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THE THEATRE OF HISTORICAL REVISION AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN DRAMA TRADITION

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07      Published : Jun 2021

The Theatre of Historical Revision: An Analysis of the Native American Drama Tradition

Abstract

    We attempt to analyse the form and content of major Native American plays to discuss their relationship with the traditional English drama and its content. By looking at plays of key Native American playwrights, we show that the Native American tradition goes against the English tradition of drama in its form by challenging the unities of time and place and characterization. It also brings in elements of Native American tradition of storytelling such as the blend of the sacred and the profane, the use of humor, the attitude towards facticity, to the tradition of drama to carve out a unique space for itself through which it attempts to challenge the dominant narratives of history, Native American culture, and at the same time highlight the problems the Native American nations face currently.

    Native American, Genocide, Drama, Historical Revision

    (1) Amer Akhtar
    HoD, Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Rida Rehman
    Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Neelum Almas
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Akhtar, Amer, Rida Rehman, and Neelum Almas. "The Theatre of Historical Revision: An Analysis of the Native American Drama Tradition." Global Language Review VI, no. II (2021): 56-62. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07