Vol. 3, Issue 6, Part S (2017)

Abstract
In this paper, the researcher would like to throw light on Arun Joshi as an emblematic existentialist and how he considers describing human existence. Initially, the research would begin with the term Existentialism: “A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining its own development through acts of the will” (Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary). In the 19 century, many philosophers debated the meaning of life where the individual must understand and study-self. Existentialists like Jean Paul Sartre, Soren Kierkegaard, Albert Camus, and many began to think of humans more as individuals who are powerless and aimless. In addition to that, some philosophers started exploring the terms like Freedom, Absurdity, Alienation, Authenticity so on. In Indian writing in English existentialism has their root in the works of his. Arun Joshi stands apart from the contemporary great Indian Fiction novelists. The writer reveals his instinctive capability to articulate the emotions, struggles, and feelings of Indians. His novels reveal his psychological insight and characterizing the inner lives of the protagonists. They also reveal the various perceptive of individual lives. The writer’s originality as a great Indian English novelist and as a man with critical faculties is highly appreciated. All his novels stand as an emblematic of Existentialism. Joshi’s philosophical existentialist view brings a new dimension in Indian English Fiction. All his novels have some kind of implication of the existentialism. From “The Foreigner” to “The city and River” have pronounced influence of existentialism.