EMERGENCE AND ENRICHMENT OF INDIAN ENGLISH FICTION

Abstract [English]

Indian English writing refers to the literature, attempted by Indians in English, whether it is in the form of prose, poetry, drama or fiction. During the infant stage of Indian writing, the main form of writing was poetry. It was followed by other kind of writing, especially drama. Though Fiction was the last to arrive on the Indian English literary scene, later the growth of fiction left behind the most of the other forms. Indian fiction in English, like other branches of Indian English literature, originated and grew up in the inspiration or under the guidance of the British writers. Britannica-Encyclopedia defines the fiction as under: -
“Literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in fiction genre include the novel, short story and novella”1
The definition of Fiction according to Cambridge Dictionary: -
“The type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and events”2