Kanthapura by Raja Rao

1. Disha Kariya

3. • The first Indian English Novel Rajmohan’s Wife
by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 1864
• Language of Indian English Writings
• Impact of Independence Movement
• Influence of Gandhiji
Kanthapura by Raja Rao
Waiting for Mahatma by R K Narayan

4. Trio
Mulk Raj Anand
R K NarayanRaja Rao

6. • 1909 – 2006
• Born & brought up in South Indian
Brahmin family
• Education in France
• Lost mother in childhood
• Major themes of his work: Orphan hood
& the lost of mother
• Influence of his grand father
• Impact of Gandhian Movement
• Kannada & English

7. • Kanthapura 1938
• The Cow of the Barricades 1947
• The Serpent and the Rope 1960
• The Cat and the Shakespeare 1965
• Comrade Kirillov 1976
• The Chess Master and His Moves
1988
• Great Indian Way 1998

8. Sahitya Academy Award 1964
Padma Bhushan 1969
Neustadt International Prize for
Literature 1988
Padma Vibhushan 2007

10. • Novel Published in 1938
• Historical contexts
• Myths and Symbolism
• Story telling technique
https://youtu.be/eznud_eMYFs

11. • Moorthy: the Gandhian man, protagonist
• Achakka: the old widow, narrator
• Bade Khan: Police Officer
• Sahib and New Sahib
• Ratna and Rangamma
• Kenchamma: the Goddess in Kanthapura
• Other characters

12. • Colonial India
• Ganthian Ideology
• Patriotism
• Caste and Creed
• Spirituality and Indian Religion

13. Transformation of Freedom Movement
into a mass movement
Depiction of inhumanity of Britishers
Treatment of freedom struggle in
Kanthapura

14. “For Kanthapura is India in
microcosm: what happened there is
what happened in many places
during India’s fight for freedom.”
_C D Narasimhaiha

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