PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN CHARACTERS IN R. K. NARAYAN’S THE GUIDE

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G. Madhavaiah

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The most prevalent Indian writer Rasipuram Krishna Swamy Narayan Iyer, popularly known as R.K. Narayan was born in a South Indian conservative Brahmin family in the Madras Presidency on 10th October1906. Narayan has covered the lean of human seasons from boyhood to the old age. He has depicted many varieties of characters with different ages and outlook. His characterization covers different levels of age from childhood, adolescent and age. Narayan tried to portray the real south Indian middle class society, their joys, sufferings, particularly of women. Narayan has shown his deep concern for women representing the middle class community. He has written novels in English, which is not the mother tongue of the characters. The approach is very realistic and genuine. Narayan has very light approach towards life which is resembled in many characters of his novels. With his native and fresh style of writing, Narayan has attracted the attentions of many writers like E.M. Foster, Graham Green and William Walsh. He presents his characters very natural with simple thought process which is easily understood by common readers. His characters speak in lucid English language which is easily understood by common readers. This made him easy to connect with south Indian middle class readers. They find themselves in the characters and own them. It’s one of the reasons of Narayan’s success.

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