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Kanthapura
This document provides biographical information about Indian author Raja Rao and analyzes his novel Kanthapura. It notes that Rao was born in 1909 to a South Indian Brahmin family and educated in France. Some of his major works explored themes of orphanhood and the lost of his mother. The document discusses the context and plot of Kanthapura, published in 1938, which depicts the Indian independence movement through events in a South Indian village. It used myths and the narration of an old widow to tell the story. Kanthapura showed the transformation of the movement into a mass movement and the inhumanity of British rule.
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Kanthapura
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- 3. • The firstIndian 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 RK 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 Award1964 Padma Bhushan 1969 Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1988 Padma Vibhushan 2007
- 10. • Novel Publishedin 1938 • Historical contexts • Myths and Symbolism • Story telling technique https://youtu.be/eznud_eMYFs
- 11. • Moorthy: theGandhian 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 FreedomMovement into a mass movement Depiction of inhumanity of Britishers Treatment of freedom struggle in Kanthapura
- 14. “For Kanthapura isIndia in microcosm: what happened there is what happened in many places during India’s fight for freedom.” _C D Narasimhaiha
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