Psyche-Moral-Comic Sense in R.K.Narayan's Novels

This book is the most comprehension work on R.K.Narayan and perhaps the only one that the aim of this book is to exhibit how Narayan s comical sense goes with the three personality types:- Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Through the psyche analysis of the common human weaknesses, it results, the change in the process of mind and then, is the rebirth of self and the process of its education. As the main application of the gunas in the Gita is ethical, we use goodness for Satva, passion for Rajas and dullness for Tamas. All three gunas (personality types) the source of humour, of comic enjoyment and comic spectacle in the novels of R.K.Narayan. The Psyche-moral comic sense exists in his almost all novels. But peaks in the two novels: Mr.Sampath and the Guide. Hence, the two novels are being treated the main sources for writing this book. Narayan s comic genius combines moral analysis all the two novels. Besides, this book brings a novel concept and unique in its kind, and also gives new dimension to highlight by using Gunas to achieve psyche-moral comic sense.

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R.Narayanan is an Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, Anna University College of Engineering, Arni. He has been teaching Technical English for more than 10 years. His areas of interests include Applied linguistics, Indian writing in English, CALL and ESP. He has been published various academic papers in international journals.