Language and Style in the Novels of R. K. Narayan
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R. K. Narayan holds a distinctive place in the contemporary Indian-English fiction writing. He is counted as one of ‘the Big Three’ in this realm. Mulk Raj Anand is usually remembered for his socialist leanings and Marxist attitudes and Raja Rao is acclaimed as the most vociferous exponent of Indian religious thoughts and metaphysics. R. K. Narayan is generally considered as a pure artist free from all social, political and religious botherations. The greatest contributions of Narayan to Indian English fiction is his humour. Humour is a gift that flourishes in a native tongue, but shrivels up with the touch of a foreign language. With Narayan however, it flourishes in a foreign tongue and tends to disappear in a native tongue.
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Lodge, David. The Language of Fiction. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970. p.29.
Ibid., p.50.
Lucas, F. L. Style. London: Cassell, 1964. p.124.
C. Booth, Wayne. The Rhetoric of Fiction. Chicago: The Univ. of Chicago Press, 1961. pp. 3-20.
Ibid.,p.1
C. Booth, Wayne. The Rhetoric of Fiction. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1961. p.18.
Ibid. p.20.
Sundaram, P. S. R. K. Narayan. Delhi: Rajdeep Publications, p.135.
Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice-Born Fiction. New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1971. p.197.
Encyclopedia Britannia. Vol. 11. London: Encyclopedia Britannia Ltd., 1956. p.885.
R. K. Narayan, “To a Hindi Enthusiast”, Next Sunday. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books Pvt. Ltd., 1972. p.51.
Sundaram, P. S. R. K. Narayan. Delhi: Rajdeep Publications, p.135.
Narayan, R.K. The Guide. Mysore: Indian Thought Publication, 1975. p. 102.
Kantak, V. Y. “The Language of Indian Fiction in English”. Critical Essays on Indian Writing in English. ed. M. K. Naik, et al. Dharwar: Karnatak University, 1972 , pp. 211-12.
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