Tamil Heroic Poems
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Author | : K. Kailasapathy |
Publisher | : Hachette India |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2023-07-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 935731170X |
An elegant and thorough examination of the riches of Sangam poetry In this acclaimed comparative study, K. Kailasapathy, the celebrated Sri Lankan academic and critic, introduces and interprets ancient Tamil poems and examines the stylistic heritage, themes and motifs pervading Sangam poetry while building the literary corpus's bridge to heroic poetry in other languages - most notably Greek. He identifies the formulaic expression, stock phrases and overarching sensibilities pervasive in the poems and, going much against the popular grain, expands on the notion that oral verse-making is central to Sangam poetry. A nod to Milman Parry, this deeply necessary exploration of our neglected past is an engaging and accessible discourse on one of our most fertile literary ages and, with much agility, connects the dots in studying early Tamil poetry for a modern reader.
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Publisher | : Madras : South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : |
Comprises selected verses from the Pur̲apporuḷ veṇpāmālai, verse work on Tamil prosody, by Aiyanarithanar, and the Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u, Sangam anthology on war themes.
Author | : K.V. Zvelebil |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2021-12-06 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004492984 |
Author | : Singh |
Publisher | : Pearson Education India |
Total Pages | : 770 |
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Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788131717530 |
Author | : A.M. Dubianski |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004486089 |
This volume focuses on the origin of the early Tamil poetical canon, which constitutes a set of specific subjects, images, principles of arrangement of basic poetical themes which are called tiṇai. The author proceeds from the idea of a Russian scholar O. Freidenberg that literary forms ‘originate from anti-literary material rather than their own archetypes’. An outline of mythological concepts, prevalent in ancient Tamil culture, is presented, alongside main mythological figures - Murukaṉ, Māl, Cūr, Koṟṟavai, Vaḷḷi. A controversial notion of aṉanku, especially in its aspect of an inner female energy, is analyzed. In addition, the author explores the panegyric art of the Tamil kings’ singers, describing such singers and performers while discussing the idea of ritual character. The elements of five canonical tiṇai-themes of the akam poetry are examined, where the use of ethnological data suggests that the themes are based on some behaviour patterns which are meant to ensure a reliable control over the female energy. Finally, the text raises the problem of earlier poetic forms that consolidated the tiṇai system.
Author | : Takanobu Takahashi |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2023-07-17 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9004658602 |
This indispensable work for Tamil love poetry of South India deals with the relationship between the oldest grammar and poetics, Tolkāppiyam, and the ancient literature (Sangam literature) of the 1-3 C. A.D., providing the original meanings and historical changes of many technical terms of love poetry.
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9789004100428 |
This indispensable work for Tamil love poetry of South India deals with the relationship between the oldest grammar and poetics, "Tolk ppiyam," and the ancient literature ("Sangam" literature) of the 1-3 C. A.D., providing the original meanings and historical changes of many technical terms of love poetry.
Author | : Eva Wilden |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Kur̲untokai |
ISBN | : 9783447053358 |
The present study is a step towards an historical and philologicaldescription of the founding literary tradition of Southern India. This so-called Cankam literature was composed around the beginning of the common era in a language today known as "Classical Tamil". Ten anthologies of its poetry have survived. Its literary techniques and their presuppositions are presented here in detail on the basis of an analysis of one of these anthologies, the Kur-untokai, which is a collection of 401 short love poems. While the introduction and the last chapter, on poetic style, are also meant for the general student of literature, the second and third chapters will be of interest mainly to specialists. These deal with syntax (especially particle syntax) and with the poetological background of the poetry. The formal features described include the use of formulae; the organisation of a poetic universe in terms of themes, topoi and motifs; syntactic types, such as circular construction; rhetorical fi gures, such as metaphors, similes and insets; poetic ambiguity achieved through the use of a symbolic code; puns; and intertextual allusions.
Author | : A R Venkatachalapathy |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2013-07-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 8184752423 |
The breathtaking poems in Love Stands Alone speak to us across time, space, language and culture. The interior, akam, and the exterior, puram, form their two overarching themes. The akam poems are concerned with love in all its varied situations: clandestine and illicit; conjugal happiness and infidelity; separation and union. The puram poems encompass all other aspects of worldly life: wars and battlefields, the munificence of kings and chieftains, and the wisdom of bards. With a comprehensive introduction by A.R. Venkatachalapathy, M.L. Thangappa’s translations delight the senses and bring alive a world long past.
Author | : N.K. Sidhanta |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136201009 |
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