Debate on the Mahabharata

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Debate on the Mahabharata

• Interculturalism and Intraculturalism
• Jasmine

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The Mahabharata

• One of the two greatest epics in India
• (Mahabharata, Ramayana)
• Significance
• Directed by Peter Brook
• Characteristics-intercultural theatre, hard work.
• Main idea- not to represent but to give different
  meaning.

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Criticism upon the Mahabharata

• Rustom Bharucha-Indian scholar
• Intraculturalsim( ????????)(1987)
• the agencies of intraculturalism are more
  concerned with mobilizing a consciousness of
  differences among its participants.(Bharucha,2000)
  
• Intercultural ( ??????) theatre practice
  (1977)-Richard Schechner
• Western power

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• I think
• The right to choose what they want.
• consciousness

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Criticismby Bharucha

• 1.orientalism?make profits
• 2.Appropriate the meanings of The Mahabharata,
  the Indian epic, for the westerners.
• 3.too short
• If Brook had been concerned with the context of
  The Mahabharata, he might not have attempted to
  summarize the entire story within nine hours.
  (Rustom Bharucha 1993)
• departure

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My thoughts

• 1.the problem of different levels
• Interculturalism?Intraculturalism
• Efforts of Peter Brook
• Dilemma in many fields.
• Think about who is the beneficiary the Indians
  or the team of Peter Brook

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• Thank for your attention!