International Journal of Research in Arts and Science
ISSN: 2394-9759 | Frequency: 4 Issues/Year
Impact Factor: 0.387 | International Scientific Indexing(ISI) calculate based on International Citation Report(ICR)
Historical Perspectives and Role of Women in Tamil Literature
Abstract:
The Indian literature landscape has never been shaped equally by both genders, with the male perspective dominating. Even though there are few women poets who broke the mould and rage a trace by leaving a permanent mark to Tamil literature. The male dominated and male centric priorities have been the found from various literary works throughout history, starting from medieval period until half of 20th century. Inquisitively, there is something different in early Tamil literature. Women play very prominent roles in early Tamil epics in the earliest period of Tamil poetry during sangam period. Poetry is the most popular literary genre. It has been admired and loved by women as it is a way of expressing womens feeling, which is from their tender hearts. The article speaks about the historical perspectives of women from Sangam age to 21st century and role of women in Tamil literature.
Keywords: Sangam Age, Tamil Literature, Tamil Poetry, Women
Volume: 5 | Issue: Women Empowerment Leadership and Socio-Cultureal Dimensions
Pages: 01-08
Issue Date: March , 2019
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