A Re-Reading of Prataba Mudaliar Sarithiram

மறுவாசிப்பில் பிரதாப முதலியார் சரித்திரம்

Keywords: Mayuram Vedanayagam Pillai, Pratap Mudaliar Sarithiram, Novel Criticism, First Tamil Novel, Political Novel, Post Modernisam Approach

Abstract

Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai has written a Tamil novel called Prataba Mudaliar Sarithram, which is a story of the past. The narrative, told in the biographical background of the individual Prataba Mudaliar, is not narrated in a monotonous manner.Realistic storytelling is not important in the text, which is told as a collection of monologues. Narrated as a story within a story, the story is retold narratively, even if it deviates from the original story.A re-reading of Prataba Mudaliar’s historical novel published by Mayuram Vedanayagam Pillai in 1879, one can trace the novel’s relationship with contemporary times.

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2024-10-01
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