Sampoorna Kahaniyan : Premchand : Vols. 12

Premchands Complete Stories - 1 When Premchand entered the literary stage, he was not only familiar with Indias own narrative tradition, but also thoroughly versed in Urdu, Arabic, and Persian tales and stories. He had also read Western fiction writers. Despite this, his works, rather than conforming to a fixed form of fiction, reflected his own vision of expression: that a story should be transparent, concise, and capable of conveying its emotional purpose to the reader. The fundamental characteristic of Premchands writing is that it is uninspired, from any angle, and is utterly simple and straightforward. This simplicity and simplicity are its greatest attributes. In his writing, Premchand emphasized situations and contexts rather than events. Consequently, his stories are not event-driven, nor do they arouse curiosity or inquisitiveness in readers like typical storytellers. Instead of being curious about what will happen next, the reader of his stories becomes immersed in Premchands emotional purpose emerging from the depicted situations and events and becomes interested in its development. Premchand draws his reader into his circle of sensitivity in such a way that they move forward along with the situations and characters he creates. They become the storytellers companion. A close look at the composition of Premchands stories will make it clear that Premchand, as a writer, does not interfere unnecessarily in the story. He reveals his emotional purpose through the situations and events woven into the story. Because these situations and events relate not to his imagination but to the reality and truths of life, their credibility automatically becomes imprinted in the readers heart and mind. - Shivkumar Mishra