D0111 - தொகுதி - பொது விளக்கம்

நற்றிணையும் குறுந்தொகையும்
(A general introduction to நற்றிணை and குறுந்தொகை )

In this block of six lessons, you will be introduced to Sangam Literature. Seventy poems are selected from two works called நற்றிணை and குறுந்தொகை. Tamil’s very ancient intrinsic literary tradition, Tamilian lifestyle explicated by it and high human stream of feelings in general are presented in this block. The acthetics of sangam poems, ruling primarily and prominently till date, in the 2000 year old history of Tamil poems, is explained in the following six lessons.

Of the six lessons in this block, the first three deal with நற்றிணை with its 30 select poems and the next three with குறுந்தொகை through its 40 select poems. Besides the contents in these seventy literary choices their fourfold expressive techniques and twofold external and internal forms are treated in these lessons. As a connoisseur of poems you will appreciate the basic human feeling of love indicated by Tamil words காமம் and காதல் , the unfolding of the mind and the surge of sweet emotions. Information about and experience of some parts of Tamil life during Sangam period can be enjoyed through these lessons.

By absorbing the creative techniques, literary development and changes in a historical manner, it is hoped that you will gain an ability to succinctly express your multi-faceted knowledge

In the contents of these poems, feelings and ideas are expressed through occurrences besides clarifying embedded thoughts.

These pioneering works, எட்டுத்தொகை are illustrative of the richness of Sangam tradition in Tamil literature. You will therefore gain an enthusiastic experience by enjoying the intrinsic human life treated in these books.