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Volume 18:2 February 2018
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A Subtle Representation of Child Life in R. K. Narayan’s
Swami and Friends

Ms. Hegde Rashmi


Abstract

The ways in which childhood is socially constructed, as well as culturally and historically situated, will obviously differ from place to place. ‘Swami and Friends’ clearly illustrates the unscaled heights of imagination, from a child’s point of view, in Narayan’s world of fiction. Narayan’s stories, cossetting with children, explored their psychology abundantly. The element of innocence as well their deeds that causes mental anxiety and fear complex in their tender minds is depicted in very distinctive style in his classic story Swami and Friends. This paper attempts an analysis of Swami’s character within the Indian milieu of childhood and adolescence.

Keywords: R.K. Narayan, Swamy and Friends, childhood, Swami, Malgudi, school, adolescence, innocence.

R. K. Narayan

Widely regarded as one of India’s greatest 20th-century English writer, R.K. Narayan is as relevant today as he was during the early days of Indian-English literature. Reckoned as the painter of modern India, R. K. Narayan is a storyteller with a sharp convincing outlook. The unabridged realities of life are appropriately painted by the great maestro R.K. Narayan in every novel and short story he penned. A masterpiece as it has been stated, ‘Swami and Friends’ is the very first work of R.K. Narayan set against the backdrop of the fictional city of Malgudi. In Narayan’s world of fiction Swami and Friends clearly illustrates the surmounted pinnacles of simplicity and imagination, from a child’s point of view. Swami and Friends, the novel of innocence, “offers us a pure escape into irresponsible boyhood” (Morning Post). Swami remains to this day Narayan's illustrious literary creation.

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Ms. Hegde Rashmi
Research Scholar, Rayalaseema University
Kurnool
Andhra Pradesh
India
sonirashmi1969@gmail.com

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