பேராசிரியர் க. கணபதிப்பிள்ளையின் அரங்க முன்னெடுப்பில் காலனியநீக்க சிந்தனைகள்- ஓர் ஆய்வு

Abstract

In the history of Sri Lankan Theatre, there are several personalities who carry out the aesthetic initiations in various ways, theoretically and conceptually through theatre performance activities. Prof K Kanapathipillai is the one who has created turning points and new conceptual platforms in Tamil Drama Theatre. Even though he was living in the era of colonial rule and under the education system of colonial era, he took the lead in decolonization writings through local culture and language during that time. His dramatic scripts and one of the collections of articles named "Eelaththu Vaazvum Valamum" among art theatrical practices are significant. He has also connected himself with the people of different statuses in the society and given his writings using the field approach with the understanding of those people's attitudes. Hence, he has depicted about the expressions on human, life and social consciousness of a passage of time, by including their life manifestations, cultural components, and slangs in spoken language, behaviour patterns, statuses and relationships in his dramatic scripts. The purpose of this study is to disclose the decolonization thoughts of Prof K Kanapathipillai in his dramatic and theatrical scripts. The problem of the study is the non-disclosure of decolonization strategies used in the dramatic writings of Prof K Kanapathipillai. The hypothesis of this study is that the decolonization strategies have been dealt with Tamil cultural life. Data collection: The main sources of this study are the drama scripts, scripts connected to the theatrical and art related writings by Prof K Kanapathipillai. The books, literature, researches, essays as well as the websites published on this subject are being used as the secondary data of this study. The research methodology: The descriptive research methodology along with the qualitative research technique has been used in this study. In addition, historical methodology and comparative methodology have also been used in this study.