A Stylistic Study of Mulkraj Anand's Selected Novels

Stylistics is a systematic, scientific study of the patterns of language use appearing in a variety of texts created by many authors or a single author. The present study is in the form of seven chapters which aims at identifying the language style used by the author Mulk Raj Anand while portraying the various socio-linguistic and cultural settings prevalent during the time the novels Untouchable, Coolie, Seven Summers and Private Life of an Indian Prince were written. Through these four novels, the author brings the variation in his language use with reference to the context and nature of the interlocutors.

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Dr. Suganthi S. Kumar is an Assistant Professor of English (Sr.Gr.) at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. She has fifteen years of teaching experience. She has focused her interest and research on Stylistics and Eco-criticism. Her flare for learning languages has seen her through an advanced course in German. She teaches English & German