Volume 7, Issue 10

தோட்டியின் மகன் நாவலில் மக்களின் உணர்வுகளும் போராட்டங்களும் | People's feelings and struggles in the novel Thotiyin magan

Author

Dr. V. Meenakshi, Assistant Professor, (Tamil), Department of Science and Humanities, Karpagam College of Technology, Coimbatore 641105 https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2635-9715

Abstract

The novel profoundly records the sorrows and struggles of three generations of Dalit people engaged in sanitation work in Alappuzha, Kerala. It reflects the multifaceted dimensions of the social and existential struggles of the oppressed and marginalized community. One could say that “Thottiyude Makan” embodies every possible human emotion—love, hatred, anger, desire, lust, affection, deceit, betrayal, suffering, cruelty, sorrow, death, pride, compassion, prejudice, fear, tears, lamentation, slavery, hunger, starvation, disease, famine, and inferiority complex. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and interpret these diverse emotional and social dimensions depicted in the novel.

Keywords: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai; Thottiyude Makan; Dalit Literature; Social Realism; Marginalized Communities; Caste and Class Conflict; Psychological Struggles; Modern Malayalam Novel.

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