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Tradition Resurrected: Exploring Narayan and Desai's Literary Worlds

by Ranjit Kumar Elamadurthi
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9786209475405
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
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  • Pages: 116
  • Original Price: GBP 52.98
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 164 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Gender Studies

The book undertakes a nuanced and critical exploration of select works by two towering figures of Indian English literature, R. K. Narayan and Anita Desai, situating their fictional worlds within the broader socio-cultural transformations of postcolonial India. It closely examines how their characters negotiate the complex and often fraught interface between entrenched indigenous traditions and the intrusive forces of modernity, frequently mediated through Western ideologies and lifestyles. The study foregrounds the evolving construction of subjectivity, with particular emphasis on female self-perception as shaped by patriarchal family structures, domestic spaces and socio-cultural expectations. It further interrogates the psychological landscapes of the characters, drawing attention to experiences of trauma, emotional dislocation, cultural alienation and fragmented identities. By analyzing narrative techniques, interiority, and symbolic spaces, the book reveals how Narayan and Desai employ their protagonists as sites of ideological tension and cultural negotiation capturing the enduring dialectic between heritage and transformation that defines the Indian postcolonial condition.

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