How did the
contribution of Anand, Rao and R.K. Narayan change the whole scenario of Indian
English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.
When these people started writing the novels, it
gave the pervasive idea of the independence movement in India and expressed a
concept of political struggle and emotional experience of all Indians. It was
marked by a new awareness of the social
evils like caste discrimination,poverty, illiteracy and the suppression of
women that existed in the country at that time. A number of factors contributed
to this new awareness, the first and foremost was the impact of western
education which enabled Indians to become conscious of the world around them.
The second was the impact of the First World War. The writers now turned from
romance to realism. The third was the influence of great thinkers like Marx,
Freud and the humanistic principles of Gandhi broadened the vision of the 20th
century man. They wrote novels to respond the situation and aroused the spirit
of Nationalism and Patriotism. Waiting for the Mahatma by R.K. Narayan,
Kanthapura by Raja Rao, were some social novels that focussed on Indian social life
and the changing traditions. Many writers contributed to the growth of
Indo-English fiction, but the significant novelists of this period were Mulk
Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. R.K Narayan novels reflect Indian social
life as MK Naik observes “R. K. Narayan is a single minded practioner of the
novel of local colour”(1984:105). He gives detail description of the life and
activities of town and the characters realistically.......................
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