She is the most well-known among the Indian English novelists who have tried to portray the misfortune of human souls trapped in the condition of life. After Nineteen sixties, Indian English Novel has noticeably changed in its themes and technique. The fiction shifted its main point from the civic to the secret life. The mass damage was caused by nuclear weapons in the World War II and it brought anarchy and unease all over the world. This situation gave rise to mental disorders and immoral values
Thereby provided productive soil for many novelists to grow and a great number of novels were created. Some outstanding writers of this period are-Bhabani Bhattacharya, Manohar Malgonkar, Kushwant Singh, Sudhin Ghosh, G.V. Desani, Ananthanarayanan, J. Menon Marath and others. Another important feature of this phase was the growth of Indian women novelists. Their appearance added a new dimension to the Indian English Fiction. The chief figures are Ruth Pawar Jhabvala, Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal
The story of the India novel in English is really the story of an altering India. Indian English novels have come quite a long way from the sheer use of English language to the authentic means for expressing one’s ideas, thoughts, concepts and imagination. There was a time when education was not in growth and speaking English was needless. It has attained maturity, but it is not that it rapidly emerged from nowhere. It has had its phases of development. The stories were already there- in the legends
She is the most well-known among the Indian English novelists who have tried to portray the misfortune of human souls trapped in the condition of life. After Nineteen sixties, Indian English Novel has noticeably changed in its themes and technique. The fiction shifted its main point from the public to the private life. The mass damage was caused by nuclear weapons in the Second World War and it brought disorder and unease all over the world. This situation gave rise to mental disorders and immoral
Introduction to Indian English Literature: English, the language of international status, is especially remarkable for its flexible and variable character. It is not tied down to typical English conventions and social, cultural and literary background in various countries when it is read and spoken. It, on the other hand, has come under the dominant influence of the cultural and social background of the countries concerned. The geographical, climatic, social and cultural conditions prevalent in
Literature in its broadest sense is any written work. It attempts to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader. Literature has always been a tool for the development of human society in all its means and also to know the history of human traditions, cultures and the writings which had played a pivotal role in the upliftment of the society. Through a literary text we can have a glance of the past happenings in the society, its transformations which had framed up the present
The story of the India novel in English is really the story of an altering India. Indian English novels have come quite a long way from the sheer use of English language to the authentic means for expressing one’s ideas, thoughts, concepts and imagination. Earlier, the education was not in growth and speaking English was inessential. It has attained maturity, but it is not that it fatly emerged from nowhere. It has had its phases of development. The stories were already there- in the legends, in
Indian literature in English originated as a necessary result of the introduction of English education in India under the colonial law. In recent years it -Dhavan R.K. is of the opinion that- It is now recognized has attracted widespread interest, both in India and abroad.1 (Dhavan: 1986, 5) Indian literature in English is not only part of Commonwealth literature, but also occupies a Great significance into the World literature.2 (Dhavan: 1986, 5) Today, innumerable Indian English writers
DIVAKARUNI’S NOVEL SISTER OF MY HEART CHAPTER –I INTRODUCTION: Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction non- fiction and whether it is prose or poetry, it can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel, short story or drama and works are often categorized according feather or expectations. The quest to discover a definition for ‘literature’ is a road that is much
In Indian English literature Prose was the first of the literary forms in Indian English literature, and it continues to be the largest and most vigorous form. Fiction in English presents an opposite sort of line on the graph, which compared to poetry, for it shows a steadily increasing popularity first, and now an algebraic growth rate, both in the number of works published, and in the print runs of individual titles. Drama in English is of course the last of the literary forms to flower and there