1. ï General Introduction of Indian
Writing in
English
ï Name: Sejal Chauhan
ï Paper: 4 â Indian Writing in English
ï Roll No: 31
ï Sem-1
ï Submitted to: Smt.S.B.Gardi,Department Of
English ,M.K.Bhavnagar University.
2. ï India was
a legend in England before the two
countries came face to face.
ï The two countries have dealt with eachother in
trade,military and political affairs for about
three and half centuries.
ï India gave wealth and Empire to England and of
many things she receive in return.
ï The most significant are the English language
and the concept of the constitutional
government.
3. ï Today,India not only remains a
member of the
English speaking world, but also contributes to
a distinct genre of English literature called âIndo
Anglian Literature.â
5. ï â As literature produced in
the English language
by the Indian authors.â
ï This term was first used in 1813.
ï Book published in Calcutta title âIndo Anglian
Literatureâ.
ï Dr.K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar adopted it as the title of
his first book on this subject
ï âIndo Anglian Literatureâ published in 1943.
6. Another kind of Indian Writing called âAnglo
Indianâ
ï Literary works dealing with Indian theme,
setting and purpose written by Englishmen.
ï Edward Oaten in his prize winning essay âA
Sketch of Anglo Indian Literatureâ published in
1908.
ï
7. ï âIndo-Englishâ-third term
ï Which
is also very often used to connot the
Indian Writing in English or Indo Anglian
Literature.
ï John B. Alphonso Karkala use the name âIndoEnglishâ to âIndo Anglianâ.
ï Tagoreâs âGitanjaliâ which has been awarded the
Noble prize in Literature- is a contribution not
to Indo-Anglian, but to Indo-English Literature.
8. ï 1792,Charles Grant,
a civil servant of the East
India company.
ï Start English School and Colleges opened by the
Christian missionaries.
ï Bentinckâs decision English became not only the
official language of India but also the medium of
instruction in schools and colleges.
ï Bombay, Madras and Calcutta with English as
the medium of instruction.
9. ï Raja Ram
Mohan Roy and Keshab Chandra Sen
ï First time Indian began to question the
orthodox, prejudices,dogmas and superstitions
that had gripped them for centuries.
ï The beginning of the 19th century, the main
aspect of the Indian Renaissance was the effort
to recreate the cultural life that existed in the
West.
11. ï Mulk Raj
Anand and R.K.Narayan have received
favourable critical response from.
ï E.M.Forster and Graham Greene.
ï Past hundred and fifty years Indo Anglian
Literature has outstanding achievements to its
credit in the creative as well as critical fields.