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{{Read Tamil|Name of target page=கரித்துண்டு|Title of target page=கரித்துண்டு}} | {{Read Tamil|Name of target page=கரித்துண்டு|Title of target page=கரித்துண்டு}} | ||
[[File:கரித்துண்டு.jpg|thumb|Karithundu]] | [[File:கரித்துண்டு.jpg|thumb|Karithundu]] | ||
Karithundu (1953), a novel written by | Karithundu (1953), is a novel written by Mu. Varatharasan. It is a novel that discusses ideas about male-female relationship and virginity. The narrator has a style of presenting the author's ideas directly through dialogue. | ||
==Writing, Publication== | ==Writing, Publication== | ||
[[M. Varatharasan]] wrote this novel on 1953. It came out from Thayagam Publications | [[M. Varatharasan|Mu. Varatharasan]](Mu. Va) wrote this novel on 1953. It came out from Thayagam Publications founded by him. | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The novel unfolds when painter Mohan tells his story. A | The novel unfolds when painter Mohan tells his story. A painter Mohan, proud of his education, falls in love with Nirmala and gets married. Mohan meets with an accident. He doesn't want to live with Nirmala. So Nirmala breaks up with him and goes to Bombay meets Prof. Kamalakannan. She lives with him without getting married. When she comes to Chennai, she meets her husband Mohan. | ||
In Chennai, painter Mohan accepts poverty and lives as a cripple. Mohan, who paints with colored powders and painting sticks, is finally forced to paint with charcoal. He lives in a small hut with a poor girl, Ponni. His | In Chennai, painter Mohan accepts poverty and lives as a cripple. Mohan, who paints with colored powders and painting sticks, is finally forced to paint with charcoal. He lives in a small hut with a poor girl, Ponni. His pride as an educated individual is gone. Nirmala breaks up with Kamalakannan. | ||
The novel is made up of | The novel is made up of loosely ordered events. Morality, chastity and the techniques of male-female relations are discussed in both the author's voice and the narrator's voice. "The charcoal painter in the story 'Karithundu' is my favorite. He is a living person. I have even followed him to his house, befriended him. I made him a Bengali through my imagination " Dr. R. Mohan recalls in his memoir of Mu. Varatharasan as stated by him. | ||
==Literary Place== | ==Literary Place== | ||
[[K.N. Subramaniam]] has included Karithundu as one of the must read novels in his famous list Padithirukireergala?. Written at a time when Tamil society was beginning to reconsider its traditional views on male-female relations, | [[Ka.Na. Subramaniam|K.N. Subramaniam]] has included ''Karithundu'' as one of the must read novels in his famous list '<nowiki/>''Padithirukireergala?''<ref>meaning 'Have you read?'</ref>'. Written at a time when Tamil society was beginning to reconsider its traditional views on male-female relations, '''Karithundu''<nowiki/>' is a popular read as it discusses in detail and lucidly the relationship between men and women in the modern context. | ||
"We can see the novel ' | "We can see the novel '''Karithundu''<nowiki/>' as a novel with a social perspective. There is a close relationship between the family problem and the social trend. A novelty in his style, a novelty not only in the names of the characters but also in the creation, a novelty in his plot all these attract me. He has seen the same Chennai that many writers have seen. But his specialty is that he has looked with compassion at the slums and dumps where the poor and the neglected by the society live" says writer Akilan (In his article on Mu. Varatharasan's memorial collection). | ||
"I think both his strength and weakness are his persistence. He leaves nothing to the reader's imagination. He gives us till the last drop" says critic R.V. about this novel. | "I think both his strength and weakness are his persistence. He leaves nothing to the reader's imagination. He gives us till the last drop" says critic R.V. about this novel. | ||
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இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: கரித்துண்டு
Karithundu (1953), is a novel written by Mu. Varatharasan. It is a novel that discusses ideas about male-female relationship and virginity. The narrator has a style of presenting the author's ideas directly through dialogue.
Writing, Publication
Mu. Varatharasan(Mu. Va) wrote this novel on 1953. It came out from Thayagam Publications founded by him.
Synopsis
The novel unfolds when painter Mohan tells his story. A painter Mohan, proud of his education, falls in love with Nirmala and gets married. Mohan meets with an accident. He doesn't want to live with Nirmala. So Nirmala breaks up with him and goes to Bombay meets Prof. Kamalakannan. She lives with him without getting married. When she comes to Chennai, she meets her husband Mohan.
In Chennai, painter Mohan accepts poverty and lives as a cripple. Mohan, who paints with colored powders and painting sticks, is finally forced to paint with charcoal. He lives in a small hut with a poor girl, Ponni. His pride as an educated individual is gone. Nirmala breaks up with Kamalakannan.
The novel is made up of loosely ordered events. Morality, chastity and the techniques of male-female relations are discussed in both the author's voice and the narrator's voice. "The charcoal painter in the story 'Karithundu' is my favorite. He is a living person. I have even followed him to his house, befriended him. I made him a Bengali through my imagination " Dr. R. Mohan recalls in his memoir of Mu. Varatharasan as stated by him.
Literary Place
K.N. Subramaniam has included Karithundu as one of the must read novels in his famous list 'Padithirukireergala?[1]'. Written at a time when Tamil society was beginning to reconsider its traditional views on male-female relations, 'Karithundu' is a popular read as it discusses in detail and lucidly the relationship between men and women in the modern context.
"We can see the novel 'Karithundu' as a novel with a social perspective. There is a close relationship between the family problem and the social trend. A novelty in his style, a novelty not only in the names of the characters but also in the creation, a novelty in his plot all these attract me. He has seen the same Chennai that many writers have seen. But his specialty is that he has looked with compassion at the slums and dumps where the poor and the neglected by the society live" says writer Akilan (In his article on Mu. Varatharasan's memorial collection).
"I think both his strength and weakness are his persistence. He leaves nothing to the reader's imagination. He gives us till the last drop" says critic R.V. about this novel.
References
- Kootanchoru - Vimarsanam Karithundu
- Mu.Va. Karithundu novelin samooga sinthanigal - Muthukamalam
- Tamil Inaiya Kalvi Kalagam - Kathaikoppu
- M.V. Ninaivumalar Inaiyanoolagam
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- ↑ meaning 'Have you read?'
