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1. Presentation on social
background in ‘KANTHAPURA’
NAME: PATHAK NIYATIBEN A.
ROLL NO.31
SEM.1
PAPER:4 INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH.

2. •CONTENT:
• ABOUT AUTHOR
• INTRODUCTION OF THE NOVEL
‘KANTHAPURA’
• SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF INDIAN VILLAGE
• SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF KANTHAPURA

3. RAJA RAO
• Born on 8th november, 1908in hussan
[Karnataka] in well-know Brahmin family.
• His mother tougue was Canada and he was
graduated from of all his books publication
was in english . He was an indian writer of
english language novels, short story and essay.
• He died at the age of 97 on 8th of July at
Austin in Texas.

4. INTRODUCTION OF THE NOVEL
‘KANTHAPURA’
• OLD NARRATION
• TYPICAL SOUTH INDIAN VILLAGE
• THREE DISCORSES
• 1. SOCIAL DISCOURSE
• 2. POLITICAL DISCOURSE
• 3. RELIGION DISCOURSE

5. SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF SOUTH
INDIAN VILLAGE
• the novel has a dormant pattern to the treatment of castes
and communities.
• Kanthapura, a tiny village representative of any other
village in south indian. There were four division in caste…..
• 1. BRAHMIN
• 2. PARIANS
• 3. POTTER
• 4.WEAVER
• Which kind of people?
• The are orthodox,superstitious,have extreme faith in god
and goddess , worth women condition and also poor than
city.

6. SOCAL BACKGROUND IS RELATED
WITH SOME POINT:-
• 1. MYTHOLIGY
• 2. POVERTY AND ILLITERATE PEOPLE
• 3. WOMEN AND DALITS SITUATION
• 4. MALE DOMINANT SOCIETY
• 5. BELIEVE IN GANDHISM
• 6. CASTE SYSTEM

7. • 7. PAST MINGLING WITH PRESESNT
• 8. HIGHLY BELIVED IN GOD AND GODDESS
• EX:
• “kenchamma is our goddess.
• kenchamma came from heavens.
• she fought so many night
• that the blood soaked in to the earth,
• that is kenchamma’s hill is red”
• 9. TRAGEDY OF PEOPLE
• 10. RELIGION WAS CENTERED
• 11. CELEBRATION OF DIFFERENT FESTIVALS

8. CONCLUSION:
• RAJA RAO describes very well
• Totally indian background with all aspects in
the novel kanthapura . With oral structure of
narration , rao describes political,social, and
religious as the traditional culture of india.
Though using all these RAO makes one
identity of india…………

9. •THANK YOU