of the Indian English novels of recent times written by migrant writers have chosen materials for their art from contemporary Indian socio-cultural situations. They also undertake the exploration of the relationship between the East and the West. It has become a recurring theme in contemporary Indian English fiction because of the nature of the linguistic medium the novelist uses. Fictional reworking of mythology and history has given new significance and possibilities to the Indian English novel
have always depreciated the canonical status of the Indian English fiction on the basis of its reliance on the western form, its inability to speak to the large Indian masses, and its failure to be desi in its outlook. Paranjape’s arguments have often proved the Indian English fiction a mediocre to English fiction. In his work Towards a Poetics of the Indian English Novel (2000) Makarand Paranjape asserts (anti-)colonial ancestry of Indian English fiction but for him, it can rarely function in an anti-imperialistic
Introduction to Indian English Literature: (2) Indian Consciousness Problem: Another peculiar problem that faces the Indian novelist in English is that of creating an Indian consciousness. Novels in English are likely to command a market not only in India, but all over the English speaking world. Hence he must project an image of India and her culture, which is authentic and national, rather than distorted, narrow and regional. He must overcome his regional loyalties, and project his vision of
The English language became an incisive and strong instrument in the hands of Mahatma Gandhi for freedom. He edited and wrote for papers like ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’. He also had penned his autobiography, My Experiments with truth, which is known for its literary flair. Jawaharlal Nehru stands out as another prominent leader, who had excellence in writing prose, all of them taking the budding Indian English literature of British India, to heights of excellence and merits. Nehru is however particularly
Introduction Indian English literature associates to that body of work by writers from India, who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the various regional and indigenous languages of India. In Indian English writings Kashi Prasad is known to be the first Indian poet writing in English. Sochee Chunder Dutt was the first writer of fiction. In the beginning, thematic base was politics and can be seen in the Raja Ram Mohan Roy. And later he had dedicated
of the Indian English novels of recent times written by migrant writers have chosen materials for their art from contemporary Indian socio-cultural situations. They also undertake the exploration of the relationship between the East and the West. It has become a recurring theme in contemporary Indian English fiction because of the nature of the linguistic medium the novelist uses. Fictional reworking of mythology and history has given new significance and possibilities to the Indian English novel
Woolf’s works, two of her essays will be compared and contrasted. “Modern Fiction” and “A Room for One’s Own” are regarded as modernists texts and share feminist themes but differ in terms of focus. Despite feminism already being present in English literature at the time these works were published, Woolf displays her modernist qualities by discussing feminism in an original manner. Her approach to feminism in these two works are critical in regards to the treatment of women writers. In “Modern Fiction”
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modernism that were brought by the colonized. Although, the Indian people were influenced by the new western ideas, but the Indian culture did not disappear definitely. In any nation in the world the socio-economic, religious and values were always interrelated. Literature was considered as the message f the writer of what he wanted to convey in any nation and in any language, it appeared all the experiences of his daily life: “Indian literature which can be traced back even to Vedic periods is like a