Vol. 3 No. S-1 (2021): Volume 3, Issue S-1, Year 2021
Articles

Regionalism and mythology in 'Sancharam' Novel

Moovendhan P.S
Department of Tamil, Arulmigu Sri Subramaniya Swamy Government Arts College, Tiruttani-631209, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published 2021-06-13

Keywords

  • Regionalism,
  • Myth,
  • Karisal Region,
  • Literary Discourse,
  • Folktales,
  • Ethnographical Traditions
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How to Cite

P.S, M. (2021). Regionalism and mythology in ’Sancharam’ Novel. International Research Journal of Tamil, 3(S-1), 114-122. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt21s118

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Abstract

The use of literature is informative and instructive. Sangam songs became classical as they spoke of land and time. The novel 'Sancharam' was taken up for study in a way that exposes the nature biographical jurisprudence based on the tiṇaikkōṭpāṭṭu theories prioritized by the Sangam literature. The novel highlights the status of the traditional art of music of the South in the Karisal area and the position of the arts in relation to the fertility of the soil. Esra the novel 'Sancharam' was written by S. Ramakrishnan, popularly known as. In this book, the author has recorded that every person in the Karisal region, which is full of problems such as poverty, infertility, caste, religion, domination, politics, rule and power, is full of local characteristics and myths related to that land. The article sets out to tell the story of the Karisal myth told by the narrator through the novel and the biological properties that are realized through it.

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