Iasha Fajrin Nurbani

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Survey of Anglophonic Literature

Anglophonic Literature from South Asia

A Glance about R.K Narayan

Rasipuram Krishnamojwami Iyer Narayanaswami (1906 – 2001) was an

Indian writer. He was a leading author of early Indian Literature in English along
with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.

Summary of the Astrologer’s Day

This is an example of external conflict against society and its struggle. He

also has problem with the neighboring vendors. He can live to the fullest and
make the best of his future quarrels. Nayak wasn’t in high spirits when he learned
of this because he wanted to kill the man himself. This emotional effect on him
perhaps produced fear inside when he met up with Nayak again. At his point, the
Astrologer’s trouble has been somewhat comforted. This shows that even fictional
characters can have manlike problems and manlike solutions to those problems.
This conflict is resolved when the astrologer says “He died four months ago in a
far-off town”. The Astrologer and Guru Nayak are two great examples of
character with both internal and external conflicts. The Astrologer recognizes
Guru Nayak as someone he met before, someone he thought he had killed. The
Astrologer is startled that the person he stabbed and left to die in a field, is still
alive to tell about it. One of the main conflicts in the story is an internal one.
 A Glance about Bharati Mukherjee

Bharati Mukherjee (1940 – 2017) was an Indian American writer and

professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California,
Barkeley.

Summary of a Father

One day when Mr. Bhomick was at home, he heard his daughter puking in
the bathroom, he was curious about what happened to her. He spontaneously
wondered if the daughter was pregnant. If the daughter was pregnant, who the
father was? After a few days, Mr. Bhomick heard an argument between his
daughter and his wife. Concern his daughter’s pregnancy. And it turns out her
daughter admitted that she was pregnant because of artificial insemination. He did
it because she wanted to have a baby. And then father immediately took a pin over
his head and threw it into his daughter stomach to abort his daughter’s pregnancy.

The Characteristics of South Asian Literature

 The term of South Asian Literature alludes to the abstract works of

essayists from the Indian subcontinent and its encompassing territories.
 South Asian Literature is composed in English and also the numerous
national and provincial languages of the local.
 Multilingual, multiethnic, and multicultural. The Literature belongs to
the same historical tradition that has shaped a “unified collective
psychology and perspective”.
Discussion: Question and Answer

1. Is A Father a true story? (Faris Zhafir)

Answer: No, A Father is not a true story. A Father is nonfiction.
2. Why Mr. Bomick and his family move to America? (Ikrima Budiawati)
Answer: Mr. Bomick’s wife asked him to move from India to America
with no specific reason.
In Gina Washlila’s opinion: There is caste in society in India, so the reason
why they move to India is they want to feel the equality in the society.
3. What is the background of the emergence of South Asian Literature?
(Feisal Nugroho)
In Fira Yuniar’s opinion: There is no historical content from South Asian
Literature. The writer wrote the story based on the event from their
activity.
4. When the emergence of South Asian Literature?
Answer: South Asian Literature emerges at 1900s.
5. Father threw a pin into his daughter stomach, is it true or just a metaphore?
Answer: It is true. After the incident, Mr. Bomick’s wife called the police.