Indian Novel with a Social Purpose (Hardcover) | Released: 1999

The present book seeks to bring out the contours of the Indian novel with a social purpose which has stuck deep roots in the Indian soil by imaginatively treating the contemporary problems and artistically exploring and interpreting India in all its variegated aspects. It shows how the Indian English novelists, who are inspired by the vision of a just social order portray powerfully the real grandeur of the poor and the down-trodden and their yearning for a just, humane Indian polity. Divided into two parts, the book covers both the Indian novels originally written in English and the Indian novels originally written in regional languages and translated into English. If the first group of the novels depicts the political, economic and social oppression of the individual the second group centers on the individual's search for identity. This book is expected to be of considerable interest and use to the teachers as well as the students of Indian English fiction.

Table of Contents:
PART A 1. Introduction —K. Venkata Reddy 2. Social Purpose as Motif in Indian Novel in English —A. Jaganmohana Chari 3. The Sources of Protest in My Novels —Mulk Raj Anand 4. Social Deformity in Anand’s Untouchable —Manchi Sarat Babu 5. Synthesis of Marxism and Gandhism in Anand’s Untouchable —C. Rajappan 6. A Crusade Against Social Exploitation : Mulk Raj Anand’s Two Leaves and A Bud —T. Vasudeva Reddy 7. A Dark Drama of Exploitation : An Approach to Two Leaves and A Bud —K. Suneetha Rani 8. R.K. Narayan’s World-View in The World of Nagaraj —Mohan Ramanan 9. From Apathy to Liberation : A Study of Nayantara Sahgal’s Storm in Chandigarh —N. Rama Devi 10. Non-Violence, Freedom and Equality in Storm in Chandigarh —M. Narendra 11. The East and the West Do Meet : An Approach to Rushdie’s Short Fiction —M.S. Nagarajan 12. History as Protest : Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children —Prema Kumari Marshal 13. The Problem of Brain Drain in M.V. Rama Sarma’s Look Homeward —K. Meera Bai 14. Commitment to The Motherland : Rama Sarma’s Look Homeward —T. Ashoka Rani 15. Sociological Values in Romen Basu’s Rural Novels —P. Somanath 16. Self-assertion of Woman : Shashi Deshpande’s Roots and Shadows —K.V. Raghupathi 17. Life Inside the Cage : Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence —G. Lakshmi Narasaiah 18. Rural Life Enmeshed in Traditional Ills : T.V. Reddy’s The Vultures —P. Bayapa Reddy 19. Triumph of Desire over Renunciation : Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra —P. Ramamoorthi PART B 20. A Synthesis of Socialist and Structuralist Perspectives : Chinappa Bharati’s Sangam —K. Chellappan 21. A Gandhian Novel with a Difference : Rajam Krishnan’s Verukku Nir —P. Marudanayagam 22. Conflict between Feudalism and Humanism : Thakazhi’s Scavenger’s Son and Two Measures of Rice —N. Gopalakrishnan Nair 23. Conservatism Versus Progress : Ramakrishnan’s Verukkal —M. Murali Ganam 24. A Dreadful Plight of an Untouchable : Shivaram Karanth’s Choma’s Drum —Vijaya Guttal 25. Ideological Impulsions of the Freedom Struggle : Malathi Chendur’s Hridayanetri —C.R. Visweswara Rao 26. Plea for Participation of Women in Politics — Uppala Lakshmana Rao’s Athadu Aame —K. Sreedevi 27. Gandhism and Socialism in Malapalli —H.S. Brahmananda 28. Guilt and Atonement — Mukul Kesavan’s Looking Through Glass —Babli Gupta 29. A Modern Pilgrim’s Progress : Kasthuri Sreenivasan’s The Light from Heaven —S. Krishna Sarma