R.K.

Narayan

A Horse and Two Goats

By Udo Gemmerich, Jan Wortmeier

Content
+ + + + + + + + + Summary Setting Characters Language Narrative Technique Relationship Why Post- Colonial Literature Historical Background Author

Summary
+ + + + + + setting: small village, called Kiritam, in India Red faced man from New York appears American is interested in buying the horse-statue Indian talking about Indian mythology American just talking about the horse End of story red faced man gives money for the horse-statue / old Indian gives him the two goats

Setting
+ Place of action: a small village, called Kiritam, in India. + Kiritam crown in Tamil language + Statues of a warrior and a massive guardian in shape of a horse in front of the village + Warrior in gay colours + Dry and hot area; full of rocks; cactuses; lantanas

Characters
Old Indian man
+Name: Muni +He owns two goats +Drowsing in the shadow of a cactus +He needs a capital of 20 rupees for opening a souvenir shop +monolingual: only Tamil

American tourist
+ red face +khaki- coloured shirt and shorts +looks like a policeman +comes from NY +has travelled 5000 miles in India +smokes +wants to buy the horse- statue +has much more money than the old man

Language
+ Good English + Nobody realy tries to communicate +

Narrative Technique
+ 3rd person narrator + Narrator is omniscient

Relationship
+ Old man wants to sell his pets He needs money + Proud of his village wants to tell the myth of the horse and the rider + Red faced man Would be a sound of policy to show an interest in the old man`s pets

Why Post- Colonial Literture

+ The problem of communication + The meeting of different cultures + The difference in wealth + The difference in social signs

Historical Background
+ 18/19 century 3/5 of India was controlled by Britain / 2/5 ruled by lords + Reason for the rebellion (1857/58) was the fear of a growing influence by the western civilisation mogul-empire was destroyed / India was put under rule by the British majesty

Author
+ Was born in Madras on October 10,1906 + Grew up and was educated in Madras and Mysore, took his B.A. at Maharaja`s College and decided to become a writer + Has written 12 novels between 1937-1990 + Narayan`s family speaks Tamil / (but he decided to write

in English)