgression at many levels. The possibilities of his dramatic world are vast and each level interacts with the other only because of the transgressive power of love and memory, and sometimes,even of forgetfulness. I argue that Kalidasa’s plays transcend, rather than establish, the conflicts between love and duty. I establish that the diverse and, often disjunctive, worlds seem to be in conversation in Kalidasa’s unifying dramatic realm –in this realm, while everything seems possible, everything possible can be made impossible because of the disruptive power of memory or forgetfulness.

Keywords

Kalidasa, rasa, transgression, love and memory, subversion, constraint and freedom

Comments

This article originally appeared in Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2017. The article can also be found online at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/ajell/article/view/1112.

Department

Film and Theatre

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