A CRITICAL STUDY OF MINOR CHARACTERS IN THE SELECT SHORT STORIES OF MULK RAJ ANAND
A CRITICAL STUDY OF MINOR CHARACTERS IN THE SELECT SHORT STORIES OF MULK RAJ ANAND
Author(s): Natasha Sharma, Naveen K. MehtaSubject(s): Short Story, Other Language Literature, Philology
Published by: Editura University Press, Universitatea de Medicina, Farmacie, Stiinte si Tehnologie “George Emil Palade” din Targu Mures
Keywords: Minor; Characters; Short Stories; Psychology; Society;
Summary/Abstract: In the short stories of Mulk Raj Anand, the character’s psyche is revealed to the readers. Anand focuses on the psyche of a character and relatively develops the character’s outer world. Mulk Raj Anand was born and brought up in and around the British Camps in India as his father was an administrator in the Indian Army, which was a transferable job. These experiences of his childhood, of moving around, of meeting new people, of adjusting, etc, gave him an introduction of the varied behavior of human and an insight in the human mind. This paper discusses role and contribution of minor characters in the select short stories of Mulk Raj Anand.
Journal: Acta Marisiensis. Philologia
- Issue Year: 3/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 25-30
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
