The Challenges of Translating Across Cultures Ideologies in Literature: Politics of Faith in Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions (1992)
S N Kiran
- Pages
- pp. 135-140
- Published
- January 1, 2014
S N Kiran (2014). The Challenges of Translating Across Cultures Ideologies in Literature: Politics of Faith in Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions (1992). Labyrinth, 5(1), 135-140.
Abstract
Ideologies determine the nature of art, literature and culture, which are the markers of identity of a community. The presence of too many ideologies in a society results in the creation of multiplicity of cultures. In a multicultural society, custodians of an ideology engage in debates on ideologies and such debates have been the focus of literatures. Thus, Comparative Ideologies aim to broaden one's perspectives and attempt to discover dominant trends in literature by virtue of comparison. This has resulted in the emergence of Comparative Literature. Mahesh Dattani (1958) an Indian playwright in English is well known for his contributions to the growth of contemporary theatre. His play Final Solutions (1992) relates the mistrust among the Hindus and the Muslims in the Post-Partition period in India. The Masked Chorus in the play, voices the anxieties and anguish of the two communities in the communal context. With the sense of guilt for the deeds in the past, the inheritors of the sorrows of Partition explore the possibilities for reconciliation. Evidently, misinterpreted understanding has been responsible for the eruption of communal violence in the country. The play highlights the continuity of hostilities due to conflicting ideologies from the days of Partition to the Present. Thus, the paper proposes to trace the arguments of the communal ideologies in literature with specific reference to the play


