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(Advanced Course Reader in Malayalam)
V. Saratchandran Nair
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Cc1:rn:r:: ~ ~nstitute of Indian Languages.
MysorA-570 000.
(Advanced Course Reader in .Malayalam)
CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES
PUBLICATIONS IN MAJOR, INDIAN LANGUAGES : MALAYA LAM - 10.22
Supervision : K.V.V.L. Narasimha Rao
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(Advanced Course Reader in Malayalam)
V. Saratchandran Nair
Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Mysore-570 006.
malayaaLa saahitya darppaNam (Advanced Course Reader in Malayalam)
V. Saratchandran Nair
First Published 15th November 1996
© Central Institute of Indian Languages Mysore, 1996
6(y.
Price Rs.
$
£
ISBN-81-7342-032
Published by . . Dr. Francis Ekka,
Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore
Printed by Mr. S.B. Biswas, Manager, CIIL Printing Press,
Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006.
Production K. Srinivasacharya
Cover Design N.H. ltagi
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FOREWORD
The Central Institute of Indian Languages from its very inception in 1969 has
been working in theoretical and applied aspects of linguistics in its headquarters at
Mysore and its seven Regional Language Centres located at Mysore, Bhubaneswar,
Pune, Patiala, Solan, Lucknow and Guwahati. The main function of the Regional
Language Centres is to impart in-service training to graduate teachers in 13 major
Indian languages other than their mothertongues with the expectation that the trained
teachers should be able to impart instruction in such languages learnt by them to
school children under the scheme of implementation of three Language formula. The
task is tremendous in that, it necessitates a very thorough and intensive training
including language teaching methods, preparation of language instructional materials,
techniques of evaluation and testing and the like.
In fulfillment of this responsibility the Institute has been undertaking the preparation
and publication of a series of Phonetic Readers, Grammars and Dictionaries in the
tribal languages and other series of second language teaching materials in 18 major
Indian Languages which include script books, pictorial glossaries, common vocabularies,
Intensive courses, Intermediate and Advanced course readers and school level language
primers. The present book entitled "malayaaLa saahitya darppaNam" is the Advanced
Course Reader in Malayalam. It aims at giving the learners an overview of the
literature of Malayalam. Due to the paucity of time available at the advanced stage
of learning, the writer, Dr. V. Saratchandran Nair has restricted to the major works
in Malayalam literature. However he has carefully chosen pieces of prose, poetry,
drama, travelogue, humorous essays etc. of the reputed writers of Malayalam literature.
In addition to representing various literary styles and rich diction, these literary pieces
present the cultural background of the people of Kerala. The author has also prepared
various kinds of exercises both subjective and objective, which would enable the
non-native learner to sharpen his language and literary skills. Elaborate cultural notes
and background information regarding each lesson is also provided wherever necessary.
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It is hoped that this book will fully meet the needs of the learners of Malayalam
as a second language. It may even serve as a good text book or a reference book
for the secondary level teaching under CBSE courses. The editor, the supervisor and
the Institute will feel rewarded if the book is well received by the learners and
teachers of Malayalam.
Place : Mysore
Date : November 15, 1996
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am extremely grateful to the following authors or copyright holders for granting
permission to include the literary pieces in this book. I take this opportunity to thank
all. They are as follows,
Sri M. Kesavankutty Nair
Sri C.L. Jose
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Smt. Sumitra J a yaprakash (7)dMO) Q) 6TT)(U)C"LL 0
Smt. Sreedevi Changapuzha
Smt. K.M. Durga
Sri Takazhi Siva S ankara Pillai
Smt. P. Subhadra Amma
Smt. Bhanumati Amma
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I am extremely thankful to Dr. E. Annamalai, former Director of CIIL, for
assigning this work to me and to the present Director of CIIL, Dr. Francis Ekka,
for blessing me with a foreword note. I am equally thankful to Dr. K.V.V.L.N. Rao,
Principal of SRLC for supervising this work and to the former Principal of SRLC,
Dr. K. Viswanatham, for permitting me to work in the Computer Unit for editing
this work.
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I wish to record my deep sense of gratitude to the colleagues of the Department
of Malayalam for the unstinted co-operation in trying out this material and also to
several batches of trainees in Malayalam, who have always improvised the material
by their questions and comments. I gratefully acknowledge the effort of Smt. G.
Shobbana, Malayalam typist for typing the material, Ms. K.P. Bindushree and Ms.
B.N. Geetha for inputting the material and doing page layout in DTP and executing
the computer printout.
I wish to record my deep sense of gratitude to Dr. J.C. Sharma, Deputy Director,
RL.C.'s Unit, Dr. P.N. Dutta Baruah, Reader-cum-Research Officer, Officer-in-charge
of Printing and Publishing and Sri. Srinivas Acharya, Research Assistant, Publication
Unit, of CIIL for their active help and co-operation in bringing out this book fast.
I am thankful to Sri N.H. Itagi for executing the cover design. I am particularly
thankful to Sri. Biswas, Manager, CIIL, Printing Press and also other staff members
of the Press for executing the printing of this book.
Last but not least I thank my wife, Smt. A. Nalini, Lecturer in English, SBRR
Mahajana College, Mysore for all the encouragement, she has given in my academic
pursuits.
Mysore V. SARATCHANDRAN NAffi
Nov. . 15, 1996
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INTRODUCTION
The 'malaayaLa sahitya darppaNam' an Advanced Course Reader in Malayalam
is to be used as class room teaching/learning material for the teacher trainees of the
Southern Regional Language Centre, CIIL, Mysore. This text is to be used at the
advanced stage of the ten month's Intensive Course in Malayalam. It could also be
used by any learner of Malayalam at a later stage of his/her learning the language.
Learning a language at the advanced stage in a total intensive programme
involves sharpening the skills already achieved at the basic and intermediate stage
and also developing the creative faculty in _the learnet. What are the priorities of
learning the language at the advanced stage? It is expected that (i) the learner should
be made to develop an interest in the literature of the target language, appreciate the·
·literary works of the target language and kindle in him an urge to know more about
the literary trends in the target language (ii) the learner should be made .to utilise
the skills already learnt ar the lower levels (iii) the focus should be to exploit the
thematic content and language of the material available and extend it further. For
instance teaching poet-ry could be utilised for various purposes: (i) it could .increase
the learner's vocabulary, both current and archaic (ii) create sensitivity to rhyme and
rhythm, which would help comprehension (iii) since poetry uses repetition and alliteration,
it could be remembered very easily.
I. Selection of the passage
This reader consists of literary pieces from Malayalam literature, which are
suitably selected for the heterogenous group of learners of Malayalam, whose mother
tongue could be Hindi, Oriya, Kannada, Assamcsc, Tamil etc. The age-appropriatness
of the learners and their interest were also kept in mind while selecting the passages.
It includes short-stories, poems, dramas, travelogues, essays etc. mainly fro.rn the modern
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