Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

ALIENATION OF INTELLECTUALS IN UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE’S ENGLISH, AUGUST

V. Pawel, Dr. G. Chenna Reddy

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 Alienation is an all–pervasive phenomenon in the modern society. Despite the material comforts and the technological advancements, man fails to perceive the purpose and relevance of his existence. The modern man feels rootless and finds himself entangled in the tragic mess. Alienated protagonists are recurrent in the modern literature and Indian fiction in English is no exception. Authors like R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Kamala Markandaya, Balachandran Rajan, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai, Arun Joshi and Kiran Desai have presented the plight of the alienated individuals. Similarly, alienation has become a major thematic concern with Upamnayu Chatterjee. Chatterjee very effectively delineates the alienation of intellectuals in his debut novel English, August. Through the characters of Agastya and other Western–Oriented intellectuals, the author deals with cultural problems of the modern India.

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V. Pawel, Dr.G.Chenna Reddy, ALIENATION OF INTELLECTUALS IN UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE¥S ENGLISH, AUGUST, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-4 | APRIL‾2017

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