DYNAMICS OF FATHER-DAUGHTER EMOTIONAL LIGATURE IN R. K. NARAYAN’S 'THE ENGLISH TEACHER' (Pages 63-77) by Dr. Barinder Kumar Sharma in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

Basic thrust of R. K. Narayan’s fiction has been to portray the social, economic, moral and religious problems of middle class of Indian society. For many of his novels and short stories, he has extracted his fictional material from his personal experiences and first hand observations. Quite distinctively, Narayan has created an area of the setting of his novels known as Malgudi which expands with expansion of his age and literary and creative works. The English Teacher is based on his personal life. What really happened in his life has been created in a fictional form with some fine and subtle touch of imaginative mettle. After the sudden death of his wife Narayan had to undergo a very tough time, particularly while taking care of his daughter Hema. Children have been central characters of almost all of his novels, mainly Swami and Friends, The Man-Eater of Malgudi, The Guide, The Vendor of Sweets, The Financial Expert and The English Teacher. He is very deft in revealing the changes human pertaining to relationships that occur with the passage of time and change in economic conditions. The English Teacher shows how a young English teacher starts his married life but unfortunate events not only over shadow his social and economic life but psychological vibrations put multiple divergent impressions. In spite of moral and official engagements, he maintains his domestic duties in a very systematic manner. This is the central concern of this novel. Keywords: cosmic, aspirations, credible, Lawley extension, discovery, multiple.