Open AccessSEARCH OF SELF-IDENTITY AND CULTURAL RESTLESSNESS IN ALL ABOUT H. HATTERR BY G V DESANI - CRITICAL STUDY
Author(s) -
Rupa Dangar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
towards excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0974-035X
DOI - 10.37867/te100307
Subject(s) - raja , identity (music) , politics , character (mathematics) , reputation , face (sociological concept) , sociology , literature , aesthetics , religious studies , history , philosophy , social science , law , art , political science , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , biology
The Info Anglican fiction in Post Independent India has assumed all kinds ofcolourful traditions. It has freed itself from the traditionalism and politicalovertones of a nationalistic variety. Indian literature in English has earnedwidespread reputation both in India and abroad. It has come to have a significantplace in the world's literature. After Raja Tao, Milk Raj Anand and KamalaMarkandya, a turn came to Indo Anglian novels. More and more novelists dealwith an individual's search for identity; we study the themes concerning anindividual character is being shown either unable to face or unwilling to accept thesocial role. The traditional and conventional society is apt to impose upon thecharacter some conflicts, inner or outer. As a result the dramatic conflict arises outof the individual and Indian concept of supra- individual societies. We come acrosssuch themes in G V Desani's All About H. Hatterr, Kamasla Markandya'sPossessions and Raja Rao's The Serpent and the Rope. In these novels, thepsychological dimensions of this conflict form the centre of the story and interest,while the social, political or economic aspects are pushed into the background.