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Indian English Literature By Krishna Sharma Published by- USHA BOOKS Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India-203001 Copy right © 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used by any manner without written permission of copyright owner except for the quotations in a book review. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance of actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental. This Book is dedicated to My Beloved Parents About the Author: Krishna Sharma is an educator, and writer from Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his Bachelor and Master Degree from Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He is best known for his novella ‘Why Modi Became Saint (2019)’. After passing several exams as net/jrf, set etc, he started his career as Assistant Professor of English literature in a University in Uttar Pradesh. He has published many research papers and articles in various journals and magazines of national and international repute. Apart from this, he has written several books including ‘Indian English Literature (2019)’, ‘American Literature (2020)’, Sexual Life: Secrets of Enjoyment, Worship of Trees: A Way to God. Apart from this, he has written books in Hindi language. ‘Yon Jeewan ke Anand ka Rahsyay’ and ‘Ped Podho ki Puja’ are his works in Hindi language. He is actively involved in guiding students appearing for various competitive examinations. He can be reached via: Twitter- https://www.twitter.com/Krishna39625645 Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/krishnasharma987 Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/Krishna-Sharma- 106383487531759 Acknowledgement Writing a book is harder than I thought and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. This book would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of my parents. Their blessings are always with me and inspire to do good works. While writing this book, I had to take the help and guidance of some respected persons who deserve my deepest gratitude. First of them is Nikki, my true friend. She inspires me to write this book and encourage me. Words cannot explain my gratitude towards my friend. I would like to expand my thanks to Keshav Sharma, an Engineer who is always supportive and inspirational. I cannot explain my gratitude in words to Keshav Sharma. In addition I want to pay the thanks to all those scholars who helped me in libraries where I spent lot of time with those great personalities. I also want to pay the thanks to all those people who helped me and inspired me to write this book. Preface There are few books in Indian English literature which satisfy the requirement of students of Indian English literature particularly for those who are preparing for competitive examination as NET/JRF. This book is designed to satisfy them and is presented in a systematic manner to understand the literature of India in English clearly and easily. The Book covers all the important writers of literature especially in India. Before the compilation of this book, author has consulted various textbook, periodical and journals from which matters have been drawn in this book and author heartily acknowledges his indebtedness for the same. Author has tried his best to provide up-to date and sincere knowledge although your suggestions for the improvement of the book will be acknowledged. My special and sincere regards are due to my parents, family members and friends who share each and every achievement made by me and to whom I am very much indebted. Krishna Sharma (Author) Unit – I In this section we have those writers who are considered Legends of Indian English literature. Their contribution to Indian English literature is unforgettable. These writers were among those people who fought with struggles and made sure that their country man may live pleasant life English is a foreign language but since the British came to India the language has had an impact on several fields—in education, literary effort and as a medium of communication. Indian who writes in the English language and whose native language could be one of the several regional and indigenous languages of India. English literature in India is linked with the works of writers of the Indian diaspora born in India but living abroad. In the beginning, however political writing in the novel or essay format was dominant as can be seen in Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s works. An outstanding Indo- Anglican was Aurobindo Ghose whose magnificent work is Savitri, an epic. In prose his most popular work is ‘The Life Divine’ outlining his metaphysics in a rich language. Ravindra Nath Tagore was other prominent figure of this age. He was the first person from Asia to win the Noble Prize. He is considered among greatest writers of all ages. Some of Tagore’s works were originally written in English and others in Bangla. He attracted the Intellectuals of literature all around the world toward Indian literature and religion. Another writer of this era was Sarojini Naidu,the Nightingale of India, who rendered familiar things with an essence of color and romance. The Golden Threshold, The Bird of Time and The Broken Wings are her important works. In the genre of novel, three early writers made a mark. Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie, Untouchable, The Big Heart and other novels are about the under privileged in India. R K Narayana has become famous for creating the imaginary town ‘Malgudi’ as the locale for his novels. He has a humorous manner and an eye for the comic in the world around him. His works include Swami and Friends, The Dark Room, The Guide, Waiting for Mahatama and The Man Eater of Malgudi. Raja Rao is also a prominent writer of this age. He has written several good works. He is a good short story writer also. Among his famous works are ‘Kanthapura’, The Serpent and the Rope’ and ‘The Cat and the Shakespeare’. Khushwant Singh (Train to Pakistan), Bhabani Bhattacharya ( So Many Hungers, He Who Rides Tiger, Music for Mohini) are other Indian novelists famous for their writing in English. In the recent past, we have had fresh talent. Salman Rushdie is one of them. He has written lot of good works. His work Midnight’s Children had become a rage around the world, winning the Booker Prize. He got ‘Fatwa’ for his work ‘Satanic Verses’ from fanatics of muslim community but Rushdie keep continue writing. The mid-20th century Indian literature in English had witnessed the emergence of poets such as Nissim Ezekiel (The Unfurnished Man), AK Ramanujan (The Striders, Relations, Second Sight and Selected Poems) etc. If we talk about female figure of this age then the name of Kamla Das, Toru Dutt, Amrita Pritam are considered with respect. Toru Dutt is an immortal figure. Her style was Keatsian. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is her famous poems. She left a unforgettable memories with her works. Her name is taken with respect in the field of literature. Another figure of this age is confessional poet Kamla Das. She is well known for her confessional poetry. My Grandmother’s House, Alphabet of Lust and My Story are her best works. Her open and honest treatment of female sexuality, free from any sense of guilt, infused her writing with power and she got hope after freedom, but also marked her as an iconoclast in her generation. Amrita Pritam is another big figure of this age. She is considered first prominent poet of Punjabi language of this century. She has written several works and many of her works have been translated into English and other languages. The Pinjar is among her best works. Thus we can say that this when it was tough for women to cross the house wall, these women wrote in English and touch the crucial topics in their writings. These women writers paved way for other women to fight for their rights. Works of these women writers are also considered path breaking creations in the field of literature. These writers make use of Indian phrases alongside English words and have tried to reproduced a blend of the Indian and the Western cultures. While Indian poets, novelists, essayists, dramatists have been making momentous and considerable contributions to world literature since the pre independence era, the last few years have witnessed a thriving of Indian English writing in the global market. The works of Indian writers in English are often to be found on the best seller list. They are also incurring and earning an immense amount of critical fame. (cid:0) NISSIM EZEKIEL: (1924-2004)- Nissim Ezekiel was an Indian Jewish poet play wright and critic .He was Born in Bombay Maharashtra . His father was a professor and his mother was principal of her own school .He belongs to Mumbai’s Marathi speaking Jewish community known as the Bene Israel. He is acclaimed as the father of post- independence Indian English verse. He is a trend-setter, who started modernity in Indian English poetry. A group of contemporary IndianEnglish poets follow the simple, conversational style of Ezekiel. Not only in the style but also in the selection of themes one finds the influence of Ezekiel in the contemporary Indian English poets. He showed a much greater tilt towards literature. As a Man of letters Nissim Ezekiel is a ‘Protean Figure’. His achievements as a poet and playwright are considerable. His versatile genius can be found in his poetry, plays, criticism, Journalism and translation. He is a widely travelled man and delivered lecture in U.S.A, Australia and England as well as given poetry reading in those countries. He worked as a professor and Head of the Department of English at the Mumbai University. Nissim Ezekiel is also known as the Psychologist and poet of the mind. He shows a marked tendency to probe the human mind, and his poems reveal not only the conscious but also the sub–conscious thoughts and conflicts of human beings, and more particularly, his own thoughts and conflicts. Indeed, his primary concern is with man and man’s mind. The poem entitled ‘Case, Study’ is one of his several attempts at an exploration of his own mind. Here he portrays his own personality and his mind, though he appears here in disguise, making it seems that he is portraying somebody else. Self- exploration is also very much in evidence in the poem entitled ‘London’. Here the protagonist is searching and probing and the

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