T D 301 Lecture 16: 9.28.2016 India & Sita Sings the Blues lecture

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Theatre and Dance
• Course: T D 301
• Professor: Laura Baggs

Document Summary

Development of protagonist over time, story of large proportions (men: religious text not interchangeable w/ bible, moral values (ideal father, husband, wife, son, brother & mother) Has changed forms many times: 1st su(cid:374)g (cid:894)partl(cid:455) (cid:449)h(cid:455) it"s i(cid:374) (cid:448)erses(cid:895, then written in sanskrit by valmiki, translated to hindi, performed in many languages now. I(cid:374)dia, hi(cid:374)du, & hi(cid:374)duis(cid:373) are related (cid:271)ut the(cid:455)"re (cid:374)ot the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g. Not all hindu gods have many hands. Hastra (cid:862)(cid:449)ill gi(cid:448)e a re(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of all arts & (cid:272)rafts(cid:863) (cid:862)like other shastras, the nat(cid:455)ashastra is honored as a divine gift, like a respe(cid:272)ted elder, (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot sla(cid:448)ishl(cid:455) i(cid:373)itated. (cid:863) Ramlilas: (cid:862)de(cid:448)otio(cid:374)al dra(cid:373)as allo(cid:449) de(cid:448)otees i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediate a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to a(cid:374) e(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ter (cid:449)/ o(cid:374)e of (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) specific manifestations of the divine an experience sometimes described as bhakti rasa. An aesthetic experience of deep devotion that is a creative interpretation of the rasa aestheti(cid:272)(cid:863: the actors believed they were the actual people in the play.