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'.
| S.No. |
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 |
