Language and Strategy in the Novel Totta Alai Todatha Alai

Abstract

As a phenomenon of nature, every human being in this world is born without any problem. Not just the experience of birth. Even if we experience it, it is not recorded in our mind and does not understand. When it comes to death every human feels compelled to the last drop. But he dies before realizing it. Birth is a wave that does not touch him. Death touched wave. This is the central theme of the novel Totta Alai Todatha Alai. What adds specialness to the novel Totta Alai Todatha Alai is its style of language. Style is the structure of language that describes the object taken. The creator who lives in the society creates only the experiences he has in the society. Personality is the predominance of his experiences. Language style is the system of style followed by an author to express his work. The creator wants his creation to touch people's hearts. He uses simple language style and techniques to impress the reader with the idea he wants to convey. In this way, this article aims to fully classify and examine the language style and strategy of S Sankara Narayan's Totta Alai Thodatha Alai novel, which has made its own place in the world of Tamil literature. The novel Totta Alai Todatha Alai, which deals extensively with death, is a prize-winning novel of the Tirupur Tamil Society.