Some Mile Stones in the History of Tamil Literature
Author: Pe Cuntaram Piḷḷai
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 74
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Author: Pe Cuntaram Piḷḷai
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: K.V. Zvelebil
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-12-06
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9004493026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is a number of problems connected with the study and teaching of any Oriental literature in general and of Tamil literature specifically which have to date been mostly ignored, although they are indispensable for solid knowledge and correct interpretation and understanding of the literature in question. These include problems of authenticity and authorship, of transmission and tradition, writing tools and materials, of relationship of orality to literacy, of Sanskrit to Tamil, the prehistory of Tamil written literature, the numerous texts that have been lost, scholarly lineages and the rediscovery of ancient Tamil literature etc. The book deals with all these problems as well as with some specific Tamil cultural phenomena such as the concept of "threefold Tamil" or the relationship of literature ('marked') to grammar ('marker'), with the derivation of the term "Tamil" and with the history of Tamil literary historiography. It will be indispensable as an introduction to the study of the more than 2000 years of Tamil literary history. By addressing questions which have thus far been almost completely neglected, it has also decisive impact on the interpretative comprehension of Tamil literature and on the teaching of this very rich heritage of verbal art.
Author: Sheldon Pollock
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2003-05-19
Total Pages: 1103
ISBN-13: 0520228219
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Author: M. S. Purnalingam Pillai
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9788120609556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sisir Kumar Das
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 856
ISBN-13: 9788172010065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Volume, The First To Appear In The Ten Volume Series Published By The Sahitya Akademi, Deals With A Fascinating Period, Conspicuous By The Growing Complexities Of Multilingualism, Changes In The Modes Of Literary Transmission And In The Readership And Also By The Dominance Of The English Language As An Instrument Of Power In Indian Society.
Author: M. Arunachalam
Publisher: Tiruchitrambalam, India : G. Vidyalayam
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 480
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 362
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Watson Frazer
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 502
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Watson Frazer
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. GANGATHARAN
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-08-09
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1387050257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe construction of the past, as a historical agenda, figured prominently in the attempt of intellectuals to modernize society. They realized the importance of being sensitive to their past, which had been misrepresented by colonial rule. The investigation of the past to perceive the present and to conceive a future became integral to their intellectual endeavour. To use K.N. Panikkhar's words, "the intellectual quest in colonial India, engaged in an enquiry into the meaning of the past and thus in an assessment of its relevance to contemporary society, was an outcome of this awareness''. The construction of the past, was initially viewed as pre-requisite to reform. It subsequently turned out to be part of an ant-colonial agenda to retrieve a lost identity. This agenda become very vocal as the national movement reached its mass phase.