The Representation of Region and Nation in the Novels of R K Narayan and Pannalal Patel

This book is aimed at studying the idea of Region and Nation in literature and the representation of the region in the novels of R. K. Narayan and Pannalal Patel viewing its various perspectives. The book examines various literary texts by the authors in question along with critical discourses about them to elaborately discuss the concepts and ideas. The first chapter lays out the various concept and the issues of the nation and region and its textual representation as discussed by various theorists and thinkers, while the second and third chapters are focused especially on representation of regional consciousness through a variety of angles to have better understanding of the issues involved. I hope that this book will be of great help to the students, scholars and researchers of English literature and will even useful to those interested in study of Indian Languages Literature.