Vol. 4 No. S-3 (2022): Volume 4, Issue S-3, Year 2022
Articles

The Social Change Represented in the Psychology of Women Characters Portrayed by S. Ramakrishnan

Priya Maheswari K
Department of Tamil, Madras Christian College, East Tambaram, Chennai-600059, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-07-16

Keywords

  • Avalathu Veedu,
  • Embaavai,
  • Social Change,
  • S. Ramakrishnan,
  • Female Characters

How to Cite

K, P. M. (2022). The Social Change Represented in the Psychology of Women Characters Portrayed by S. Ramakrishnan. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(S-3), 197-201. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt22s330

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Abstract

Tamil society is considered to be one of the oldest societies. Various problems like caste and economic inequalities along with gender differences exist in this society. Among these, gender inequality serves as a subject of debate till date. In society, women are not treated equally. In areas such as education, employment and marriage, women are treated poorly as compared to men. This inequality appears in different manners at different stages in time. Contemporary literature is written to show antagonism to this inequality. Particularly, short stories play a vital role in delineating these differences. Short story writer S. Ramakrishnan has given centre stage to the day-to-day problems faced by women in his short stories. The female characters portrayed in his stories struggle to establish their equality in spite of the troubles life throws at them. From his collection of short stories named Avalathu Veedu, two stories Avalathu Veedu and Embaavai are taken as primary sources for this research article. This article analyses the psychology of two female characters, Agalya and Nanmathi, who represent the main characters of the selected short stories. The social change represented from their psychological characteristics is also discussed. The principles of psychological defence mechanism is used to analyse the characteristics of these female characters.

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