Psychoanalytical Approach in Kuruntokai

Abstract

Over the course of time Tamil literature keeps on changing. In that way classical Sangam literature has been subjected to traditional and modern theoretical study. The study is carried out in different angles. Only two songs from Kuruntokai, Velliveediyar song and Auvaiyar song are subjected to psychoanalytical approach. Freud’s psychoanalytical theory is used in the two songs. In both the songs the heroine’s depression, helplessness, self-reliance and anger are clearly revealed in the lyrics. The heroine’s subliminal expression is manifested in the strategies of simile, allusion and metaphor. In the song’s women are not allowed to express their lustful feelings. Auvaiyar is considered to be the best among the women poets. Next to her is Velliveediyar and both have sung the inner feelings of the heroine. The two songs through Freud’s theory expresses that the sexual pressures are caused by the unconscious mind and they get artistic with the help of the conscious mind.