Cultural Records of the Fishing Villagers in The Novel "Semmeen"

Abstract

The coast of Kerala is dotted with small fishing villages. They are small villages inhabited by simple fishermen who have bonded with the sea in their lives. It is written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, a village story based on the lifestyle, culture, discipline, and faith of the people of such coastal villages. It was translated by Sundara Ramasamy. George Moore, a scholar, says that the novel is a great tool for the author to bring out the experiences he has discovered in his life. Creations can only be created based on events that one has experienced, seen, heard, and studied. In that sense, the novel is beyond the confines of the page. The novel is related to a story in which the author can freely express any opinion in his way. Based on that, the Semmeen novel is a regional novel based on the life events of a particular section of the people. It is related to the livelihood problems of coastal people. It was at that time when the Tamil translation novel was slowly developing that Sundara Ramasamy translated the Malayalam novel "Semmeen", written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, into Tamil. Let us look at its cultural records.