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Paper no:-4:- Indian Writing in
             English
Topic :- ‘Kanthapura’ as Gandhi-
               Epic
       Name:- Andharia Darshangi K.
                      Roll No:-01
                           M.A.:-II
                            Sem :-III
                           Batch:-2012-13
• Mythical technique

• Bringing together of the past and present

• Use of Harikathas:-Exaltation of Gandhi
comparision of Gandhi with the God
    Krishna and Rama
 “You remember how Krishna, when he was a
 babe of four had begun to fight against demons
 and had killed the serpent Kalia”(With Krishna)
 “They say the Mahatma will go to the red
 man’s country,and he will get us swaraj........and
 we shall all be happy.........Rama will come back
 from the exile and sita will be with him”(With
 Rama)
Kanthapura as a Gandhi-Epic

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Kanthapura as a Gandhi-Epic

  • 1. Paper no:-4:- Indian Writing in English Topic :- ‘Kanthapura’ as Gandhi- Epic Name:- Andharia Darshangi K. Roll No:-01 M.A.:-II Sem :-III Batch:-2012-13
  • 2. • Mythical technique • Bringing together of the past and present • Use of Harikathas:-Exaltation of Gandhi
  • 3. comparision of Gandhi with the God Krishna and Rama  “You remember how Krishna, when he was a babe of four had begun to fight against demons and had killed the serpent Kalia”(With Krishna)  “They say the Mahatma will go to the red man’s country,and he will get us swaraj........and we shall all be happy.........Rama will come back from the exile and sita will be with him”(With Rama)