R. K. NarayanManchester University Press, 2007 - 249 من الصفحات R.K. Narayan's reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction. Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a chronicler of authentic "Indianness," John Thieme locates his fiction in terms of specific South Indian contexts, cultural geography, and non-Indian intertexts. Thieme draws on recent thinking about the ways places are constructed to demonstrate that Malgudi is always a fractured and transitional site--an interface between older conceptions and contemporary views that stress the inescapability of change in the face of modernity. Offering fresh insights into the influences that went into the making of Narayan's fiction, this is the most wide-ranging and authoritative guide to his novels to date. |
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الصفحة 53
... Susila's quest for a house to ancient thinking on the progression into the second asrama , but when Susila contracts typhoid and dies half way through the novel , this is abruptly terminated . However , just as marriage does not provide ...
... Susila's quest for a house to ancient thinking on the progression into the second asrama , but when Susila contracts typhoid and dies half way through the novel , this is abruptly terminated . However , just as marriage does not provide ...
الصفحة 58
... Susila venture into this new section of the town , they do so with optimism that a similar ' strange combination ' will provide them with a home of their own and the sense of autonomous selfhood that comes with it . 86 The tragic sequel ...
... Susila venture into this new section of the town , they do so with optimism that a similar ' strange combination ' will provide them with a home of their own and the sense of autonomous selfhood that comes with it . 86 The tragic sequel ...
الصفحة 60
... Susila's death and Leela has to be protected , not simply from the fact of her mother's death , but also from entry into a location that is a metaphor for the violation of brahmin identity . The closet and the sickroom are not , however ...
... Susila's death and Leela has to be protected , not simply from the fact of her mother's death , but also from entry into a location that is a metaphor for the violation of brahmin identity . The closet and the sickroom are not , however ...
المحتوى
Early novels | 23 |
Critical overview and conclusion | 186 |
NOTES | 195 |
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ambivalence ancient André Deutsch animal Bachelor of Arts Chandran chapter cite character classical Hindu colonial comic cultural Daisy Dark Room Delhi Demons dharma discourse earlier early English Teacher epic Financial Expert Gandhi Gandhian Geoffrey Kain Graham Greene grandmother Grandmother's Tale grihastya Guide Harmondsworth heterotopia Hindu fable Ibid identity irony Jagan Kabir Street kind Krishna Lakshmi lives London Madras Mahatma Man-Eater of Malgudi Margayya metafictive modernity Mysore myth mythic Naipaul Narada Narayan novels Narayan's fiction narrative narrator Painter of Signs particularly passage Penguin protagonist R.K. Narayan Raja Raju Raju's Raman Ramayana Rann reading role Rosie's Sampath Savitri scribal second asrama seems seen social comedy South Indian space spiritual Srinivas Sriram story storytelling Subsequent references suggests Susan Susila Swami and Friends Talkative Tamil brahmin Tiger for Malgudi tion traditional trope V.S. Naipaul Vasu Vendor of Sweets Western World of Nagaraj Wounded Civilization writing