Rāsa theory in modern era : an application of classical Indian philosophy to film

• Main Author: Low, Nicole Emma
• Other Authors: Melvin Chen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::Philosophy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147355
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper makes a case for the application of classical Indian aesthetics in explaining the experience of film. This is important as classical Indian aesthetics does not pale in comparison to Western theory, possessing its own merits yet suffers from under-representation. By showing that classical...