A Study on R. K. Narayan’s Use of Myth in His Fictions

Dr. Md Abul  Kalam  Sheikh

A Study on R. K. Narayan’s Use of Myth in His Fictions

by Dr. Md Abul Kalam Sheikh*,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 10, Issue No. 19, Jul 2015, Pages 1 - 3 (3)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals

ABSTRACT

This paper attempts to show to the reading public that R.K. Narayan is a prolific writer with an ambition to prove a prominent modern writer creating a fictional world the immense mythical dimensions following the puranic pattern rendering the ancient myth with credibility of using both parallelism and ironic contrast and projects Narayan as an outstanding writer dealing richly with use of myths and symbols in his novels.

KEYWORD

R. K. Narayan, myth, fiction, prolific writer, modern writer, fictional world, mythical dimensions, puranic pattern, parallelism, ironic contrast, myths, symbols, novels