நகரத்திணை: சுப்ரபாரதி மணியனின் இரு நாவல்கள்

City Life: Subrabharathimanian ‘s Two Novels

Authors

  • R. Kamarasu Professor and Head, Department of Folklore, Tamil University, Thanjavur

Keywords:

City Life, Novel, Subrabharathimanian, Tirupur, Sayathirai, Tharinaada, Hand Loom, Powerloom, Devangar Ethnography

Abstract

The genre of Novel is being created in Tamil as a result of the rise of various land features. Five types of land are compatible with the nature. Modern life takes shape in cities. Subrabharathimanian continues to tell stories of cities. His two novels “Saayathirai” and “Tharinaadaa” talk about the life and history of Tirupur city. In these novels he explicit how Tirupur, a village proud of its land by the river Noyyal, marked by handlooms, was ruined by the banyan companies by the power looms and became a city disgraced by the river Noyyal. Subrabharathimanian is the writer who writes the classification and modern thinking writer of uprooted city.

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Published

2023-02-14

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