Amalgamation of Culture in the Novel ‘The Vendor of Sweets’

  • Chitra Sivasubramaniam Associate Professor, Department of English, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • S Swetha PG Scholar, Department of English, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Keywords: Tradition, Modernity, Culture, Technology, Living-in relationship, Generation-Clash

Abstract

R. K. Narayan in his novel ‘The Vendor of Sweets’ (1967) has portrayed that Indian culture is a mixture of traditional ideals and modern spirit The juxtaposition between the two worlds – the traditional and the modern is represented through the father and son characters, Jagan and Mali respectively. Jagan is a man of simplicity who wants to preserve his traditional culture whereas his son Mali is a man of complexity, because of his visit abroad tries to bring the western culture into the land of tradition. Mali’s living in relationship with a foreign girl named Grace, starting a new business, his curiosity in technology and living a life of luxury creates tension in Jagan. The focus of the paper is to portray that Indian culture is an amalgamation of traditional principles and modern life.

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2018-03-27
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Sivasubramaniam, C., & Swetha, S. (2018). Amalgamation of Culture in the Novel ‘The Vendor of Sweets’. Shanlax International Journal of English, 6(2), 36-39. Retrieved from https://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/2920
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