Current Perspectives in Indian English Literature (Hardcover)  | Released: 2006

Indian Writing in English has undoubtedly acquired its own independent identity; it no more remains mere imitative and derivative. Its long journey from colonial to post-colonial, from imperial to democratic and from English to Hinglish forms a remarkable chapter in the history of world literature. Tagore earned the first recognition and Naipaul is the recent laureate. In between these Nobel Laureates came a number of writers whose work earned worldwide appreciation. The present book is an attempt to present the different genres of Indian Writing in English. It aims at tracing its distinctive features, such as Cultural alienation, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism etc. While Nehru has furnished the best English to the globe, Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Arundhati Roy, Shiv K. Kumar and Dattani have stirred the West with their great works. The works of these renowned literary figures have been considered thoroughly and meticulously in the present book. It is hoped that while the student community will find it easily accessible, the teachers will also consider it exciting study material. Table of Contents: 1. Cultural Alienation of Indian Writers Writing in English; 2. Not True But Real: The Trend in Creative Indian Writing in English; 3. Modernism in Indian English Literature: A New Perspective; 4. Kanthapura as a Nationalistic Discourse; 5. Frontiers of a Muddled Poet: Jayanta Mahapatras Poetic Contours; 6. Nehru: A Literary Phenomenon; 7. Ghoshs Eden: A Probe into Possibility; 8. Making and Remaking of India: Issue of Different Perspectives in the Writings of Shashi Tharoor; 9. V.S. Naipaul: An Unhoused Humanitarian/Cosmopolitan; 10. Roys God of Protest; 11. Indian Diaspora Fiction in English: A Labyrinth of Nihility and Tautology; 12. Naipauls Self in his Half a Life; 13. Artist in Roys God; 14. Confessionalism of the New Poets: A Study of Modern Indo-Anglian Poetry; 15. Tagore Minus Gitanjali; 16. Am I not Yours: Naidus Anxiety and Interrogation; 17. Shiv K. Kumar: A Liberal Humanist; 18. A Myth called Indian English Drama; 19. Feminine Sway in Tagores Plays; 20. Mahesh Dattanis Plays: An Outcry of the Post-Colonial Dichotomy