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Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava
Premchand
(1880 - 1936)
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• Sixty-five years after his death Premchand
remains the mst !tstandin" fi"!re in
t#entieth-cent!ry $indi %iterat!re&
• 'hen he e"an #ritin" rd! prse are%y
existed and $indi had n%y recent%y ta*en
the p%ace f +ra, a ma,r %iterary dia%ect frnrthern .ndia as the primary %iterary
%an"!a"e&
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For Premchand writing
was an integral aspect ofsocial and political
activism&• $e is seen as the first in .ndia t #rite shrt
stries that is shrt rea%istic fictin
centerin" n scia% themes&
/ Stands in cntrast #ith f%* narratives andrmances&
• ictin is th a criti!e f scia% i%%s and
an instr!ment f scia% chan"e&
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• Direct%y inv%ved #ith .ndiastr!""%e fr freedm frm
+ritish r!%e&• .n 1921 he resi"ned his
"vernment , main%y in
respnse t andhi4s antic!%t!ra% mvement fr scia%chan"e&
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• Premchand #rte n scia% iss!es %i*e
/ chi%d #id#hd
/ prstit!tin / exp%itatin f the peasant y the %and%rd
and n
/ the freedm mvement ta*in" p%ace a%%ar!nd him
• $is s%!tins #ere idea%istic !t his"reat cntri!tin %ies in psin" the!estin at that pint in time and
thr!"h the medi!m f nve%s andshrt stries #hich as nted ear%ierhad ti%% then een restricted trmance&
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5he Rad t Sa%vatin
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'hat D 'e 5a*e #ay frm
their Str!""%e7• hin"!r vs& +!ddh! / #hat are they %i*e as
the stry e"ins7
• 'hat experience is imprtant7
• 'hy is this ca%%ed the rad t sa%vatin7: