اسطوره و نمايش در هندوستان

MYTH AND DRAMA IN INDIA

Most of the researches about the role of The Myth in Creation of Theatre, have Focused on Ancient Greece and Golden age of Theatre (5 B.C); While one may find some Very different rich types of the relation between Myth and Theatre in a Country with a very Old history of theatre Like India.The main achievement of recent article is to realize how Mythical belief have been influential to build dramatic arts in India. Static culture of India and its Protraction into the contemporary periods, makes a Possibility to focus on some alive rituals in India which come from Mythical Stories.As The result, concerning to the type of Myths - humanly, super Natural, with or without story -several models of relation between theatre and myth may be found.Writing this article, the author has made use of being in India for three mouths as a researcher and also of referring to some books which most of them has been written by Indian Autors.