Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
Popular themes in Tamil short story anthology IPetaoai Kaihaikal' of Tamil Language Society, University of Malaya is a study covering themes written by local Tamil authors in Malaysia. Author brings many themes and issues into their writings through their own life experiences and the experiences of life time. With this, plantation background is highly dominant in the production short stories among short story writers. Authors also discuss themes such as the theme of love and marriage, poverty, and environmental education, school teachers, social problems such as education and promiscuity inverse, divorce, parents sacrifices in among Indians families, senior citizens and neighbourhood. The study of things that happened in the past or latest incidents in Indian society should be touched so that it becomes a real depiction of a society. Thus, the processing aspects of the theme in this anthology of Tamil short stories selected for the study of Indian society and background depict their lives. The themes in this anthology of short stories depict the flow of thought and the circumstances of the Indian community in Malaysia during 1980 to 2000.
Keywords
Tamil anthology of short stories, themes and issues, community sociology, plantation life and problems
Divisions
arts
Publication Title
Journal of Indian Culture and Civilization
Volume
1