SELECT TOPICS

Professor has selected the following topics and suggested  to the Department of Tamil, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi for the Endowment lectures under 'Prof Dr N Subbu Reddiar & Tmt S Sellapapa Ammal Endowment'.

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Description of the Topic

ANCIENT PERIOD

01 Development of Tamil Language and its relationship to other Dravidian Languages
02 Anthological Concept in Tamil in Comparison with early Greek Anthologies
03 Development of Academy Concept in the Tamil country
04 Sociological Concepts in early Tamil Literature
05 Aphoristic Literature in the Tamil country
06 Literature and Life in the early period
07 The Epic concept in the early Tamil period
08 The Evolution of Deistic concepts in Cankam Literature
09 Forms and Contents of early Tamil Poetry
10 Early Tamil Grammatical works
11 Tirukkutal - the Manual for Perfect Living
12 The Didactic Literature in the early period
13 Studies in Tamil Prosody
14 The Changes in Tamil script through the ages
15 Contribution of the Tamils to Music
16 Stage and Stagecraft of the Tamils
17 Educational concepts in ancient Tamil Literature
18 The Twin Epics in the early period

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

19 The Epoch of Devotional Literature in Tamil
20 The Transition from Nature Poetry to the Religious Lyricism
21 Tirumular, the Bridge between the Cankam secular motifs and the Bhakti Movement
22 The Rise of Vaishnavism and the Azhvars
23 The Codification of Sri Vaishnavism and the Role of Manavalamamunikal
24 Tamil Cultural Influence on the Philosophy of Nammazhvar
25 The Saivite TIRUMURAIS and their Codification
26 Contribution of Manickavasakar to BHAKTI Literature
27 The Role of TEVARAM TRIO for the Development of BHAKTI Literature
28 The Tamil Commentaries - An Assessment
29 Tamil versions of Sanksrit Epics and their Distinctiveness
30 Historical Literature in Tamil during the Medieval period
31 The Development of Later day Poetical Forms [prabandhams] in Tamil
32 Contributions of Jains to Tamil Literature
33 Contributions of Bhuddists to Tamil Literature
34 Mysticism of Cittars' Poetry
35 Commentaries of Vaishnavite Literature
36 Grammatical Works in the Medieval period
37 Saivite Theological Literature
38 Vaishnavite Theological Literature
39 Puranic Literature in Saivism
40 Puranic Literature in Vaishnavism

MODERN PERIOD

41 The Evolution of Tamil Prose Literature
42 Islamic Contribution to Tamil Literature
43 Contribution of Christian Missionaries to the Development of Tamil Literature
44 The Development of Musical Operas in Tamil
45 New Forms of Tamil Prose Literature
46 Christian Contribution to Tamil Literature
47 Religious Poetry in the Modern period
48 Trends in Modern Tamil Poetry
49 Tamil Epics in the Modern period
50 Anthologies of Stray Verses in Tamil
51 New Forms of Tamil Prose Literature
52 The Development of Tamil Novel
53 Historical Fiction in Tamil
54 Social Novels in Tamil
55 Contribution of Foreign Scholarship to the Development of Tamilological Research Today
56 Short stories and their evolution in Tamil
57 The Development of Tamil Drama
58 Translation of Tamil Works in Foreign Languages
59 Translation of Tamil Works in other Indian Languages
60 Biographical Literature in Tamil
61 The Development of Children's Literature in Tamil
62 National Literature in Tamil
63 Historical and Social Play in Tamil
64 Origin and Development of New Poetry in Tamil
65 The Development of Scientific Literature in Tamil

GENERAL

66 Tamil as a medium of modern knowledge
67 Evolving Technical Terms in Tamil
68 Folk-lore in Tamil
69 Lexicography in Tamil
70 The Tamil ISAI Movement
71 The Movement of Purism in Tamil Language
72 The Festivals of the Tamils
73 The Movement towards the Reform of Tamil Language
74 Encyclopedias in Tamil
75 The future of Tamil Language among the World Languages
76 Tamil Journalism and its impact on the Tamil Language
77 Studies of Sports through Tamil Literature
78 Studies in Health and Medicine through Tamil Literature
79 The Origin and Development of Publication process in Tamil
80 The influence of Folk-lore in Tamil Literature