Read the passage. Choose the most appropriate option from the options given:…
2023
Read the passage. Choose the most appropriate option from the options given:
As part of the great cultural renaissance generated during the post-independence period, there has occurred a most meaningful encounter with tradition in various fields of creative activity. The return to and discovery of tradition was inspired by a search for roots and a quest for identity. This was a part of the whole process of decolonization of our lifestyle, values, social institutions, creative forms and cultural modes.
The modern Indian theatre, product of a colonial theatrical culture, felt the need to search for roots most intensely to match its violent dislocation from the traditional course. Directors like B.V. Karanth, K.N. Panikkar and Ratan Thiyam have had a most meaningful encounter with tradition and, with their work, have reversed the colonial course of contemporary theatre and put it back on the track of the great Natyashastra tradition. It sounds paradoxical, but their theatre is both avant-garde in the context of conventional realistic theatre, and still belongs to the Natyashastra theatrical tradition.
The most significant contribution of Directors like B. V. Karanth, K. N. Panikkar and Ratan Thiyam was
Answer: D. Bringing about an amalgamation of the Indian theatrical tradition with Western realistic theatre — ConceptIn passage-based questions, identify the relationship the author explicitly holds together, then select the offered choice that best covers the whole…
- A.
Making Indian theatre totally traditional
- B.
Making Indian theatre backward
- C.
Dislocating Indian theatre from the traditional Indian theatre
- D.
Bringing about an amalgamation of the Indian theatrical tradition with Western realistic theatre
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
In passage-based questions, identify the relationship the author explicitly holds together, then select the offered choice that best covers the whole relationship. The phrase ‘in the context of’ can indicate a frame of comparison, so the interpretation should not collapse comparison into identity.
Application
The author says these directors restored Indian theatre to the Natyashastra tradition and describes their theatre as avant-garde when compared with conventional realistic theatre. Among the offered choices, the amalgamation statement best captures the coexistence of renewed Indian roots with a contemporary realistic-theatre frame; it does not mean that the directors simply reproduced conventional Western realism.
Contrast
Making Indian theatre totally traditional keeps the return to tradition but removes the passage’s avant-garde, contemporary dimension.
Making Indian theatre backward treats the return to roots as regression, whereas the passage describes it as creative decolonization.
Dislocating Indian theatre from traditional Indian theatre reverses the passage, which says the directors repaired that colonial-era dislocation.
Bringing about an amalgamation of Indian theatrical tradition with Western realistic theatre is the only offered statement that retains both sides of the passage’s paradox, while ‘in the context of’ is read as comparison rather than simple imitation.
Cross-check
The NTA UGC NET June 2023 final answer key for General Paper question ID 30047 also accepts ‘Bringing about an amalgamation of the Indian theatrical tradition with Western realistic theatre.’
Therefore, the most appropriate answer is ‘Bringing about an amalgamation of the Indian theatrical tradition with Western realistic theatre.’