LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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An Artist in the Making -
James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and
Akilan’s Paavai ViLakku ? An Analogical Note

S. Niraimathi, Ph.D.

The Focus of the Paper

This paper proposes to do an analogical study of James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Akilan’s well-known Tamil novel Paavai ViLakku. The main concern of both The Portrait and Paavai ViLakku is the process of the gestation of an artistic soul which develops from an embryo with distinct traits. In both the novels, the readers’ interest is focused entirely on the central character, the artist hero.

The Heroes of the Novels under Study

The hero in James Joyce’s Artist is an imaginative but an unathletic small boy. He is hard-pressed by the narrow orthodoxies and strict disciplines and rules of a Jesuit boarding-school. He slowly realizes, with growing sadness, that his family is drifting into squalor. Amidst these adversities, he progressively summons pride and arrogance to his aid. Brought up in the Catholic tradition, faith and practice, he has developed an overwhelming sense of sin and this bringing up imposes upon him an extreme sense of guilt and sin because of his untimely sexual initiation. He goes through an anxious and elaborate religious observance. However, despite stumbling he still makes an impeccable advance in art, through reverie and through conversation with whatever acquaintances will listen. He displays an understanding of the realm of art and his elected place in it. The crisis of his break with Church and family, and the exalting moment of revelation and dedication – all these are vividly rendered experiences of Portrait.

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S. Niraimathi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Sri Sarada College for Women
Salem - 636 016
Tamil Nadu, India
aniraimathi1219@gmail.com
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