a critical history of english literature by b.r malik

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838–1894) wrote Rajmohan's Wife and published it in 1864 it is the first Indian novel written in English. Early Indian writers used English unadulterated by Indian words to convey an experience which was essentially Indian. In its early stages, IEL was influenced by the Western novel. The first book written by an Indian in English was The Travels of Dean Mahomet, a travel narrative by Sake Dean Mahomed, published in England in 1794. IEL has a relatively recent history, being nearly two centuries old. Although some Indo-Anglian works may be classified under the genre of postcolonial literature, the repertoire of Indian English literature encompasses a wide variety of themes and ideologies, from the late eighteenth-century to the present day, and thereby eludes easy categorization. ( Indo-Anglian is a specific term in the sole context of writing that should not be confused with Anglo-Indian). It is frequently referred to as Indo-Anglian literature. It is also associated, in some cases, with the works of members of the Indian diaspora who subsequently compose works in English. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao contributed to the growth and popularity of Indian English fiction in the 1930s. Its early history began with the works of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and Michael Madhusudan Dutt followed by Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo. Indian English literature ( IEL), also referred to as Indian Writing in English ( IWE), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India.

A critical history of english literature by b.r malik