The document provides background information on the Indian writer R.K. Narayan and summarizes his novel The English Teacher. The novel tells the story of Krishnan, an English teacher working at an Albert Mission School in Malgudi. Krishnan feels disconnected from his job and is only working for monetary reasons. He faces pressure from the school principal to uphold British language standards and cultural norms. The summary highlights Krishnan's defense of Indian culture and language against the influences of colonial rule. It also discusses themes of alienation, family responsibilities, and Gandhi's views on the sanctity of labor as related to Krishnan's role.

1. THE ENGLISH TEACHER–
CHAPTER 1

2. R.K.NARAYAN
* Indian writer known for his work
set in fictional town(Malgudi)
* Wife- Rajam
Daughter- Hema
* Works- The English
Teacher,Malgudi days,The Bachelor
Of Arts
* Awards- PadmaVibhushan, Sahitya
Academy Award
* Died- 13 May 2001

3. ABOUTTHE NOVEL
 Published in the year 1945
 Autobiographical and fictional novel
 Divided into two sections- 1st half: Susila’s death
2nd half: Susila’s resurrection
 Tells the story of Krishnan, an English teacher who plays an important role in
protecting the Indian culture
 Reinforcement of Indian- style beliefs in life after death and reincarnation
which are in contrast to the western scientific tradition
 Based on the pattern “Order- Disorder- Order”

4. SUMMARY
Krishnan works in an Albert Mission School, Malgudi
He works mechanically without any real pleasure
Mr. Brown( the principal) convenes meeting for English faculties to
maintain purity and perfection in the language
Example: spelling “honours” as “honors”
He was put under the pressure of the Imperial rulers in the college
Mr. Gajapathy, another faculty supports and agrees with Mr. Brown
Krishnan irritated and retorts:

5. “ Mr. Gajapathy, there are blacker sins in this world than a dropped
vowel….let us be fair. Ask. Mr. Brown if he say in any two hundred Indian
languages:’ The cat chases the rat’. He has spent thirty years in India.”
(Narayan, 6)
 This reveals his high Hindu subjectivity against Anglicized culture
 He is associated with the job only for the material gain of rupees hundred
and not for the mental satisfaction
 Colonial paranoia is found between eastern and western education
 The author reinforces the value of corporate life away from the agrarian
life of people
 On the other side he also faces the alienation from his family for the sake
of his job
 Thoughts revolved around on his family not on his job

6.  Thoughts of Krishnan corelates with the tenet of Gandhian
economic theory
“Sanctity of Labour”
 In this tenet Gandhiji makes an advocacy of manual labour but
in the case of Krishnan’s occupation mental labour is the only
labour which he comes across
“WITHOUT TEACHERS, LIFE WOULD HAVE NO
CLASS”