Letterature di lingua inglese 2018-19
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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami (from: http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/rk-narayan.html)
Born: October 10, 1906 Died: May 13, 2001 Achievement: Felicitated with Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan.R.K. Narayan is one of the most famous and widely read Indian novelists. His stories were grounded in a compassionate humanism and celebrated the humour and energy of ordinary life.
R.K. Narayan was born on October 10, 1906 in Madras. His father was a provincial head master. R.K. Narayan spent his early childhood with his maternal grandmother, Parvathi in Madras and used to spend only a few weeks each summer visiting his parents and siblings. R.K. Narayan studied for eight years at Lutheran Mission School close to his grandmother's house in Madras, also for a short time at the CRC High School. When his father was appointed headmaster of the Maharaja's High School in Mysore, R.K. Narayan moved back in with his parents. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Mysore.
R.K. Narayan began his writing career with Swami and Friends in 1935. Most of his work including Swami and friends is set in the fictional town of Malgudi which captures everything Indian while having a unique identity of its own. R.K. Narayan's writing style was marked by simplicity and subtle humour. He told stories of ordinary people trying to live their simple lives in a changing world. R.K. Narayan's famous works include The Bachelor of Arts (1937), The Dark Room (1938), The English Teacher (1945), The Financial Expert (1952), The Guide (1958), The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961), The Vendor of Sweets (1967), Malgudi Days (1982), and The Grandmother's Tale (1993).
R.K. Narayan won numerous awards and honors for his works. These include: Sahitya Akademi Award for The Guide in 1958; Padma Bhushan in 1964; and AC Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature in 1980;
R.K. Narayan was elected an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1982. He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1989. Besides, he was also conferred honorary doctorates by the University of Mysore, Delhi University and the University of Leeds.
Ingen brothers’ factory
PRESERVATION: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/dizionario/inglese/preservation
the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from being damaged:
CONSERVATION: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/dizionario/inglese-italiano/conservation
the protection of nature
‘‘Critics say that I don’t talk of the aspirations
of the people, of the political agony we have gone through, and of
all those plans for economic growth. I am not interested in that’’ R.K. Narayan
"Has it occurred to you how much more an elephant is worth dead?. . .I can
make ten thousand out of the parts of this elephant – the tusks, if my
calculation is right, must weigh forty pounds, that’s eight hundred rupees.
I have already an order for the legs, mounted as umbrella stands, and each
hair on its tail can be sold for twelve annas for rings and bangles; most
women fancy them and it ’s not for us to question their taste. My first
business will be to take out the hairs and keep them apart, while the blood
is still hot; trunk, legs, even the nails – it ’s a perfect animal in that way.
Every bit of it is valuable. I’ve already had several inquiries from France
and Germany and from Hong Kong. What more can a man want? I could
retire for a year on the proceeds of one elephant. (126)
Vasu ‘‘brought in more and more dead creatures; there was no space for him in his room or on the terrace. . .The narrow staircase. . .was getting filled up with his
merchandise, which had now reached the last step – he had left just
enough margin for himself to move up and down’’
MYTH
Narayan declares:
“With the impact of modern literature we began to look at our gods, demons and sages, not as some remote concoctions but at types and symbols possessing psychological validity, even when seen against the contemporary background” A shok Bery, “Changing the Script”, R. K. Narayan and Hindusim, ARIEL: A Review of English Literature 2 (April 1997) : 7-20
From The Man-Eater of Malgudi:
“to deal with a Rakshasa one must possess the marksmanship of a hunter, the width of a pundit, and the guile of a harlot”
“There was Ravana, the demon of Ramayana, who had ten heads and twenty arms and enormous yogic and physical powers, and a boon from the gods that he could never be vanquished. The earth shook under his tyranny. Still he came to a sad end. The other demon Mahishasura who meditated and acquired a boon of immortality and who had secured an especial favour that every drop of blood shed from his body should give rise to another demon in his own image and strength, and who nevertheless was destroyed. The Goddess with six arms, each bearing a different weapon, come riding for the fight on a lion which sucked every drop of blood drawn from the demon”.
“Then there was a Bhasmasura, who acquired a special boon that everything he touched
should be scorched, while nothing could every destroy him. With this special boon he made humanity suffer. Later God Vishnu was incarnated as Mohini, a beautiful dancer with whom the asura turn out to be obsessed. She assured to acquiesce to him merely if he imitated all the gestures and movements of her own dancing. At the end of the dance, Mohini put her palms on her cranium, and the fiend pursued the same gesticulation in absolute forgetfulness and was reduced to ashes that very moment, the blighting touch flattering active on his own cranium. Every man can assume that he is great and will be eternal, but none can speculate from which part his destiny will approach” .
