Contribution of Raja Rao,Mulk Raj Anand & R.K.Narayana.

Name:- Dave Mayuri P.

M.A. Sem:- 1

Roll no:-15

Paper no:- 4. Indian writing in English

Topic name:- Contribution of Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, and R.K.Narayana

Submitted by:- Department of English  M.K.B.U.

Contribution of Raja Rao, Mulkraj Anand &  R.K.Narayana. 

Raja Rao:-     

                                          Raja Rao 8 november1908-2006 was an Indian Writer of English language novels and Short Story, whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism. The serpent and The Rope 1960, a semi autobiographical novel recounting a search for Spiritual truth in Europe and India established him as one of the finest Indian Prose stylists and won him the Sahitya Academic Award in 1964. For the entire body his work, Rao was awarded the Neustadt international prize for literature in 1988. Rao ‘s wide raging body of work, Spanning a number of genres, is seen as varied and significant Contribution to Indian English literature, as well as world literature.

                       Rao was educated at Muslim schools, the Madras  Aliya in Hydrabad and the Aligarh Muslim University, where he began learning French at the University. After matriculation in 1927, Rao returned to Hydrabad and studies for his degree at Nizam’s Collage. after graduating from the University of Madras, having majored in English and history, he won the Asiatic Scholarship of the Government of Hydrabad in 1929, for study abroad. The Serpent and Rope. Rao published his first stories in French and English. During 1931-32 he contributed four article written in Kannada for Jaya Karntataka, an influential journal.

Raja Rao’s Awards:-         

·    Sahitya Academic Award -1964

·    Padma Bhushan Award- 1969

·    Padma vibhushan-2007

Raja Rao’s Work:-

 Kanthapura-1938

The Serpent and Rope-1960

The cat and Shakespeare-1965

Mulk Raj Anand:-  

           

               Mulk Raj Anand was the pioneer of the Indian English literature, Mulk Raj Anand was born on 12 dec 1905 in Peshawar the central city of Northest frontter Province his mother’s gift of story telling. Mulk Raj Anand is Indian writing in English notable for poorer caste in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneer of Indo-Anglican Fiction, he together with R.K.Narayana , Ahemad Ali, and  Raja Rao was writers in English to grain an international readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories, which have acquired the status of being classic works of modern Indian English literature. He is also notable for being among the first writer to incorporate Punjabi and Hindustani idioms into English and was a recipient of the civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan.

Literary style:-

                     Anand who was associated with communism, used his novels to make broad attacks on various elements of India’s social structure and on British rule in India They are considered important for their social statement.

Mulk Raj Anand’s novels:-

·    Untochable- 1935

·    Coolie- 1936

·    The village- 1939

·    Two leaves and a Bud- 1937

·    The Sward and the sickle- 1942

·    The Big Heart- 1945

 

R.K.Narayana:-

               R.k.Narayan was born on 10 October 1906-13 May 2001. R.k.narayana full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Nrayanaswami was an Indian writer, best known for his works set in the fictional South fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. he is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao and is credited with bringing the genere to the rest of the world.

                              

            Narayana’s  short-story writing style has been compared to that of guy de Maupassant as they both have an ability to compares the narrative without loosing out on elements of the story. Narayana has also come in for criticism for being too simple in his Prose and diction.

List of Work:-    

Novels:-

·      Swami and Friends- 1935

·      The Bachelor of Arts- 1937

·      The Dark Room- 1938

·      The English Teacher- 1945

·      The waiting for The Mahatma- 1955

·      The Guide- 1958

·      The Man eater of Malgudi- 1961

Non-Fiction:-

·    My Dateless Diary- 1960

·    My days- 1974

·    The Emerald Route- 1980

Short-story collection:-

·      Malgudi Days- 1942

·      An Astrologers Day- 1947

·      A Horse aand two Goats- 1970

·      The Grandmothers Tale and selected stories-1994.

Awards:-

             Narayana won numerous awards during the Crusoe of his literary career. His first major awards was in 1958 the Sahitya Academic Award. Padma Vibhushan.

     

        Though R.K.Narayan is famous as a novelist novel written short stories, travelogues essays, retold legends besides his memoir.

All of the difference stage of his life, and we can say that his life has trickled down to his writing.