LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:1 January 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Status of Children’s Literature in Malayalam Literary History

Biju P.V., M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.


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Way back in 1867 Sri. Kerala Varma formed a Text Book Committee. In 1868, when he became its president, the very first endeavor he embarked upon was to scientifically design and develop books for children, based on their age and knowledge. This paper presents a short history of Children’s Literature in Malayalam and discusses the current status of creative writing relating to children’s literature in Malayalam. While other sections of literature were given in-depth coverage in standard books of literary history written by eminent scholars and writers, children’s literature was given very nominal importance, no more than 5-10 pages. This clearly indicates how much importance was given to Children’s Literature by those authors in Malayalam.

Key words: Malayalam literature, children’s literature, themes of children literature.

Children’s Literature - Sri. Kerala Varma in 1868

Today literary history recognizes and marks new trends and themes in literature day by day. However, there is one field in Malayalam Literature that barely receives any recognition or attention – the Children’s Literature. Way back in 1867 Sri. Kerala Varma formed a Text Book Committee. In 1868, when he became its president, the very first endeavor he embarked upon was to scientifically design and develop books for children, based on their age and knowledge. Apart from Malayala Padavali, he prepared other books on subjects like Mathematics, History, Geography, Health Science, Economics, and Moral Studies, etc. Among the Moral Studies books, ‘Sanmarga Samgraham’, ‘Sanmarga Pradeepam’, and ‘Mahacharitha Samgraham’ are prominent ones.


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Biju. P.V., M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Malayalam
University of Madras
Marina Campus
Chennai – 600 005
Tamilnadu
India
bijuvijay1983@yahoo.co.in

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