Manuscript Number : GISRRJ192612

Realism in The Novels of R.K. Narayan

Authors(1) :-Abhay Nath Thakur

R.K. Narayan is one of the leading figures in Indo-Anglican Fiction. He is a pure artist. He is a class in himself. He is the only major writer in Indo-Anglican Fiction who is free from didacticism. He has no desire to preach, to advise, to convert. The basic theme of his novels is the place of man in this universe and his predicament. He wants to suggest that life is illogical. Man is always trying to translate his fantasies into reality. Through the reversal of fortune, he completes the story of man’s rise and fall. He presents a realistic view of life. However he does not portray the photographic reality. He represents reality which is artistic. In this way he differs from the French realist and naturalist who were interested in the stark and naked realism of life. Narayan depicts the realism which is something more than reportage. He grabs the Indian mind fully with all its superstitious comprehension of life, gullibility and appreciation of pseudo-scientific things. This research paper in a humble way presents briefly how R.K. Narayan depicts reality in his novels.

Authors and Affiliations

Abhay Nath Thakur
Guest Assistant Professor, B.S.R.S. College, Pachadhi, Darbhanga, Bihar, India

Superstitions, Religion, Illiteracy, Marriage, Education, Poverty, Ignorance

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 5 | September-October 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-09-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 61-63
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ192612
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Abhay Nath Thakur , "Realism in The Novels of R.K. Narayan", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.61-63, September-October.2019
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ192612

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