ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Gunnar Myrdal’s Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations was published 50 years ago (Myrdal 1968).

Detailed explanation-2: -The book Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations (1968) represents a 10-year study of poverty in Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notes: Gunnar Myrdal wrote the book, “Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations” in which he analysed the nature of state in India and Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-4: -He is best known in the United States for his study of race relations, which culminated in his book An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asian drama, dramatic works produced in the East. Of the three major Asian dramas-Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese-the oldest is Sanskrit, although the dates of its origin are uncertain. See also Sanskrit literature; Chinese literature; Japanese literature; and drama, Western.