பண்பாட்டு மானிடவியல் நோக்கில் ‘இத்தா’ புதினம் / Idtha Novel in the Perception of Cultural Anthropology

Abstract

Anthropology is the result of man's quest to know about him. It is a systematic scientific study of mankind. Anthropology is derived from the combination of two Greek words 'Anthropos' and 'Logos'. Aristotle first used the term 'Anthropologist' which means 'science of man'. Anthropology is considered essential to find out what constitutes an individual or a society. Today, anthropology has grown into many different disciplines. One of them is cultural anthropology. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire movement of society is encapsulated in the single word 'Culture'. Although all societies are structured by culture; culture differs from society to society. All society imposes certain restrictions on the community to preserve its culture. It seeks to uphold its own culture by punishing the transgressor. The Islamic community is no exception to this. Literature has always had a place among the instruments of culture. A writer is a part of society and when he creates literature in the context of his community, he records the culture of that community. In this way, the Tamil novel 'Idtha' written by Kiranur Zakir Raja has an Islamic code word in the name itself. Only Muslim women can see the dawn of 'Remarriage' after passing through the darkness of ‘Idtha'. It can be seen in the novel that the Islamic religious norms, rituals and colloquial words are different from other social people. 'Idtha' novel explains the 'Talaq' system that men give to women and the 'Gula' system that women give to men. Such norms, laws and rituals converge at the point of 'culture'. From a cultural anthropological perspective, this article explores the Islamic culture and the 'Idtha' ritual in the novel 'Idtha'.

Keywords

• cultural
• anthropology
• idtha novel.