Question

What are the main themes of Narayan's fiction?

a) The main character’s search for identity

b) Simple people with simple lives living in a changing world

c) Everyday village life in India

d) All of these

Answer 1

Answer:

b) simple people with simple lives living in a changing world

Answer 2

Answer:

R.K. Narayan's fictional works all have an underlying theme of simplicity, rural or suburban life and the search for identity.

Explanation:

His novels also feature some other regular motifs such as:

• The struggle/pain or futility of chasing ephemeral dreams
• Familial relations and their restrictions on individuality
• The eternal struggle between tradition and modernity
• Transcendence, spirituality and renunciation