Bhattarai, Basant Kumar2022-01-042022-01-042007https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/7021R. K. Narayan’s The Bachelor of Arts depicts the national consciousness growing towards maturity i.e. towards independence and self-confidence. R.K. Narayan allegorizes the transformation of the national consciousness of pre-independent India towards maturity through Chandran's transition from adolescence to adulthood.en-USLiteratureNational AllegoryThesis