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Sociology through literature : a study of Kaaroor's stories / S. Devadas Pillai.
Van Pelt Library PL4718.9.N528 D48 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Devadas Pillai, S., 1935-2022, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nīlakaṇṭhapiḷḷa, Kārūr--Criticism and interpretation.
- Nīlakaṇṭhapiḷḷa, Kārūr.
- Working class in literature.
- Middle class in literature.
- Literature and society--India.
- Literature and society.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- India.
- Malayalam fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Malayalam fiction.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Kaaroor's stories
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2019.
- Summary:
- "This book presents a comprehensive study of nearly 100 of Kaaroor's short stories. Kaaroor Neelakanta Pillai is one among the Big Six of the 'new wave' in Malayalam literature which began in the mid-1940s. The Big Six and their immediate followers wrote about the common man, peasants, pavement-dwellers, fishermen, rickshaw-pullers, underpaid school teachers -- their lives, aspirations and vulnerabilities. By treating Kaaroor's stories as case studies, the book takes a sociological approach to understanding the representation of a wide array of themes: romantic overtones, erotic pursuits, marital episodes, issues of family, lives of children, behavioural patterns, shades of greed, the idea of spirituality and politics in Malayalam literature. With its annotated transcreation and detailed commentary, this book brings Kaaroor's works to the general reader, and will be useful to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature, English literature, linguistics, cultural studies, besides those interested in Malayalam literature and the Malayali/Indian diaspora across the world." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan
- Preface
- Introductory notes on the "big six"
- Romantic overtones
- Erotic pursuits
- Marital episodes
- On small children and teenagers
- Families: sinking, troubled
- "Sir" stories
- Sirs: the other side
- Dictates of fate
- Behavioural patterns
- Some social issues
- Political themes
- Shades of greed
- Profiles of the poor
- Some uncommon people
- Social dropouts
- Spiritual themes
- Some more episodes
- Tuskers and mahouts
- Kaaroor's zoo
- Sociology through literature: some endnotes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Devadas Pillai, S., 1935- author. Sociology through literature.
- ISBN:
- 9780367144180
- 0367144182
- OCLC:
- 1088524718
- Publisher Number:
- 99981673386
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