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R. K. Narayan's Attitude Towards the English Language

Author : M. Maniruzzaman
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640804570
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book R. K. Narayan's Attitude Towards the English Language written by M. Maniruzzaman and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: A, Jahangirnagar University (Department of English), language: English, abstract: Abstract This paper is intended to examine R. K. Narayan's attitude towards the English language as reflected in his essays. Narayan (1906-2001) was born and grown up in a period when English education was already institutionalised in the Indian Sub-continent. Like other Indian writers in English, such as Raja Rao and Mulk Raj Anand, he received English education and used to write in English from the beginning of his literary career up to the end. However, he is seen to have used the English language and literary form to scrutinise colonialism and depict the Indian society continually under change due to the colonial rule. A part of this endeavour seems to be evident in Narayan's attitude towards the English language. Narayan's position in this regard is deemed quite ambivalent and complex -he is aware that English is the language of the colonist, yet he is found to have accepted it for practical reasons. That is, his attitude towards the English language appears to have resulted from and shaped by the reality prevailing in the postcolonial setting.

R. K. Narayan’s attitude towards the English language: a postcolonial posture, a utilitarian gesture

Author : M Maniruzzaman
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640804201
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book R. K. Narayan’s attitude towards the English language: a postcolonial posture, a utilitarian gesture written by M Maniruzzaman and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: A, Jahangirnagar University (Department of English), language: English, abstract: Abstract This paper is intended to examine R. K. Narayan’s attitude towards the English language as reflected in his essays. Narayan (1906-2001) was born and grown up in a period when English education was already institutionalised in the Indian Sub-continent. Like other Indian writers in English, such as Raja Rao and Mulk Raj Anand, he received English education and used to write in English from the beginning of his literary career up to the end. However, he is seen to have used the English language and literary form to scrutinise colonialism and depict the Indian society continually under change due to the colonial rule. A part of this endeavour seems to be evident in Narayan’s attitude towards the English language. Narayan’s position in this regard is deemed quite ambivalent and complex —he is aware that English is the language of the colonist, yet he is found to have accepted it for practical reasons. That is, his attitude towards the English language appears to have resulted from and shaped by the reality prevailing in the postcolonial setting.

R.K. Narayan's Fictional World of "Malgudi": An Overview on Postcolonialism

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Author : Dr. Afsar Nawaboddin Shaikh
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387550535
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (875 download)

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A Comparative Study of R. K. Narayan and Arundhati Roy: Linguistic and Literary Aspects

Author : N. Prasanna Lakshmi
Publisher : Prowess Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1545753504
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book A Comparative Study of R. K. Narayan and Arundhati Roy: Linguistic and Literary Aspects written by N. Prasanna Lakshmi and published by Prowess Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadly speaking, Indian English (IE) is that variety of English used by a large number of educated Indians as a second language. Kachru (1983) used the term ‘Indian English’ for the variety of English used generally in the South Asian countries. David Crystal (2003) observes that in India the numbers of English speakers outrank the combined number of speakers in USA and UK. A considerable body of creative writing is also produced in English and is increasing steadily. Writers like Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, and Raja Rao, and Arundhati Roy, have become part of India’s literary tradition and they may continue to hold their status in world literature too. The use of Indian English in different domains in interaction with other regional languages has resulted in its development and recognition as a distinct variety in its own right. It is an attempt to study the styles of two of the prominent writers of Indian English, namely R.K. Narayan and Arundhati Roy by examining the different linguistic and literary aspects as reflected in their selected fictions—R.K. Narayan’s “Swami and Friends” (SF) and “The Guide” (TG) and Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things” (GST). An examination of selected fictions of the two writers of this study has shown that stylistic analysis can be a rich field of enquiry in Indian English. Studies of the present kind can be used as a source material for applied linguistics. They can be extended for a comparative study of stylistic traits of Indian writers and non-Indian writers. The study suggests the possibility of further research in comparative stylistic studies in Indian English fiction, on the one hand, and American, British, or Australian fiction, on the other. Our comparison of the two writers, one of the colonial period and the other belonging to the post-colonial period, suggests that a more extensive stylistic study of Indian writing in English is called for to understand the changing phases of English in the socio-cultural ethos of the Indian society. The book is organized as follows: Chapter-I is an introduction to Indian English, its importance and the objective of the research. Chapter-II deals with review of literature on Indian English as well as stylistic studies in Indian English fiction. Chapter-III is concerned with a brief introduction to the texts chosen for study. Chapter-IV discusses the methodology adopted in the study. Chapter-V deals with the results of the study and makes a comparison between the two authors’ styles. Chapter-VI consists of a summary of the research and concludes with suggestions regarding further research needs.

Critical Essays on R.K. Narayan's The Guide

Author : Krishna Sen
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125025177
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Critical Essays on R.K. Narayan's The Guide written by Krishna Sen and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book have been divided into two sections. The first section examines one of Narayn's major works, The Guide. The essays here discuss the genesis of the novel, narrative structure, use of language, humour and irony in the novel, the characters, and also the post-colonial quality of The Guide. The second section situates The Guide within the larger context of Narayan's life and works, Narayan as a novelist, themes and characters in his novels, Narayan's Malgudi, and Narayan as an Indian English writer. These essays will be essential reading for students who study The Guide, and also Narayan's works as a whole.

The Alchemy of English

Author : Braj B. Kachru
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252061721
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Alchemy of English written by Braj B. Kachru and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What emerges from Kachru's fine work is the potential demarcation of an entire field, rather than merely the fruitful exploration of a topic. . . . [Kachru] is to be congratulated for having taken us as far as he already has and for doing so in so stimulating and so productive a fashion." -- World Englishes "A potent addition to theoretical, sociolinguistic, attitudinal and methodological explorations vis-à-vis the spread and functions of, and innovations in, English from the viewpoint of a non-Western scholar." -- The Language Teacher Winner of the Joint First Prize, Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Competition of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, 1987

English Bilingual Project

Author : Mathew Varghese
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811947783
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book English Bilingual Project written by Mathew Varghese and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, English is the global lingua franca and competent English communication skills should be one of the rights of all educated individuals irrespective of any socio-cultural limits. By introducing a new method, this book focuses on helping any learner to get sufficient communication skills in English as much as in the native language. This method helps one to avoid translating from mother tongue to English. And by using the method of thinking in English, one could acquire the required English bilingual skills naturally. The method is founded on the philosophical idea of mentalese—mind language as the base language of thinking available for humans for constructing thoughts. The proposed English Bilingual Project (EBP) helps one to transfer thoughts from a structureless mentalese to the grammatical structure of any language English/Japanese/Chinese. The method described in this book works in two ways: one it helps one to intuitively understand the working of mentalese; the other is by practicing think in English with the mentalese, one could generate the bilingual brain. The main procedure for transferring thoughts from the mentalese to English is through writing one’s thoughts. This helps one to think effectively in English like one’s own mother tongue. This method works as a prime requirement model for one to generate multilingual skills. The book resourced the idea of mentalese from the classical philosophy, reflects it with the modern generative theories, links it with the studies in neuro-linguistic studies on bilingualism and the bilingual brain.

R. K. Narayan

Author : William Walsh
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226872131
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book R. K. Narayan written by William Walsh and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1982-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. K. Narayan, author of more than a dozen novels and numerous short stories, is a writer of international stature. Only recently, however, has he received the critical attention that is his due. This lucid and often eloquent study provides both new and devoted Narayan readers with an introduction to his life and work. William Walsh, who makes generous and apt use of quotations from Narayan's work, traces Narayan's artistic development and brings into clear relief the qualities that characterize his fiction: gentle irony, humor, and a tolerance of human foibles. Both a criticism and an appreciation, this work will prove valuable to those already acquainted with this delightful and important novelist and will lead others to his work for the first time.

Critical Response to R.K. Narayan

Author : Amar Nath Prasad
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9788176253703
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (537 download)

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Download or read book Critical Response to R.K. Narayan written by Amar Nath Prasad and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan, 1906-2001, Indo-English novelist; contributed articles.

Feminism in Indian Writing in English

Author : Amar Nath Prasad
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9788176256841
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (568 download)

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ENGLISH PROSE AND WRITING SKILL

Author : Dr. S. Kumar
Publisher : Thakur Publication Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9354802311
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book ENGLISH PROSE AND WRITING SKILL written by Dr. S. Kumar and published by Thakur Publication Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-12-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase e-Book of ENGLISH PROSE AND WRITING SKILL of B.A. 1st Semester for all UP State Universities Common Minimum Syllabus as per NEP. Published By Thakur Publication

Indian Writing in English

Author : Mohit Kumar Ray
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN 13 : 9788126902798
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Indian Writing in English written by Mohit Kumar Ray and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out Of Evil Cometh Good. One Of The Important Consequences Of Colonialism In India Is The Birth Of Indian English Literature. The Process Through Which It Developed Had Three Distinct Stages. In The First Stage There Was Admiration And Imitation Of The Western Models. After The First Flush Was Over, A Reaction Set In. That Was The Second Stage, The Stage Of Resentment And Rebellion. This Naturally Led To The Third Stage The One We Are Passing Through The Stage Of Self-Discovery And Self-Assertion. The Writers Now Draw On The Rich Cultural Heritage Of India And At The Same Time Explore Its Contemporary Relevance. A Writer Of An Independent Country Cannot Afford To Lose Touch With Social Reality And He Must Understand, Transcribe And Recreate It In Verbal Artefact. The Task Is Rendered More Difficult Because The Indian English Writers Are Obliged To Write In A Language They Are Not Born Into. But The Writers Have Remarkably Overcome All These Difficulties And, Looking At The Achievements Of The Indian English Writers, It Can Be Definitely Claimed That Indian Writing In English Has Come Of Age And Has Completely Got Over The Anxiety Of Influence. The Nineteen Essays That Constitute This Volume Cover A Wide Range Of Authors And Subjects. Starting With Nirad C. Chaudhuri, One Of The Greatest Thinkers And Most Controversial Writers Of The Last Century, The Essays Shed New Lights On Different Aspects Of The Makers Of Indian English Literature: Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Manohar Malgonkar, Nayantara Sahgal, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Kasthuri Sreenivasan, Vikram Seth, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy, A.K. Ramanujan And Kamala Das.Since Indian Writing In English Is Prescribed In Most Of The Universities In India, Both The Teachers And The Students Will Find This Volume Very Useful And Anybody Interested In Indian Writing In English Will Also Find These Luminous Essays Intellectually Stimulating.

The Handbook of Asian Englishes

Author : Kingsley Bolton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118791657
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Asian Englishes written by Kingsley Bolton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of its kind, focusing on the sociolinguistic and socio-political issues surrounding Asian Englishes The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally-recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field. Edited by internationally renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more. Examines linguistic history, contemporary linguistic issues, and English in the Outer and Expanding Circles of Asia Focuses on the rapidly-growing complexities of English throughout Asia Includes reviews of the new frontiers of research in Asian Englishes, including the impact of globalization and popular culture Presents an innovative survey of Asian Englishes in one comprehensive volume Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas. Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics

R . K. Narayan

Author : SARBANI PUTATUNDA
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 8120345363
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book R . K. Narayan written by SARBANI PUTATUNDA and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-02-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Indian Writing in English or Indo-Anglian Writing has certainly come of age, with the novel having a pride of place and names such as Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga prominently figuring in the list. But the credit for placing Indo-Anglian writing on a high pedestal should go to earlier writers like Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. Among these, R.K. Narayan is the most celebrated novelist. This edited volume deals with several important Malgudi novels of R.K. Narayan, such as Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The English Teacher and The Guide and short stories, and throws light on various aspects of his creative art. It traces the evolution of all the genres of Indian Writing in English as well as R.K. Narayan the novelist. The book dwells upon R.K. Narayan’s art of characterization with reference to central male characters, use of humour, and the cultural milieu of Malgudi. It also discusses in detail R.K. Narayan’s standpoint regarding the actual social status of Indian women. Finally, the book focuses on R.K. Narayan’s use of myths and symbols and shows how these enable him to convey artistically the implication of the experience that forms the base of the novels. The book is meant for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of English Literature. Besides, all those readers who wish to delve deeper into the works of R.K. Narayan will find the book quite useful.

Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market

Author : O. Dwivedi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137437715
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market written by O. Dwivedi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, which this volume contends has been both gatekeeper as well as a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature.

R.K. Narayan and His Social Perspective

Author : S. R. Ramteke
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN 13 : 9788171567485
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book R.K. Narayan and His Social Perspective written by S. R. Ramteke and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R.K. Narayan And His Social Perspective Deals With The Caste-Ridden Hindu Society Which Narayan Presents In His Novels. His Characters Are Fatalists With Explicit Faith In The Invisible. The Book Presents Their Half¬Hearted Attempts At Self-Assertion. However, Their So-Called Sentimentalism Does Not Bear Fruit And They Fall Back To Their Former Position Accepting Defeat In Life.The Book Brings Out Vividly Narayan S Atti¬Tude To Life, His Firm Grip Of Hindu Ethos Of Which He Is The Product, And His Failure To Come Out Of It, Though The West Wind Has Blown Much Of Its Dust.However Detached He Sounds Himself To The Readers, His True Spirit Finds Vivid Expression In The Book. At Any Rate R.K. Narayan Is A Thoroughly Indian Novelist Par Excellence, And The Aspect Is Hardly To Be Overlooked.

Salman Rushdie

Author : Robert Eaglestone
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441193774
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Salman Rushdie written by Robert Eaglestone and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Salman Rushdie is perhaps the most significant living novelist in English. His second novel, Midnight's Children, is regularly cited as the 'Booker of Bookers' and its impact is still being felt throughout in world literature. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, led to the 'Rushdie Affair' certainly the most significant literary-political event since the Second World War. Rushdie has continued to produce challenging fiction, controversial, thought-provoking non-fiction and has a presence on the world stage as a public intellectual. This collection brings together leading scholars to provide an up-to-date critical guide to Rushdie's writing from his earliest works up to the most recent, including his 2012 memoir of his time in hiding, Joseph Anton. Contributors offer new perspectives on key issues, including: Rushdie as a postcolonial writer; Rushdie as a postmodernist; his use and reuse of the canon; the 'Rushdie Affair'; his responses to 9/11 and to the 'War on Terror'; and issues of more complex philosophical weight arising from his fiction.