Open AccessPortrait of Adolescence in the Novels of Ruskin Bond
Author(s) -
M Revathy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
türk bilgisayar ve matematik eğitimi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1309-4653
DOI - 10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.1133
Subject(s) - innocence , bond , representation (politics) , psyche , portrait , psychology , literature , psychoanalysis , art , art history , politics , law , political science , finance , economics
Indian English Novel has occupied a significant place at worldwide level. Many well-known writers present the Indian life style and voiced for the social issues in their novels. Ruskin Bond is one among the very few writers who has contributed to the development of children and youngsters. Bond’s literary world depicts the adolescents of real life. Bond portrays the journey of innocence to experience in his novels. Bond started writing his first novel when he was an adolescent. The autobiographical part in Bond’s novels realistically expresses the growth of an individual from childhood to adolescence. Rather than external factors, Bond puts effort to bring out the mind-set of the adolescents. His lead characters in the novels are in adolescence phase. The novels of Bond has two layers, one which explores everyday life and the other which actually reveals the human psyche. The present paper focuses on the representation of adolescents in the novels of Ruskin Bond. It introspects the characteristics of the adolescent in light of child psychology.