LIBERATION MOTIF IN SELECT NOVELS OF MULK RAJ ANAND ...

displays characteristics of an individual, typologicallyrepresenting a group and of the conflict reaching epicproportions at the end. The novel leaves the unmistakableimpression of the central paradox of Bakha being both isolatedand entangled in a society, torn and fragmented by the colonialconfrontation. The archetypal figure is Bakha and the concept isthat of untouchability. As the context is the colonialsituation, it becomes a pattern for all commonwealth literature.Robertson's approach is original and hence may be an impetus tofurther investigations along this line-There is an enormous amount of scholarship and criticism on.Chinua Achebe. More than books, we have a lot of articles,papers, essays and monographs published on Achebe and hisfictional achievements. Arthur Ravenscroftrs Chinua Achebe (1969)is one of the early commentaries on Achebe's first four novels.Ravenscroft displays good grasp of the history and pasttraditions of the Igbo clan in his critique of Thinqs Fall A~art(TFA) and Arrow of God (AOG), Moreover he is quite nuanced inhis comparative analysis of and AOG, the two novels dealingwith the Igbo past and A man of the Pe0~I.e (AMP) and No Lonaer AtEase (NLE), the ones repsresenting the modern, urbanised ethos ofthe Igbos. Ravenscroft compliments Achebe on his range of theEnglish language and his adaptation to suit a given character orsituation. Even Achebefs use of pidgin, although presenting a1