International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 6(4), pp. 70-74, August, 2018

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2018.038

Review paper

Man and culture are the two different sides of a same coin and they both embody each other. Man, may be native or modern, they have their own culture. Cultural differences between people may include their language, beliefs, traditions and arts. India is a land of cultural diversity. The cultural diversity, nourished since ancient time, helps to develop multi-cultural phenomenon in India. This multi-cultural phenomenon has enriched Indian English Novel. Like social, political, economic and gender issues, cultural pluralism is an important aspect in Indian English Novel. The conflict between traditional social system and modernity, and the conflict between The East and The West provide the Indian English Novelists huge clay to give the shape of world class novels. Moreover globalization has given birth of the hybrid culture here. Almost all the Indian English Novelists-R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Vikram Seth, Arun Joshi, Amitavo Ghosh, Khushwant Sing, Salman Russhadie and all other male have successfully dealt with various topics in their novels. Woman Novelists- Anita Desai, Kamala Das, Shashi Despande, Nyantara Sehgal, Attia Hossain, Kamala Markandaya have expressed not only feminine sensibility but also man, manner and culture. They are conscious about the cultural rich heritage of India. Whenever they highlight the life of Indian people in their novels, they either consciously or unconsciously mention Indian culture. Because they all are partakers of the powerful Indian Culture and ethics. The colour and beauty of Indian People help Indian English Novel to reach a new high in literature. The main purpose of the work is to examine that this is how cultural pluralism in Indian novels unveils the symbolism behind the simple legend and a symbol: a legend about something that has taken place in the history of men and women, and a symbol of what is going on and of what is going to be. I do not simply define the concept but also submerge in it and discuss how cultural pluralism in Indian novels has deeply rooted.

Keywords: Cultural diversity, Multi-cultural phenomenon, Hybrid culture, Culture and Ethics, Globalization

Cite This Article As: Kumar, S.K., and Paul, G.C., (2018). Cultural Pluralism in Indian English Novel: A Critical Study. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 6(4): 70-74

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