Introduction
The great sociological changes in the society after World War Second result in the appearance of a new assortment of the genre of novel, Campus Novel. ‘Campus’ is conventionally a land on which a College or University and other institutional edifices are located. David Lodge states, ‘The ideal type of a human community, where work and play, culture and nature, were in perfect harmony, where there was a space and light, and fine buildings set in pleasant grounds, and people were free to pursue excellence and self- fulfillment, each according to her (his) rhythm and inclination.’ (Lodge, 249) This small but recognizable sub-genre of contemporary fiction became popular in the 1950’s with the emergence of Lucky Jim (1954) by Kingsley Amis. Chris Baldick delineates, ‘Campus novel is a novel, usually comic or satirical, in which the action is set with in the enclosed world of university (or similar set of learning) and highlights the follies of academic life.’ (Baldick, 30) The Campus Novel formerly is an Anglo-American genre. Like many sub-genres of novel, Campus Novel is also originated and flourished in …show more content…
Though the location is enclosed yet the characters’ life spins within or without it. It encompasses classroom, canteen, hostels and laboratory. Here students wrestle, tittle-tattle, plans for adventures and shattered emotionally sometimes. Satyajit Sarna delineates the premises of National Law School where he ‘entered, seventeen, fresh from school, ready to be something new, grasping at the opportunity to invent myself.’ (Sarna, 6) The idea of bucolic locale is dated back to Plato’s Academy where the concept of imparting education in pastoral surroundings transpired. ‘Our campus, on the outskirts of Bangalore, was surrounded by miles of eucalyptus forest. From where we lay, it looked like a never-ending velvet carpet, over which some careless god had spilt patches of light.’ (Sarna,
The great sociological changes in the society after World War Second result in the appearance of a new assortment of the genre of novel, Campus Novel. ‘Campus’ is conventionally a land on which a College or University and other institutional edifices are located. David Lodge states, ‘The ideal type of a human community, where work and play, culture and nature, were in perfect harmony, where there was a space and light, and fine buildings set in pleasant grounds, and people were free to pursue excellence and self- fulfillment, each according to her (his) rhythm and inclination.’ (Lodge, 249) This small but recognizable sub-genre of contemporary fiction became popular in the 1950’s with the emergence of Lucky Jim (1954) by Kingsley Amis. Chris Baldick delineates, ‘Campus novel is a novel, usually comic or satirical, in which the action is set with in the enclosed world of university (or similar set of learning) and highlights the follies of academic life.’ (Baldick, 30) The Campus Novel formerly is an Anglo-American genre. Like many sub-genres of novel, Campus Novel is also originated and flourished in …show more content…
Though the location is enclosed yet the characters’ life spins within or without it. It encompasses classroom, canteen, hostels and laboratory. Here students wrestle, tittle-tattle, plans for adventures and shattered emotionally sometimes. Satyajit Sarna delineates the premises of National Law School where he ‘entered, seventeen, fresh from school, ready to be something new, grasping at the opportunity to invent myself.’ (Sarna, 6) The idea of bucolic locale is dated back to Plato’s Academy where the concept of imparting education in pastoral surroundings transpired. ‘Our campus, on the outskirts of Bangalore, was surrounded by miles of eucalyptus forest. From where we lay, it looked like a never-ending velvet carpet, over which some careless god had spilt patches of light.’ (Sarna,