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Drama Review. 46 (3) : 31-53

The document provides instructions for a short reaction paper on Peter Brook's Mahabharata play. Students are asked to write a 4-5 page paper (1300-1500 words) discussing the production and the debate around intercultural theatre. They should analyze one or two of the issues listed from the sources provided, such as the efficacy of the hourglass model, cultural appropriation vs essentialism, or priorities of source vs target cultures. Students must explain both sides of the debate clearly using quotes and citations, and support their own argument through analyzing specific parts of the provided videos with timestamps. The paper should follow academic writing guidelines.

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Drama Review. 46 (3) : 31-53

The document provides instructions for a short reaction paper on Peter Brook's Mahabharata play. Students are asked to write a 4-5 page paper (1300-1500 words) discussing the production and the debate around intercultural theatre. They should analyze one or two of the issues listed from the sources provided, such as the efficacy of the hourglass model, cultural appropriation vs essentialism, or priorities of source vs target cultures. Students must explain both sides of the debate clearly using quotes and citations, and support their own argument through analyzing specific parts of the provided videos with timestamps. The paper should follow academic writing guidelines.

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Short reaction Paper on Mahabharat (20%, 4-5 pages [1300-1500 words], due on midnight Monday,

Feb. 28 before we discuss the play on the following day. Upload your essay as Word document to
Canvas/Assignments/Mahabharata Reaction Paper)

Write a 4-5 page (1300-1500 words) paper on Peter Brook’s Mahabharata and the intercultural theatre
debate around the production, based on the following sources:

Videos (5:25 in total length):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhqkRGISQr8
Articles:
Lo, Jacqueline, and Helen Gilbert. 2002. “Toward a Topography of Cross-Cultural Theatre Praxis.” The
Drama Review. 46 (3): 31-53.
http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/stable/1146995?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Pavis, Patrice. 1992. Chapter 8 “Interculturalism In Contemporary Mise En Scène: The Image Of India In
The Mahabharata, The Indiade, Twelfth Night And Faust.” In Patrice Pavis, ed. Theatre at the
Crossroads of Culture, 178-209. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/detail.action?docID=10097519
Bharucha, Rustom. 1993. “Chapter 4. Peter Brook’s Mahabharata: a View from India.” In Rustom
Bharucha. Theatre and the World: Performance and the Politics of Culture. 69-87.
https://www-taylorfrancis-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/books/9780203168172
Carlson, Marvin. 1996. “Brook and Mnouchkine: Passage to India?” In Patrice Pavis, eds. The
Intercultural Performance Reader. New York: Routledge, 79-92. (Canvas)

Your paper should focus on one (or two at most) of the following issues:
• The efficacy or limitations of the hourglass model as a tool to analyze an intercultural production
• Cultural appropriation vs. cultural essentialism
• Problems or effectiveness with the framing “a flavour of India”
• Cultural specificity (Hinduism, caste distinction, etc) vs. cultural universality
• Choice of form between source (kathakali, kutiyattam, etc.) and target (spoken theatre) artistic
models
• Priority of source culture vs. reception and the ramifications of either choice
• The role of economic and political power in an intercultural production

You can decide to side (or not) with either side of the debate. Be sure to explain the arguments of both
sides clearly, using proper quotes (with pages numbers) as needed. However, your argument in support of
your choice should come from your analysis of the production, with descriptions of specific sections from
the videos (with timestamp).

Follow all academic writing guidelines with proper citation (MLA, Chicago, etc.) and 12-point font in
Times New Roman.

See the next page for a list of characters in the play.

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