M.n. srinivas village study
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The History of Novels
Do you remember the first novel you read? Novels and stories give us a new perspective on adventure and commitment that has the ability to stay with us for a lifetime. But where this life-altering art was developed? And what is the story of the novel itself? Let us see it.
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A novel is long work of written fiction. A novel is a modern form of literature and the invention of printing made this form of literature possible. The novel is a product of development in the print culture and technology. A novel is the result of print which is a mechanical invention. Without print back then the novel could not reach a large number of audience. Improvements in communication were th
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Novels In The Colonial World
Novels In The Colonial World
- If we follow the history of the novel in different parts of India we can see many regional peculiarities. But there were also recurring patterns and common concerns.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
USES OF THE NOVEL:
(i) Colonial administrators found `vernacular' novels a valuable source of information on native life and customs. Such information was useful for them in governing Indian society, with its large variety of communities and castes. The new novels in Indian languages often had descriptions of domestic life. Some of these books were translated into English, often by British administrators or Christian missionaries.
(ii) Indians for e.g Viresalingam, used the novel as a powerful medium to criticise what they considered defects in their society and to suggest remedies.
(iii) Novels also helped in establishing a relationship with the past. Through glorified accounts of the past, these novels helped in creating a sense of national pride among their readers. Novels also helped in creating a s
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M. N. Srinivas
Indian anthropologist and sociologist (1916–1999)
Padma Bhushan M. N. Srinivas HonFBA | |
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| Born | (1916-11-16)16 November 1916 Iyengar , Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 30 November 1999(1999-11-30) (aged 83) Bangalore (now Bengaluru), Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Rukmini Srinivas |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (1977) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford, University of Mumbai |
| Influences | Alfred Radcliffe-Brown |
| Discipline | Sociology, Social Anthropology |
| Main interests | Indian Society, Caste system in India |
| Notable works | The Remembered Village, Indian Society through Personal Writings, Village, Caste, Gender and Method: Essays in Indian Social Anthropology |
| Notable ideas | Sanskritization, Inter and intra-caste solidarity |
Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (16 November 1916 – 30 November 1999)[1] was an Indian sociologist and social anthropologist.[2] He is mostly known for his work on caste and caste systems, social stratification, Sanskritisation a
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