NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES AND THE PROSE STYLE IN PAUL SCOTT’S NOVEL SERIES - THE RAJ QUARTET

ABSTRACT

Scott utilizes a creative literary system. The novel has two parts-one set in 1945 another in 1947, in the months leading to Indian independence, in the dying months of the Second World War. To close the void, Scott has visited a newspaper’s office in India to see a cartoonist he admires. The following are explanations of the cartoonists employed through the years, which represent the different political events and changes throughout the time. Any of the sketches have been released with great applause, satirizing officials and incidents, revealing hypocrisies and hypocrisy. For release, some were found too disruptive and divisive. In this approach Scott does a lot; he crosses the difference in time, explains the changes that interfere and subversively reflects on them. There are still a number of repetitive passages-sluggish, uninteresting or seemingly redundant sections-which are lengthy passages of introspection and study.

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