M.Phil Dissertation Paper
M.PHIL DISSERTATION TOPIC:
COMPLEXITIES OF MODERN INDIAN CULTURE FROM A FEMININE PERSPECTIVE
A STUDY FROM THE NOVELS OF ANITA DESAI: FASTING, FEASTING
THE ARTIST OF DISAPPEARANCE
Introduction to Indian Literature: Indian Writings in English
“Under English rule in India”, writes Mr. Arthur Mayhew, “the impact of two civilizations may have produced unrest. But it has also sustained and stimulated life.” It is an extraordinary story of endurance, assimilation and integral transformation.
Such was the ‘moment’, the phoenix-hour that bred Indo-Anglican literature, sometimes with solemn self-consciousness, but sometimes as naturally-unselfconsciously-as leaves grow upon a tree. Indians learnt at first to read, speak and comprehend English, and they soon started writing too. Once this started, Indian writing in English had to rage from the most utilitarian prose to the most ambitious verse-epics, for example! On the other hand Indian writing in English was but one manifestation of the new creative urge in India-what is often referred to as the literary renaissance in India.
The filiations between modern Indian literatures (including Indo-Anglican Literature) and English literature have been close, and the links have been renewed from time to time, and the student of literary history and of comparative literature can find much to interest him in this phenomenon.
India has a sizable population that has English as either primary or secondary language of communication. This is precisely because India had been a colony of the then British Empire for close to 200 years. Its association with British and hence English is even older. Emperor Jahangir granted William Hawkins permission to trade in India in the year 1608 and that was when English put its first step.
In the due course of history, British concluded their conquest of India and spread English language along with the empire. English replaced Persian as the court language in early 19th century and
COMPLEXITIES OF MODERN INDIAN CULTURE FROM A FEMININE PERSPECTIVE
A STUDY FROM THE NOVELS OF ANITA DESAI: FASTING, FEASTING
THE ARTIST OF DISAPPEARANCE
Introduction to Indian Literature: Indian Writings in English
“Under English rule in India”, writes Mr. Arthur Mayhew, “the impact of two civilizations may have produced unrest. But it has also sustained and stimulated life.” It is an extraordinary story of endurance, assimilation and integral transformation.
Such was the ‘moment’, the phoenix-hour that bred Indo-Anglican literature, sometimes with solemn self-consciousness, but sometimes as naturally-unselfconsciously-as leaves grow upon a tree. Indians learnt at first to read, speak and comprehend English, and they soon started writing too. Once this started, Indian writing in English had to rage from the most utilitarian prose to the most ambitious verse-epics, for example! On the other hand Indian writing in English was but one manifestation of the new creative urge in India-what is often referred to as the literary renaissance in India.
The filiations between modern Indian literatures (including Indo-Anglican Literature) and English literature have been close, and the links have been renewed from time to time, and the student of literary history and of comparative literature can find much to interest him in this phenomenon.
India has a sizable population that has English as either primary or secondary language of communication. This is precisely because India had been a colony of the then British Empire for close to 200 years. Its association with British and hence English is even older. Emperor Jahangir granted William Hawkins permission to trade in India in the year 1608 and that was when English put its first step.
In the due course of history, British concluded their conquest of India and spread English language along with the empire. English replaced Persian as the court language in early 19th century and