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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: