A Study of The Sociological Novels in Tamil (An Old and Rare Book)
Book Details
Author(s)R. Dhandayudham
PublisherUniversity of Madras
ISBN / ASINB00TYOZ2EW
ISBN-13978B00TYOZ2E0
Sales Rank99,999,999
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Language: English
Pages: 258
Introduction
"The history of literature," says Hettner, "is the history of ideas and of their scientific and artistic forms." 1 A particular taste dominates at a particular time and this taste gains embodiment and shape. Every age gets the art it deserves, and every age must accept the art it gets. The most popular form of literature to-day is the novel, and into this mould the creations of imagination are most frequently poured now. Novel is as important today as poetry was in those eighteenth century days or as drama was in the days of Shakespeare. II Its influence is so great that the present age in literature is described as the' Age of the Novel:
The novel is one of the highest forms of literary art and is practically a modern art. Sir J. Herschel considers it one of the most powerful engines of civilisation ever invented. "It has been not only the expression of the actions of a people; it has been the expression of the emotion of an age," says Francis Hovey Stoddard.' And above all, the novel has become "a school of manners, a forum of debate, a picture of history and a pocket theatre."
The novel is perhaps the most elastic and adaptable form that the literary artist has discovered. For the past century the novel has dominated all other literary forms, absorbing into itself qualities of many of them. Goethe spoke of it as a hybrid of drama and epic poetry. As a matter of fact, "it has supplanted two great forms of literature-the epic and the romance; it has surpassed three great forms of literature the drama, the lyric poetry the essay." And thus the novel is often described as ' an epic in prose' or as I a pocket theatre' or as ' a fictional biography.' The novelist has also vast scope to express his opinions. 'Whatever his bias-moral, intros
Pages: 258
Introduction
"The history of literature," says Hettner, "is the history of ideas and of their scientific and artistic forms." 1 A particular taste dominates at a particular time and this taste gains embodiment and shape. Every age gets the art it deserves, and every age must accept the art it gets. The most popular form of literature to-day is the novel, and into this mould the creations of imagination are most frequently poured now. Novel is as important today as poetry was in those eighteenth century days or as drama was in the days of Shakespeare. II Its influence is so great that the present age in literature is described as the' Age of the Novel:
The novel is one of the highest forms of literary art and is practically a modern art. Sir J. Herschel considers it one of the most powerful engines of civilisation ever invented. "It has been not only the expression of the actions of a people; it has been the expression of the emotion of an age," says Francis Hovey Stoddard.' And above all, the novel has become "a school of manners, a forum of debate, a picture of history and a pocket theatre."
The novel is perhaps the most elastic and adaptable form that the literary artist has discovered. For the past century the novel has dominated all other literary forms, absorbing into itself qualities of many of them. Goethe spoke of it as a hybrid of drama and epic poetry. As a matter of fact, "it has supplanted two great forms of literature-the epic and the romance; it has surpassed three great forms of literature the drama, the lyric poetry the essay." And thus the novel is often described as ' an epic in prose' or as I a pocket theatre' or as ' a fictional biography.' The novelist has also vast scope to express his opinions. 'Whatever his bias-moral, intros
