1. Topic
Significance of using myth in the novel
Paper 4 Indian writing in English
Name Devendra A Joshi
Class M.A. Sem-1
Submitted To Prof. Dilip Barad (Head of English
Dept. M. K. S. Bhavnagar University)

2. Introduction
Freedom – movement in India
The Brahmins and the pariahs
Orthodox Advaita Vedanta
The social, political and mythological
Elevation and dignity
Chief character are goods

3. According to Joseph Campbell..,
“Myth are public dreams,
Dreams are private
Myth”.

4. Significance Of Myth
 Part in Indian life
 Physical phenomena
 The stories in Ramayana and the Mahabharata
 Compare two loving brothers or friends, Rama
and Lakshman
 Foreign rulers are compared
 Ravan and Gandhi
 Domination of foreign rules

5. Return of Rama to Ayodhya
Gandhi and Hanuman
Satyagrahi in prison
Krishna in kansa’s prison

6. The Harikathas
Local sastri
Scholar and poet
Fine singer
Harikathaman
Siva and parvati
Struggles of the country
Hindu – Moslem unity

7. Mythical Technique
Political Propaganda
Likened to Rama
Red man to Ravan
Sake of Bharat Mata or Sita

8. Conclusion
Mythic reference
Participate in the Epic Struggle and
identity
Swadeshi,
Swaraj and
Swatantra

9. According to Roland Barthes
“Myth is neither a lie Nor a
confession it is an
Inflection.”

10. Thank you