Epic Narratives Valmiki’s Timeless Tale And Amish Tripath’s Modern Mythos

Abstract

Sage Valmiki in his ancient Ramayana has used a poetical and lyrical narrative whereas Amish Tripathi in his Ramachandra Series has used a modern and contemporary narrative that is more liked by the modern readers. Valmiki has used frame narrative and Chronological narrative technique and Amish Tripathi has used the non-linear narrative technique with lots of flashbacks. Valmiki Ramayana mainly focuses on the ancient story and the original life journey of Lord Rama on the other hand Amish Tripathi has tried to cover some other characters also and he also permits them to express their views and emotions. He even highlights the good character traits of Ravana and her sister. In the present research we are trying to clarify the basic difference in the narrative style and technique of both the writers Amish Tripathi and Valmiki, as both the writers belong to different time periods their way of story narration is quiet difference and that’s why we are just trying to locate the basic differences in the writing styles of both these men of letters.