Gandhian Ideology In The Novels Of R.K Narayan

Mr P. Prabakaran, Dr.V. Govindarajan

Abstract


R.K Narayan is one of the most prominent novelists of Indian writing in English. His novels are full of realism and a present mirror image of microcosmic India caught in the conventions traditions and social changes. He is a novelist of international repute. R. K. Narayan, being a social reformer. His novels are thematically based on the well-known classical myth because of the inevitable victory of good over evil. His novels have also reflected the concept of karma and the cyclical existent as well as the four ages of human life. In his later novels, he reflects his extraordinary fictional imagination. Some other novels are shown ironically to throw light on the religious and cultural glory of Indian society.


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Gandhian Ideology, R.K Narayan, Indian Writing in English, Swami and Friends, Malgudi Days.

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