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Aesthetic Thoughts in Sudarmanikappiyam
Get PDFThe twenty-first century has given us a mechanized life. Why are we alienated from each other and from each object? Art is considered to be an essential thing in the effort to create this modern life. Aestheticism is one among them. Beauty is spread all over this earth. Everyone is unique in absorbing a particular beauty. Our mind is not always same one time our mind accepts something in a happiest view and other time it accept the same thing sadly. So, happiness and sadness are related to mind and situation. It can vary from person to person. This article explains the poetic pleasure caused in that aesthetic thoughts
Tamil Dramatist and Social Background
Get PDFA drama with lofty lessons that can uplift a society penetrates the present. At the festivals, people watched plays to pass the time. Nowadays, the time when stories were being enacted in the context of the social situation in the country has come to an end, and today there is a situation where the lives of the people in the society are being played as drama. Drama is a good tool for today's social transformation and renaissance. The political systems and the daily lifestyles of the struggling people can be introduced even in the old art of koothu. In today's time, a lot of social problems are facing the youth. Today's poets, artists, and youth are giving us so many new creations. The common people may not understand or know these new ideas. In order to make them known, new messages can be explained through the art they know
Equilibrium in the Food Chain System in the Novels of R. Murugavel
Get PDFLiterature is composed based on the theme of the natural environment. Literature expresses the nature of environment either explicitly or implicitly. It remains as a constant canon from the Sangam literature to the contemporary literature. Thus, there are many records in the literature about the natural food chain system and the effects of human production methods on their balance. Literary genre novel also records all these things. After India's independence, the Indian government focused on conserving natural resources and maximizing its productivity. Its influences are reflected in modern literature. In the drive to maximize productivity, little attention has been paid in protecting the natural environment. Novels carry all such messages both explicitly and implicitly. Among them, the above-mentioned food chain system, their balance and the impact of human production methods on their balance is revealed in this article
The Contribution of the Christian Ammanais (a type of Tamil poetry in the form of questions and answers) to the History of Minor Literature
Get PDFIn the area of the Tamil language, which has a rich literary heritage of over 2,000 years that extends from Sangam literature to today's modern literature, the minor literature is known to be the product of the Naayakar period. Against the backdrop of various religions, which have contributed from time to time to the great work of enriching Mother Tamil, many minor literature books have emerged in Tamil. Christian Ammanais is the most famous of this type of minor literature, which originated in Tamil in the context of Christianity. This article explores the place of Christian Ammanai in Tamil minor literature and discusses its merits
Paaliyam, Salma's Short Story Collection: Fascism by Umberto Eco
Get PDFIn many countries around the world, fascism is a very large political theory. This theory, which claims to save people from suffering, has often led to the destruction of people. This theory was developed in Italy by Mussolini. But the theory itself destroyed Mussolini, who is the father of fascism. However, the theory is seen in different forms in different countries, and it is seen as a theory that is sharpened on the basis of racism and religion. Thoughts about the nature of fascism have emerged in literature. Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose depicts the characteristics of fascism in symbolic language. Fourteen characteristics are described by him. Terrorism, religious fundamentalism, and monogamy are the basis of fascism. Salma in her short story called Darkness, points out that such terrorism in India works with the dual nature of Hindu-Muslim. In her story she explains that each individual is a fascist
Context and Development of Metaphor in Thinai Literature
Get PDFSimile has been well developed in Thinai literature. Metaphor is considered to be the best tool next to simile. Simile always equates the two things, whereas metaphor unites the two. When the songs of Thinai literature deals with metaphor the ideas, the ability to express and the ideology of the poet varies. Before Sangam literature metaphor doesn’t play an important role. Even in ‘Tholkapiyam’ a famous Tamil text, metaphor is not singled out. Though the metaphor has emerged before Sangam literature, they are contradicted by the opinions of many people. Thus, the complete development of metaphor takes place only in Sangam literature. This article explains how metaphor is handled in the songs of Thinai literature and shows how famous the songs are because of the presence of metaphor. When the passages are written in metaphorical form its nature. Application and method of interpretation are well examined. The poet’s handling of the battle scenes in metaphorical form is also explained in this article. When the natural scenes are literalized the pattern of metaphor is seen. The article also aims to explain the metaphorical pattern used in the religious songs
Aesthetic Principles in the Muthollaiyiram
Get PDFAesthetic principles add beauty to literature. Such principles are classified into many categories by various scholars. Poetry has many unique characteristics. Simile, initial rhyme, head rhyme and stratification are the few characteristics which adds beauty to poems. Aesthetic factors, i.e. the beauty of poetry is the term of art that refers to the overall language elements used to beautify a literature or a piece of poem, in which individual aesthetic elements and collective aesthetic elements are divided into two categories. Simile, metaphor, alliteration, paradox and allusion are the individual aesthetic elements. The collective aesthetic elements are characterized by the conceptual features found in poetry
Summary of Creative Psychology of Creativity in Pillaitamil Literature
Get PDFPillaitamil is one of the 96 genres of Tamil literature. Pillaikavi literature doesn’t originate in foreign language. Pillaitamil literature praises the Lord or the great human being as a child in the seasons such as Pavatu, Sengirai, Sappani, Muttham, Alakham, Ambuli, Chittil, Siruparai, Siruthaer, Ammanai, Osal, Neeradal etc. The purpose of this article is to approach such genre of Pillaitamil literature from a psychological point of view. Literature is a creation of the mind. Thus, the psychological elements found in literature are categorized as creator, creative method, storyteller and reader. In these ways, creative psychology is revealed in Pillaitamil literature. It is highlighted that the mood of the creator who sings Pillaitamil is in three stages namely motherhood, childhood and as a young girl. This article explains the mood of the mother in the seasons like the period of Kaapu, Ambuli and Thala, the psychology of the girl in the season of childhood, the movement behaviours of children in other seasons, the seasons like sengir are the impulses that the mother causes to her children
Kurinji People’s Works in Pathupattu based on Ethnographic Theory
Get PDFEvery human being in the world need essential materials to lead his life smoothly. That materials are earned by human beings by doing works. In general, in the early times, man's search for food was his one and only profession. Kurinji land is one of the lands inhabited by man. The land consists of high peaks, small hills and dense forest with irregular routes and various layers. The basic occupations such as food gathering, hunting and agriculture were carried out by the people who lived there. This article is analyzed and narrated based on ethnographic theory about the lifestyles of Kaanavar, Kuravar, and Vaedar who lived in Kurinji land
Signals in the Novel ‘Sool’
Get PDFThe customs and practices that are followed by ancient Tamil people are still in use. Such continuity of customs and traditions are refered by using the following terms such as myth, tradition, sangaetham and signals. Animals and birds co-exist with nature and gives us the notifications for natural disasters. Examples for this are the signals of birds, cats, and ants. We see the ant carrying its eggs from the lower region to upper region. This event is understood as a sign of rain. A creator records culture and its experiences in his works. Such works are also a document that preserves the cultural records of the country