FUNCTIONS OF AN COMMUNICATION MEDIUM

Abstract

Communication as a social tool includes a wide range of functions such as instruction, persuasion, education, entertainment, development and so on. Over the ages, all the communication mediums have evolved themselves to accommodate the various functions of communication and this is true of the theatre as well. This paper is a humble endeavour towards interpreting the theatre as a communication medium that can significantly contribute towards ably performing the various communication functions. It also seeks to deliberate upon the need for approaching the study of communication in the Indian perspective drawing comparisons between Aristotle’s Poetics and Rhetoric and Bharata’s Natyasastra.