• Dr. Awadhesh Kumar Mishra

R.K.Narayan was a renowned fiction writer born in South India in 1906. Along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao, he was an honoured novelist during the early Indian literature in English. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960, Padma Bhushan in 1964 and Padma Vibhushan in 2000. He is regarded as a regional novelist who wrote about Malgudi, an imaginative region. He is compared to William Faulkner in his creation of an imaginary region. Regionalism in literature is the writing that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, culture, topography and other features particular to a specific region. Malgudi forms the fictional setting in his novels. It is typically South Indian town symbolizing Indian culture and society.

Regionalism, Society, Culture, Realism, Symbol

"R.K.Narayan's 'The Financial Expert' as a regional novel", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.h562-h565, August-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308766.pdf

"R.K.Narayan's 'The Financial Expert' as a regional novel", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no. pph562-h565, August-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308766.pdf