• S. Nagendra

Kanthapura, 1938, is Raja Rao’s first novel. At that time he was just a youngman of twenty-eight years of age. However, by this time he had acquired considerable experience as a writer. He had already written a number of essays and short stories. The short stories were later on collected and published as Cow of the Barricades and Other Stories, 1940. The collection includes such fine stories as Javni written as early as 1933. Thus he had acquired considerable experience as a writer, and had already mastered his craft when he came to the writing of Kanthapura. Moreover, as it was written in France thousands of miles away from India, the novel has that artistic detachment and objectivity which would not have been possible, had he written it in India in the very midst of the Gandhi Movement.

Raja Rao’s Presentation of Life in an Indian Village ‘KANTHAPURA’ and Use of Mythical Technique in the Novel KANTHAPURA

"Raja Rao’s Presentation of Life in an Indian Village ‘KANTHAPURA’ and Use of Mythical Technique in the Novel KANTHAPURA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 2, page no.i313-i318, February 2025 , Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2502831.pdf

"Raja Rao’s Presentation of Life in an Indian Village ‘KANTHAPURA’ and Use of Mythical Technique in the Novel KANTHAPURA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 2, page no. ppi313-i318, February 2025 , Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2502831.pdf