24.624, Books: A Critical Study of Raja Rao's Kanthapura: Dhamija, Gupta

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Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:01:34
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: A Critical Study of Raja Rao's Kanthapura: Dhamija, Gupta

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Title: A Critical Study of Raja Rao's Kanthapura 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Language and Literature 13  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: http://www.lincom-shop.eu 


Author: C.L. Dhamija
Author: Deepti Gupta

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862884247 Pages: 131 Price: Europe EURO 54.80


Abstract:

The text aims to provide background material on Raja Rao and an understanding
of the various aspects of the novel. To comprehend the novel, students need to
first understand the writer and his life along with the influence they exert
on the novel. The study guide is designed to be published along with the text
of the novel; hence the first seven pages serve as an introduction to Raja Rao
and his life. The next three pages examine the novel in the context of the
novelist. Raja Rao's Foreword to the book is an important document; hence the
next five pages examine the foreword in the light of the students'
understanding and give a critical estimate of the aspects that the writer
talks about.

The ninety-odd pages that follow are meant to be placed after the text of the
novel and serve as a critical commentary. The areas that are covered in these
pages are areas that were carefully chosen by sifting through the question
papers of the universities that teach the novel. The following areas are
covered in detail with due critical attention:
- Language, technique and style
- The songs in the novel
- The title 
- The theme 
- The Skeffington coffee estate
- Characterisation: Mahatma Gandhi, Moorthy, Patel Range Gowda, Rangamma,
Ratna, Seenu, Rachanna,Bade Khan,Ramakrishnayya, Shastri, Jayaramachar,Bhatta,
Waterfall Venkamma,  Swami and Sankar.
- The social scene in the novel.

This detailed discussion is followed by an extended glossary of fifteen pages.
This glossary has been put together with the idea that it can be used in an
international edition of the book as well. So, it takes the trouble to explain
concepts that are commonplace for Indian readers.

Prof. C.L.Dhamija retired from active teaching as a teacher of English at DAV
College, Chandigarh, India and is currently a full-time writer.

Prof. Deepti Gupta is a professor at the Department of English and Cultural
Studies at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language and Literature


Written In: English  (eng)

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