write a short note on gheesu's landlord's character(chapter-kafan by munshi premchand)
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Explanation:
i) Munshi Premchand drew tradition of Kissagoi storytelling. His novels are filled with all kinds of powerful characters, drawn from all levels of society. (ii) His novels include characters such as aristocrats and landlords, middle-level peasants and landless labourers and women from margins of society. He focussed on social issues like child marriage, dowry, suppression of downtrodden classes by landlords. (iii) The women characters are strong individuals coming from lower classes and are not modernized. (iv) His novels look towards the future without forgetting the importance of the past. (v) Drawn from various strata of society, his characters create a community-based in democratic values. Examples: (i) His novel 'Rangbhoomi' about Surdas makes the lives of the most oppressed section of society worthy of literary reflection. (ii) 'Godan', his literary work is an epic on Indian peasantry through the story of Haria and Dhania.Read more on Sarthaks.com -