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Sociology through literature : a study of Kaaroor's stories /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devadas Pillai, S., 1935- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Subjects:
Nīlakaṇṭhapiḷḷa, Kārūr > Criticism and interpretation.
Working class in literature.
Middle class in literature.
Literature and society > India.
Malayalam fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan
  • Preface
  • Introductory notes on the "big six"
  • Romantic overtones
  • Erotic pursuits
  • Marital episodes
  • On small children and teenagers
  • Families: sinking, troubled
  • "Sir" stories
  • Sirs: the other side
  • Dictates of fate
  • Behavioural patterns
  • Some social issues
  • Political themes
  • Shades of greed
  • Profiles of the poor
  • Some uncommon people
  • Social dropouts
  • Spiritual themes
  • Some more episodes
  • Tuskers and mahouts
  • Kaaroor's zoo
  • Sociology through literature: some endnotes.