சு. வேணுகோபாலின் செங்காட்டுக் கதைகளில் ‘பெண் தன்னிலைகள்’ /Women Status in the Senkaatu Stories of Su. Venugopal

Abstract

Tamil regional writing has been started from the writings of R. Shanmugasundaram and was later disseminated by various writers like C. Su. Sellappa (Madurai region), Karisal region (K. Rajanarayanan), Vandal region (T. Janagraman, Muthu), Nanjil Nadu (Nanjil Nadan). They are epitomes of ‘modern writing’ and write about the ethnic groups living there and their main life. Theni area, the red land is called as ‘Senkaadu’. Agriculture is the main livelihood of the people. The area is inhabited by various ethnic groups and had been adapted by the accumulation of immigrants outside of Tamil Nadu. Su. Venugopal, S. Senthilkumar, Uma Maheshwari, Ma. Kamuthurai, Theni Serutaiyan are some important writers who portray the life style of the people of Theni Region. Mostly, they are immigrants and of different ethnic groups. This article discusses about the place of women that makes up S. Venugopal's 'Red Fictions'.

Keywords

• su. venugopal
• senkaadu
• estimation
• plot