book chapter
The smile of Murugan on Tamil literature of South India
E. J. Brill • Leiden • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Zvelebil, Kamil.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a critical appraisal of historical and modern Tamil literature. Information in this document on early Tamil literature was not processed. The author, a Czech linguist and humanist, discusses distinctive features of Tamil literature, the origins of modern Tamil prose, the Tamil renaissance, the prose of today, and the 'new poetry.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Ethnopsychology
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Humanistic studies
- Publishing
- Press
- Sociolinguistics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tamil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Humanist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kamil V. Zvelebil
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-346)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73163643
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tamil (Indic people)