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1. INDIAN
LITERATURE
By
RAJKUMAR SINGH

2. Early Literature
•Meant to be recited
•Written form appeared in the 16
th
century
•Vedas, Shastras, Aranyakas and Puranas are
examples of early forms of Indian Literature

3. Indian Literature and languages
Works of Indian Literature have been composed in
Various regional languages and dialects like Sanskrit,
Prakrit, Bengali, Bihari, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
Kashmiri, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Tamil, Telugu,
Urdu and Sindhi

4. Renowned works of Indian Literature
•Abhigyan Shakuntalam and Meghdoot by
Kalidasa
•Mricchakatika by Shudraka
•Svapna Vasavadattam by Bhasa
•Ratnavali by Sri Harsha
•Ramcharitamanas by Tulsidas
•Arthashastra by Chanakya

5. Urdu Literature
•The mid 19
th
century was dominated by Urdu
Literature
•Most remembered of the Urdu writers are
Mirza Ghalib (for his couplets) and Amir
Khusro (for his Ghazals)

6. Hindi Literature
•Began in the late 19
th
century with Devki
Nandan Khatri’s Chandrakanta
•Another famous writer of the same period
was Munshi Premchand

7. Indian Literature in English
•The British rule marked the beginning of Indian
Literature in English
•Mulk Raj Anand and R.K.Narayan were the most
famous writers
•Writers touched the life of common man with novels
and stories like ‘Untouchable’, ‘Coolie’, ‘Swami and
Friends’

8. Indian Literature in English
•Rabindranath Tagore made enormous contribution
to the Indian Literature
•His works include drama, poems, novels and short
stories
•Chitrangada, Raja, Valmiki-Pratibha, Mayar Khela are
the most famous plays by Rabindranath Tagore
•Stories include Postmaster, Atithi, Cabuliwallaha and
Smapti, etc.

9. Rabindranath Tagore
•Recognised for his poems like Manasi, Sonar Tori,
Balaka and Purobi
•His famous novels include Chaturanga, Char Odhay,
Bhare Baire, Gora Shesher Kobita and Noukadubi
etc.

10. Mahadevi Varma
•Modern Hindi Poet
•Period of romanticism
•One of the four major poets of the
Chhayavaadi School

11. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
•Poet of the early 20
th
century
•Best known for his work ‘Madhushala’
•Other famous works include Tera Haar, Madhubala,
Bahut din bite, Nirman, Soot ki mala, Halaahal, etc.

12. Hindi Poets of the 20
th
century
•Maithili Sharan Gupt
•Jaishankar Prasad
•Sumitranandan Pant
•Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
•Uday Prakash

13. Kamla Das
•Noted for her short stories in Malayalam and many
poems written in English
•Das was also a syndicated columnist
•Wrote chiefly of love, its betrayal, and the
consequent anguish
•Received many awards for her contribution to
literature and fearless journalism

14. Writers of Indian Diaspora
•Expressed feelings of homesickness and alienation
•Famous writers of this genre are Arundhati Roy,
Jhumpa Lahiri, Imtiaz Dharker, Anita Desai, Kamla
Markandaya, Vikram Seth, Shashi Tharoor, etc.

15. Other famous writers in English
•Khushwant Singh
•Dom Moraes
•Nissim E Zekiel
•A.K. Ramanujan
•Sarojini Naidu
•Arun Joshi
•Nayantra Sahgal
•Toru Dutt
•Sreenivasan Iyengar

16. LITERATURE OF BASTI, UTTAR
PRADESH
•Major Writers
•
आचार्यरामचंद्रशुक्ल
(1884 – 1941)
•चिं
तामणि
, आत्म
निर्भरता
, मि
त्रता
, अध्
ययन
•
लक्ष्मीकांतवर्मा
1922
प्रमुखकृतियां
'
खालीकुर्सीकीआत्मा
', '
सफेद
चे
हरे
’, '
मुंशीरायजादा
', '
सीमान्तकेबादल
', 'अप
ना
-
अपनाजूता
',
'
रोशनीएकनदीहै
', '
धुएंकीलकीरें
', '
तीसरापक्ष
', '
कंचनमृग
', '
राख

कास्तूप
', '
नीलीझीलकासपना
', '
नीमकेफूल
',
•
सर्वेश्वरदयालसक्सेना
(1927 – 1983)

काठकीघंटियां
,
बांसकापुल
,
एकसूनीनाव
,
गर्महवाएं
,
जंगल

का
द
र्द
,
खूंटियोंपरटंगेलोग
,
पागलकुत्तोंकामसीहा
(
लघु
उपन्
यास
),

सोयाहुआजल
(
लघुउपन्यास
)

17. बस्तीकेशायरऔरलेखक
•
मजनूँगोरखपुरी

•
अख़तरबस्तवी
•
नूरगोरखपुरी

18. Thank You