Aesthetics and music in S.L. Bhyrappa’s novels

Abstract

Metaphysics and Aesthetics, Literature and Music form the foundation on which Bhyrappa’s twenty-two novels are based. The present article is an analysis of three of his novels, Tantu (The Thread) (1993), Sartha (The Caravan) (1998) and Mandra (Lower Octave) (2002) - all three translated into English by the present writer. The relationship between Life and Art, Art and the Artist, Aesthetic Experience and Ethics, Art for Art’s Sake, Art and Morality are the themes in these novels which are structured on the form of Hindustani Classical music. Personal relationships too are allegorically represented through the partnership of various arts.

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