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Raja Rao's Kanthapura as a Deserted Village

Author Affiliations

  • 1Dept. of Studies in English, JSS, STC Arts and Commerce College Banahatti, Affiliated to Bagalkot University, Jamkhandi, Karnataka, India

Res. J. Language and Literature Sci., Volume 12, Issue (2), Pages 1-3, May,19 (2025)

Abstract

The paper deals with a stylistic study of Raja Rao's kantapura an attempt have been made in the paper to study this kantapura novel from the point of view of the freedom struggle, social equality and British dominance. The paper shows about kantapura was a small village and in this novel corner house moorti was the protagonist's character in this novel. He was admired about Mahatma Gandhi views and thoughts; he was real follower of Mahatma Gandhi then after some incidents happened that time Moorti change his ideal leader then he follows Jawahar Lal Nehru and his thoughts. This work said about some other characters also, finally after some incidents the Britishers vacated the town of kantapura.

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