Civilisation Of Indian Literature: The Civilization In Indian English Literature

“THE CIVILIZATION IN AMITAV GHOSH’S NOVELS”

INTRODUCTION

English is a foreign language but since the British came to India the language has an impact on several fields in education, literary effort and as a medium of communication. Indian English Literature refers to that body of work by writers from India, who writes in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous regional and indigenous languages of India. English literature in India is also linked with the works of writers of the Indian Diaspora born in India but residing elsewhere. A pioneer of this literature was Raja Ram Mohan Roy whose prose works is note worthy. There were poets who are considered the first of the Indian English

The works of Indian authors writing in English are often to be found on the best-seller list. They are also incurring and earning an immense amount of critical fame.

CIVILIZATION A Civilization is generally defined as an advanced state of human society containing highly developed forms of government, culture, industry and common social norms. Of course, not all scholars agree with this definition. In fact, there is much debate over what constitute a civilization and what does not. The definition the research scholar has provided is typically along the lines of what the commoner would see in the dictionary or in the text book. So, even if it is an over simplifaction, it is the commonly understood definition and for our purpose, the scholar will just go with it. The word itself comes from the Latin root civilis, meaning civil. The word civilization first began appearing during the Enlightment, this is not Surprise. The Enlightment was all about civilizing humankind, Using reason, education and science to bring people up to a high state of human functioning.

HIGH LIGHTS

• Developed a writing system – cuneiform

• Worshiped in a building called –