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.

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

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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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