Download or read book Kanthapura written by Raja Rao and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1963 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raja Rao's Kanthapura is one of the finest novels to come out of mid-twentieth century India.
Download or read book The Fiction of Raja Rao written by Mittapalli Rajeshwar and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raja Rao Is One Of The Triumvirate Of The Pioneering Indian Novelists In English. His Contribution To The Growth Of The English Novel In India Is Enormous. Each One Of His Novels Is A Trendsetter. Kanthapura, For Instance, Demonstrates How The English Language Can Be Used To Tell A Typically Indian Story Without Violating The Native Speech Rhythms And His The Serpent And The Rope Gave A New Direction To The Indian Novel In English By Philosophising It. His Range And Vision Transcend All Barriers. He Used The Fictional Medium To Portray His Patriotic And Philosophical Concerns In A Masterly Way.In This Volume, An Attempt Has Been Made To Assess Raja Rao S Novels And Short Stories In Terms Of His, Philosophy, Vision, Style, Themes And Techniques. It Is Hoped That Raja Rao Scholars Across The Globe Will Find The Book Irresistible.
Download or read book Raja Rao A Study Of His Themes And Technique written by Kaushal Sharma and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raja Rao, b. 1909, Indo-English novelist.
Download or read book Raja Rao written by P. Dayal and published by Atlantic Publishers & Distri. This book was released on 1991 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Presents Raja Rao S Fic¬Tional World From A Refreshingly New Perspective. It Offers A Compre¬Hensive Account Of The Philosophi¬Cal Content In His Novels And Traces The Patterns Of Interaction Between Indian Metaphysical Tradition And The Culture Of The West. Dr. Dayal Shows How Raja Rao Has Developed His Vedantic Tantric Weltenschauung Through Absorption Of Similar Motifs Propounded By Certain Prominent Western Writers. The Study Of This Twin Insemination, Dealt In Depth And Subtlety, Makes A Significant Contribution To Indo-English Scho¬Larship.
Download or read book Literature and Nation written by Harish Trivedi and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to deal with the culture of Britain and India over the past two hundred years in an integrated way. Previously unavailable texts make this an invaluable resource for all those interested in British and Indian literature.
Download or read book Socio cultural Aspects of Life in the Selected Novels of Raja Rao written by A. Sudhakar Rao and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1999 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raja Rao Is An Erudite Scholar And An Ennobling Indian Novelist In English. His Sensibility Is Verily Indian And Presents A Unified Vision Of Life.His Creditable Career As A Novelist, Beginning With His First Novel Kanthapura (1938), Spans Over Almost More Than Half A Century. The Novel Is A Repository Of The Eventful Phases Of Indian S Struggle For Independence On Gandhian Lines. The Novel Merits The Distinction Of Being A Paradigmatic Text With The Deft Handling Of Myth And History.The Serpent And The Rope (1960) Renowned For Its Metaphysical Moorings Is A Compendium Of The Indian Composite Cultural Complexities Interacting As They Do With The Cross Cultural And Transactional Influences. The Text Holds Out Infinite Possibilities For The Intending Readers Set Out To Undertake A Serious Study.The Cat And Shakespeare (1965), Comrade Kirillov (1976) Are Intact With The Solidity Of An Inbuilt Structural Irony And Put Up An Amazing Picture, In An Amusing Manner, Of The Piquant Situation Obtaining All Over India In The Post-Independence Period, Soon After The Euphoria Of Independence Struggle Ceased To Exercise Its Influence.The Study Being Selective, Is Confined To Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Life As Reflected In The Above Texts.
Download or read book Indian English Literature written by Gajendra Kumar and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Download or read book Indian Fiction in English written by P. Mallikarjuna Rao and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Fiction In English Now Enjoys A Major Presence Across The World. From Its Humble Beginnings In The Thirties It Has Come A Long Way To Emerge As A Serious Contender To Some Of The Most Coveted Literary Prizes In The World. In Terms Of Popularity And Market Presence It Has Experienced Phenomenal Success In The Recent Years. While It Behoves Well To Celebrate Its Success And Revel In Its Glory, We Should Also Stop To Enquire Into Its Strengths And Weaknesses, Its Achievements And Failures And Its Present Status And Future Prospects Standing As We Do On The Threshold Of The Twenty First Century. The Underlying Purpose Of Indian Fiction In English, Therefore, Is To Attempt A Fairly Comprehensive Turn Of The Century Stocktaking Of Indian Fiction In English.The Anthology Puts Together Incisive And Highly Rated Articles On Almost All The Important Indian Novelists In English. Starting With The Three Pioneers, Namely Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan And Raja Rao, It Goes On To Include Perceptive And Analytical Articles On The Second Generation Novelists Such As Manohar Malgonkar, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Arun Joshi, Anita Desai, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Kamala Markandaya And Nayantara Sahgal And Finally, It Attempts An Assessment Of The Relatively Recent Entrants Into The Field Like Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Bharati Mukherjee, Rukun Advani And Boman Desai.Among The Contributors Are Some Of The Most Respected Scholars In The Field Of English Studies In India: K.K Sharma, Saros Cowasjee, Alastair Niven, H.H. Anniah Gowda, G.S. Amur, Ayyappa Paniker, M. Sivaramkrishana, Vasanth A. Shahane, Shiv K. Kumar And S. Krishna Sarma.
Download or read book Using English from Conversation to Canon written by Neil Mercer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Using English," writers from a range of academic discipline examine a wide variety of texts and discourses including: everyday conversation, English in the workplace, English and Rhetoric, literary practices, English and popular culture, language and literature. Highly interdisciplinary in approach, this second in a series of four book provides a coherent introduction to the way in which language is shaped and used in practice. Contributors include: Mike Baynham, Guy Cook, Lizbeth Goodman, Janet Maybin, Robin Mercer, Jane Miller and Neil Mercer.
Download or read book Perspectives on Indian English Fiction written by Jaydipsinh Dodiya and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles on 20th century English fiction.
Download or read book Language and Literature written by Qaiser Zoha Alam and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1996 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Contains Six Interesting And Useful Essays On Indian English Literature. As It Contains Several Essays On Urdu Literature And Studies Where English And Urdu Have Been Compared And Contrasted The Teachers And Students Of Urdu May Also Benefit From It. The Book Also Contains A Chapter On The Influence Of English On Kurmali. The Book May Help To Promote Further Fruitful Dis¬Cussion On Issues Connected With India, Indian English Literature, Indian Languages And Contractive Analysis.
Download or read book The Power of the Story written by Michael Hanne and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... a spirited, well-researched volume ... this highly readable study is an impressive work ofcontemporary criticism, richly deserving of its intended general and academic audiences." - Choice Can a novel cause riots, start a war, free serfs or slaves, break up marriages, drive readers to suicide, close factories, bring about law change, swing an election, or serve as a weapon in a national or international struggle? The author explores this question in the form of a theoretical essay on narrative and power, followed by five detailed case studies of works by Turgenev, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ignazio Silone, Solzhenitsyn and Salman Rushdie, each of which had or was said to have had a major impact on the political events in its time. Forcefully argued and written with a minimum of jargon, this book no doubt appeals to a wide readership well beyond that of the specialist in literature.
Download or read book Indian Writings in English written by Manmohan Krishna Bhatnagar and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2000 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian English Literature Has Established Its Credentials All Over The World. Still Some Pointed Posers Concerning The Impact Of Multiculturality And The Choice Of English As A Medium On The Warp And Woof Of Indian English Literature Have To Be Confronted And Analysed Threadbare Not Merely In Theory But Also Through The Elucidation Of Some Key Texts From This Perspective. The Present Volume Is Devoted To This Critical Endeavour.The Volume Comprises Scholarly Studies Of The Works Of Kamala Das, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Arun Joshi, Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Shobha De, Anita Desai And Arundhati Roy. The Theoretical Framework Pertains To The Multiculturality And The Critical Implications Of The Choice Of Medium In Indian English Literature.An Indispensable Source Of Fresh And Innovative Insight Into Indian English Literature. A Useful Supplement To The Existing Studies Of Indian Literature. A Fresh Perspective For Students, Teachers, Researchers Working In Literary Theory, Fiction Studies, Stylistics And Sociology Of Literature.
Download or read book Current Perspectives in Indian English Literature written by Gauri Shankar Jha and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2006 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Writing In English Has Undoubtedly Acquired Its Own Independent Identity; It No More Remains Mere Imitative And Derivative. Its Long Journey From Colonial To Post-Colonial, From Imperial To Democratic And From English To Hinglish Forms A Remarkable Chapter In The History Of World Literature. Tagore Earned The First Recognition And Naipaul Is The Recent Laureate. In Between These Nobel Laureates Came A Number Of Writers Whose Work Earned Worldwide Appreciation.The Present Book Is An Attempt To Present The Different Genres Of Indian Writing In English. It Aims At Tracing Its Distinctive Features, Such As Cultural Alienation, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism Etc. While Nehru Has Furnished The Best English To The Globe, Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Arundhati Roy, Shiv K. Kumar And Dattani Have Stirred The West With Their Great Works. The Works Of These Renowned Literary Figures Have Been Considered Thoroughly And Meticulously In The Present Book.It Is Hoped That While The Student Community Will Find It Easily Accessible, The Teachers Will Also Consider It Exciting Study Material.
Download or read book Critical Essays on Commonwealth Literature written by K. Balachandran and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed essays on works from Africa, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, and the West Indies.
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Download or read book Critical Essays on Indian Writing in English written by Jaydipsinh Dodiya and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed essays.
