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Dr.V.SARATCHANDRAN NAIR 3-5-2011 ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE MYSORE UNIVERSITY. GLIMPSES OF MALAYALAM LITERATURE 15 th Cent to 21st cent. FURTHER PERIODS. 15 TH CENT TO 19 TH CENT CONTINUATION OF THE MAHA KAVYA STYLE MOSTLY THE THEME WAS PURANIC LITERATURE
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Dr.V.SARATCHANDRAN NAIR 3-5-2011 ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE MYSORE UNIVERSITY GLIMPSES OF MALAYALAM LITERATURE15th Cent to 21st cent
FURTHER PERIODS • 15TH CENT TO 19TH CENT • CONTINUATION OF THE MAHA KAVYA STYLE • MOSTLY THE THEME WAS PURANIC LITERATURE • ADVENT OF EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES • TRANSLATION OF BIBLE • FIRST PUBLICATIONS IN MALAYALAM • INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH EDUCATION • 19TH CENT • FR.ARNOSS,FR.SPRING, • FR.FROHENMAYER, • FR.GUNDERT • MANY MISSIONARIES PUBLISHED GRAMMAR BOOKS IN MALAYALAM • NATIVE GRAMMARIAN • FR.GEORGE MATHAN PUBLISHED MALAAZMAYUTE VYAAKARANAM • A.R.RAJA RAJA VARMA PUBLISHED KEERALA PAANINIIYAM • SHEESHAGIRI PRABHU ` VYAAKARANAMITRAM
DEVOTION TO KRISHNA-HYMNAL POETRY and didactic poetry • ELUTTACHAN-ARDENT DEVOTION • CHERUSSEERI-TENDERNESS AND HUMOUR • PUUNTHAANAM-PHILOSOPHICAL • Ex: aambaaTitanniloruNNiyuNtiane uNNikkoruNNikkuZalumuNTaane uNNivayaRRattucooRumuNTaane uNNikkairaNTiluMveNNayuNTaane
Puunatanam`skaRNaamritaMphilosophical –innaleyooLamentennaRiiilainninaaLeymentennaRiiilainnikkaNTataDikkuvinaaSavuMinnaneeramenneetumaRiiilakaNTukaNTairikkuMjanaaLekaNTillennuvaruttunnatuMbhavaan…eNNiyeNNikkuRayunnataayusuM
Kunjannambiaar`stullalsaahityam(1705-1765) • A new form temple art known as oTTantuLLal was introduced by KunjanNambiar in the 18th century –contemporary of Marthandaverma • Well Known for humour and lucid style and diction • Social satire was his hall mark • Costume is picturesque,full painting of the face,the actor is supported by a singer,a drummer and a cymbalist ,the narration is accompanied by dancing
19th Century and thereafter different genres of literature Novels, short stories, Drama ,newspaper, Travelogues, romantic poetry and pastoral poems biographies, and various kinds of literature during the 19th and 20th century and we can consider Malayalam literature emerged as the strongest literature with the first njanpiithasammanam given to G.sankarakurup for his poetic treatise “ooTakkuZal” • -kundalata-Mrs.Collins • Indulekha-O.ChanduMenon • 1905-viiNa puuv@-MahakaviKumaranAsan-onset of new trends in Mal .li • Trio-kumaranAsan,uLLuuRParameswaraIyer,VaLLattooLnaarayaNaMenon • Revival of kathakali • Historical novels by CV Raman Pillai
Novels and short stories Oodayilninn@ raNTidaaZi Baalyakaalasakhi Sundarikalumsundaranmaarum, ummacchu Basheer,kesavadev,ThakazhiSivasankaraPillai, PC kuttikrishnan(Uroob) Skpottekat, MT Vasudevannair,lalithambikaantharjanaM,SaraswathiAmma,Nandanar,OVVijayan,madhavikkutti,rajalakshmi,vilasini,etc • Communist Movement • Second world war • Indian independence struggle • Post independence
Modern literature poems Other Genres • Changampuzha • Vailopillisreedharamenon • Vayalarramaverma • P.Bhaskaran • O.N.V.Kurup • Sugathakumari • Akittam • Olappamanna • Vishnu narayanNambudiri • AyyappaPanicker • NNKakkad • BalachandranChullikkad • Kadammanitta etc • Travelogue • Feature • Jounalism • Novellette • VKN `s novellete • Humourous Essays • Film , TV ,Drama • Kathaprasangam • Caricature • Shankar`s Cartoons • Political satire etc