Volume : 1, Issue : 4, September - 2012

Social Relavance of Traditional Performing Folk/Art–Forms of Literature of Andhra Pradesh

Dr. M. Sreedevi Xavier

Abstract :

The main thrust of this paper is to analyse the traditional performing folk/art–forms of literature of Andhra Pradesh and reflect upon their losing and gaining social relavance. The focus of this study is mainly on Bardic Recitals, Yakshaganas and Street Plays. The analysis of the folk/art–forms of literature is done from the perspective developed in sociology of literature. The main objectives of this study are– to understand the crucial role performed by these folk/art–forms of literature; to examine how they reflect the life and conditions of the people of Andhra Pradesh from time to time; and to reflect upon their present social relavance. It is noted that these folk/art forms are progressively being displaced by the increasing penetration of the artifacts of media, especially the movie, radio, etc. One senses the advent of the era of the electronically disseminated, packed ‘culture’ for the ‘masses’.