LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 19:12 December 2019
ISSN 1930-2940

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Bharathidasan’s Glorification of New Woman

Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.
J. Kavithanjali, Ph.D. Scholar (PT)

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to present Bharathidasan’s glorification of new woman as freedom loving and revolutionary. Highlighting strong willed women characters from Bharathidasan. This paper projects them as ‘Puthumai Pen’ and ‘Puratchi Pen’ in the society. Thus, Bharathidasan’s new woman is portrayed as love, revolutionary, militant, intelligent, house-keepers and heroic mother who lives for her family and her country.

Keywords: Bharathidasan, new woman, sacrifice, rebellious, revolutionary, strong-willed, independent.

Bharathidasan is a notable Tamil poet gifted with the extraordinary power of poetic imagination which helped him in creating women characters with all the ideals he had in mind. The women characters attest to the common saying, “Behind every successful man is a woman”. The women characters are more efficient and wiser than ordinary women. Even ordinary women characters are portrayed with an individuality. They are of ardent and aspiring feelings with high intellectual powers. With the strong will and fearlessness, they make their way almost unaided towards the wide air of liberty and truth. They are equal to men with an independent spirit and capacity for action. They are never afraid to oppose evil and always to establish justice. Being guides and protectors of men, they stand by men. Bharathidasan’s women are quite rational and revolutionary in their attitude, thereby attacking the superstitions, established institutions and customs among the people.

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Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.
Professor, Head & Chairperson
School of English & Foreign Languages
Department of English & Comparative Literature
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021
Tamil Nadu, India Cell :9442621106 / 7339129324
schelliah62@gmail.com

J. Kavithanjali, Ph.D. Scholar (PT)
Department of Library and Information Science
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021
Tamil Nadu, India
shivakavitha1111@gmail.com
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