The Impact of Imperialism on Novel Genre in Indian Writing in English
Keywords:
Imperialism, Colonialism, Genre, NovelAbstract
Despite the British government's motivations for introducing modern education to India, this move completely transformed India's social structure. The Indians enlightened by modern education, reacted with the typical vivacity and adoration. Poets like Derozio and Toru Dutt imitated while also displaying some originality. Social and political prose flooded the arena with reformist and nationalistic agendas in prose writing. The novelistic genres, on the other hand, revealed the most important aspects of modern English education. The novel, which was new to the Indian literary scene at the time, quickly gained popularity among the educated Indians of the time. Novels of the time expressed a variety of social, political, and national themes. Novelists like M. R. Anand, R. K. Narayan, and Raja Rao played a key role in this regard. Overall, the introduction of English education in India ushered in a new entrant into Indian literature: Indian English literature, which made its mark in the most imposing manner possible. This paper highlights the imperialism influence particularly on the genre of novel.
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