20TH CENTURY RENOWNED NOVELISTS AND THEIR CHOSEN THEMES – AN EXPLORATION

Abstract

There appeared many historical novels such as Padmini of T. Ramakrishnan in English in 1903; His novel narrates the story of Talaikotte Battle, that ‘never to be forgotten; Vijayanagara Empire. Romesh Chandra Dutt’s‘The Slave Girl of Agra’ (1909) and Sir Jogendra Singh’s ‘Nurjahan’ (1909) are also historical romances.ManoharMalgonkar’s ‘Distant Drum’ and ‘A Bend in the Ganges’ explore more about the two nation theory. Following these historical novels, there appeared many novels about social criticism and social protest of a distinctive group. Certain other novels tell about the racial marriage, culture of various regions and differences in languages etc.