Course

Unit 1

The history ofTamilliterature: Nāṭṭupuṟap pāṭalkaḷ, kataikkaḷ, paḻamoḻikaḷ – ciṟukataikaḷ tōṟṟamum vaḷarcciyum, ciṟṟilakkiyaṅkaḷ: Kaliṅkattup paraṇi (pōrpāṭiyatu) – mukkūṭaṟ paḷḷu 35. Kāppiyaṅkaḷ: Cilappatikāram – maṇimēkalai naṭaiyiyal āyvu maṟṟum aimperum – aiñciṟuṅ kāppiyaṅkaḷ toṭarpāṉa ceytikaḷ.

Unit 2

tiṇai ilakkiyamum nītiyilakkiyamum – patiṉeṇkīḻkkaṇakku nūlkaḷ toṭarpāṉa piṟa ceytikaḷ – tirukkuṟaḷ (aṉpu, paṇpu, kalvi, oḻukkam, naṭpu, vāymai, kēḷvi, ceynaṉṟi, periyāraittuṇakkōṭal, viḻippuṇarvu pēṉṟa atikārattil uḷḷa ceytikaḷ. Aṟanūlkaḷ: Ulakanīti (1-5) – ēlāti (1,3,6). – Cittarkaḷ: Kaṭuveḷi cittar pāṭalkaḷ (āṉantak kaḷippu –1, 4, 6, 7, 8), maṟṟum akappēy cittar pāṭalkaḷ (1-5).

Unit 3

tamiḻ ilakkaṇam: Vākkiya vakaikaḷ – taṉviṉai piṟaviṉai – nērkkūṟṟu ayaṟkūṟṟu

Unit 4

tamiḻaka aṟiñarkaḷiṉ tamiḻ toṇṭum camutāya toṇṭum: Pāratiyār, pāratitācaṉ, paṭṭukkōṭṭai kalyāṇacuntaram, curatā, cujātā, ciṟpi, mēttā, aptul rakumāṉ, na.Piccaimūrtti, akilaṉ, kalki, jī.Yū.Pōp, vīramāmuṉivar, aṇṇā, paritimāṟ kalaiñar, maṟaimalaiyaṭikaḷ.

Unit 5

tamiḻ moḻi āyvil kaṇiṉi payaṉpāṭu. – Karuttu parimāṟṟam – viḷampara moḻiyamaippu – pēccu – nāṭakam paṭaippu – ciṟukatai, katai, putiṉam paṭaippu.

Course Objectives

• To learn the history of Tamil literature.
• To analyze different styles of Tamil Language.
• To strengthen thecreativity in communication, Tamilbasicgrammar and use of computer on Tamil Language.

Course Outcomes

• CO1: Understand the history of Tamil literature.
• CO2: Apply practical and comparative analyses on literature.
• CO3: Understand thinai literature, literature on justice, Pathinenkeelkanaku literature.
• CO4: Understand the tamil scholars’ service to Tamil language and society.
• CO5: Understand components of Tamil grammar and its usage
• CO6: Understand creative writing aspects and apply them

CO – PO Mapping

Textbooks / References

• Online Textbooks(link is external)
• Online Textbooks(link is external)
• Mu.Varatarācaṉ “tamiḻ ilakkiya varalāṟu” cāhitya akaṭemi papḷikēṣaṉs, 2012
• nā.Vāṉamāmalai “paḻaṅkataikaḷum, paḻamoḻikaḷum” niyū ceñcuri puttaka veḷiyīṭṭakam, 1980,2008
• nā.Vāṉamāmalai, “tamiḻar nāṭṭuppāṭalkaḷ” niyū ceñcuri puttaka veḷiyīṭṭakam 1964,2006
• poṉ maṇimāṟaṉ “aṭōṉ tamiḻ ilakkaṇam “aṭōṉ papḷiṣiṅ kurūp, vañciyū

Evaluation Pattern