Author(s): Dr. Meena Kumari

Abstract: Drama is a living experience that gets its vibrancy on the theatre itself. Although drama, like other literary genres, is also a medium of linguistic expression, and being worded, the expressive power of language will be given as much importance to it as in a story or novel, but even if it is worded, it cannot be called empty literature. Being interactive, the verbal element (interactive language) becomes the main element in the play. The play reaches from creator to director, from director to actor and from actor to audience, and in this journey, (theatrical) language plays most important role. On this platform the uniqueness, originality, complexity every aspect of the play starts to become apparent. In this context, the concept of theatrical language becomes important, because it is the theatre that communicates the play to the observer through various colour devices. In this research paper, an attempt has been made to understand the relationship and psychology of characters in the context of the codes, signs and monolithic phonemes contained in theatrical language and their social pragmatics in the play ‘Aashadh ka Ek Din’. An attempt has been made to analyze the meaning, sound and effect hidden in the dialogues of theatrical language.

Keywords: Code language & Style, Play (Drama), Pragmatics, Theatrical Language, Tone

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.111.58