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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 3(2), pp. 64-67, February, 2015 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2015.009 Review Paper Jane Austen and R. K. Narayan: A Comparative Analysis of Timeless Genii
Archana Agarwal1 and Amrita Shashi2
1Department of English, M.L.B. Govt. College of Excellence, Gwalior 2Department of English, Govt. Vrinda Sahay P.G. College, Dabra (M.P.). 2Corresponding Author’s E-mail: amritashashi@ymail.com
Accepted 14 February 2015
Jane Austen
and R.K. Narayan have both been great artists who painted life as they
saw it— truthfully, with a delicate brush dipped in various hues of
life. Austen was an English novelist, born in 1775, long before Narayan,
at a quiet and calm place in England. She left behind her, some very
memorable and timeless works of fiction—which have passed into the
category of ‘classic literature’. Narayan, on the other hand, was born
in a traditional Tamil family in pre- independent India. He belongs to
the foremost line of Indian English writers and has to his credit a
number of books, both fiction and non-fiction. Both Austen and Narayan,
though different from each other, are alike in their popularity and
appeal which has transcended the boundaries of time, age and clime.
Immense is their contribution to English literature. Against the
background of differences in various aspects of their works, some common
factors can be found in their writings. It is these few subtle links and
strand of similarities which this paper probes into. The most striking
similarity is that both these writers have focused mostly on the
extraordinary element in the ordinary lives of the common men and women.
Far from the maddening crowd, theirs is a quiet and serene world, full
of people who have strong yet meek, courageous yet humble, vivacious yet
taciturn personalities. Cite This Article As: Agarwal A, Shashi A (2015). Jane Austen and R. K. Narayan: A Comparative Analysis of Timeless Genii. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 3(2): 64-67
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