Authors : Sheela Upkar Narwade
Page Nos : 133-136
Description :
The paper focuses on the history of Indian novels and modification in the themes of novels after independence. Indian English novels sketch the socio-political pictures of pre and post independent Indian era. The focus would be on how the Indian English novel began its journey, its growth and its modification. The themes of early novels were patriotism and nationalism. Indian English novel slowly unveiled the mystical realities of India and opened the window to an excessive number of writers. The Indian English novels experienced the literary work of trio-Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao and R. K. Narayan and experienced the tremendous change by Salman Rusdie. Women characters took their shapes sketched by the women writers like Shshai Deshpande, Anita Desai, Jhumpa Laheri, Chitra Banrjee, Kiran Desai etc. The paper focuses on the major changes and modification in the Indian English novels.
