Social Background in "Kanthapura".
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Name : Pooja Bhaliya Roll No : 02 Sem : 01 Paper : (4) Indian writing in English. Enroll No : PG 15101002 Email Id : [email protected] Submitted To : Smt. S.B . Gardi Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Presentation On Social Background In “Kanthapura”
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Name : Pooja BhaliyaRoll No : 02 Sem : 01Paper : (4) Indian writing in English.Enroll No : PG 15101002Email Id : [email protected] To : Smt. S.B . Gardi Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
Presentation On Social Background In “Kanthapura”
About author
Introduction of the novel ‘Kanthapura’
Social Background of Indian village
Social Background of Kanthapura
Content:
Raja RaoBorn on 8th november,1908 in Hassan (Karnataka) in well-know Brahmin family .
His mother tongue was Kannada and he was graduated from Madras and post-graduate in France, but the form of all his books publication was in English. He was an Indian writer of English language novels, short story and essay.He died at the age of 97 on 8th of July at Austin in Texas.
Introduction of the novel ‘Kanthapura’
Old narration
Typical south Indian village
Three discourses
1. Social discourse
2. Political discourse
3. Religion discourse
Social Background of South Indian Village The novel has a dormant pattern to the treatment of castes and communities. Kanthapura, a tiny village representative of any other village in South Indian. There were four division in Caste… 1] Brahmin 2] Pariahs 3] Potter 4] Weaver
Which kind of people? They are orthodox, superstitious, have extreme faith in God and Goddess, worth women condition and also poor than city .
Brahmins
Pariahs
Potter
Weaver
Casts
chart:
Social Background is related with some points:-
1.Mythology2.Poverty and illiterate people3.Women and Dalits situation4.Male dominant society5.Believe in Gandhism6.Caste system
Women in village
7.Past mingling with present8.Highly believed in God and Goddess Ex :- “Kenchamma is our goddess. Kenchamma came from heavens. She fought so many night That the blood soaked in to the Earth, that is Kenchamma’s hill is red”
9.Tragedy of people1o.Religion was centered11.Celebration of different festivals
Conclusion : Raja Rao describes very well totally Indian background with all aspects in the novel Kanthapura. With oral structure of narration, Rao describes political , social, and religious as the traditional culture of India. Through using all these Rao makes one identity of India…
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