Tagore Symbolic Drama Studies

Compared to the traditional drama, Tagore-symbolized drama experiences obvious transitions, from the reality reflection to the philosophy reflection for the plot, from the realistic to essence for the drama character, from internal sentiment to exterior behavior for the drama conflict. It takes obvious direction change both in the forms and in the esthetic style, and is characteristic of the drama's poetic essence. Its root lies in the Tagore's creation philosophy of artistic expression personality. The Indian poem researchers take the idea that "the taste" resulting from the sentiment is the highest artistic pursue, therefore, the emotional tendency is the tradition of Indian classical Pali drama. The essence of India traditional cultural "the Buddhist and I in one", which means we should becomes aware of existence of "the buddhist" in a way of the non- logical feeling. Under the influence of "the Buddhist and I in one" and "the sentiment" ideas, there is no high-pitched paradoxes not to be resolved. Influenced by the Indian classical drama literature and the traditional culture, the Tagore symbolized drama is featured by three aspects: The contradictory conflict emotionization, gentle esthetic style and the symbolic character. Basing Tagore symbolized drama on the general trend of Symbolism literature, we can found that, Tagore symbolized drama shares many similarities with the western symbolism literature in neither themes or expression styles. Howerer, there is a big difference in the Symbolism application, the west symbolism drama focuses on the generalization symbol, while Tagore symbolized drama emphases the esthetic sense symbol. Tagore have demonstrated a harmonious world the west symbolism writer pursues but fail to realize in its symbolism drama.