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Tamil Dalit literature: an overview.(Critical essay)
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Language Forum
- Article date:
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January 1, 2007
- Author:
- Mangalam, B.
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ABSTRACT
Dalit studies in Tamil has its foundational stage. Historically, Dalit literature witnessed a rather late start in Tamil as compared to its counterpart in Marathi or Kannada. As a result, theorization of Dalit writing or a systematic critical corpus has not been developed yet. The author urges the literary critics to start a critical exercise so that justice can be done to properly evaluate the vibrant, multi-faceted, articulate and radically innovative Dalit creative writings in Tamil which we have witnessed in recent years. The present paper critically evaluates the various themes and trends present in Tamil Dalit writings and suggests for certain curative ...