Cross-Culturalism and Intertextuality in the Genre Drama

In this paper i intend to explore the cross-cultural and inter-textual influences on the genre drama. taking into account the statement by erika fischer lichte (1943- ) that the theatres of widely differing cultures have shared an increasing trend of transplanting elements of foreign theatre tradition (“familiar and foreign theatre”, 133) i see that the cross cultural influences on the genre drama evolve dynamic forms that integrate the literary and performative together. while focusing on western drama i explore the asian and south asian theatre and drama, its influence on european drama. i argue that the genre manifests itself in a complex of cultural systems to depict multiplicity of reality by the integration of elements from foreign theatre traditions.