Cultural Changes Routed Through the Novel 'Sool'

Abstract

In the thirteenth century, Italian artists published a series of stories called novellas. It was the extension of this that later gave rise to the tradition of telling stories through prose. Culture refers to the spheres of human activity and the symbolic systems that give special characteristics and significance to such activities. Cultures are divided into two types. One can be classified as a culture based on internal/domestic life and the other based on social/ political life. Marriage is a socio-legal relationship system. There is no tradition of marrying a girl who has been raised since childhood. There are probably no poets who have not sung about children since the Sangam period. It is a Tamil tradition to plough and produce rice and make food. The 'Sool' novel has also stated the practise of giving food without paying wages if rice is pounded. It also shows how to prepare the soil before plowing. Scatter clods of litter and top it with mullein, then summer ploughing. The land will be fertile as a bride. News about ploughing as rain water accumulates and the soil is happy and mixed with manure and ready for sowing can be seen. Once upon a time, the community appointed someone for water protection, and through them they have been protecting water. At that time, there was no name for the watering device (Neer Paaichi). They call it the "sluice control" (Madai Kudumban). From generation to generation, Madai Kudumban and Kattak Karuppan have been maintaining the sluice and distributing water. The high dignity of not giving food for money can also be seen. Thus, the best practises of society in the past are not in practise today. In this way, the aim of this article is to investigate the cultural changes through the Sahitya Akademi award-winning novel "Sool" by Karisal region writer Cho. Dharman.