Question

novels are useful to different sectors of the society.Support your answer with suitable examples.

Answer 1

(i) Colonial administrators found 'vernacular novels' a valuable source of information on native life and customs, i.e.,:

(a) how people were dressed

(b) their religious worship

(c) beliefs and practices

(d) about domestic life

Such information was valuable to them in order to govern the Indian society which had a wide cultural variety. The novels contains the well-described domestic life which helped the British administrators to understand the beliefs and practices.

(ii) The nationalists used novels as a powerful medium to criticize the defects of the society and suggested remedies. Many novels established links with the past. Glorified account of the past created a sense of material pride. Novels created a feeling of collective belongingness among the people from different walks of life speaking the same language.

Answer 2

Novels were useful to different sections of the society because it could cater to the needs and interests of all sections of people in the society. The upper class, the middle and lower classes, the women and children all were benefited by the coming of novels. The novels carried elements with which different sections of people could identify themselves.
The novels reflected the recent developments in the society. Many novelists wrote about the problems of city life. Many others wrote about the various changes witnessed in the rural life because of advent of modern technology. Novels also depicted erosion of values by middle class.

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