Encyclopaedia Of South Indian Literature

by Madhubala Sinha

Overview

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. South India is home to a large number of languages and dialects. South India has an independent literary tradition going back over 2000 years. The first known literature of South lndia are the poetic Sangams, which were written in Tamil between 2000 to 1500 Years ago. Distinct Malayalam and Telugu literary traditions developed in the following centuries. The encyclopaedia deals with linguistic topics, ranging through the Dravidian family as a whole others concentrate on specific languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kanadda and Malayalam. This pioneering work will interest all those in the fields of sociolinguistics, language studies, literature and sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789353144586
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	282
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Madhubala Shinha is Lecturer of Sanskrit, Dharmasamaj Sanskrit College, Muzaffarpur (Bihar). Authored several books on these subjects, she has contributed extensively in lndian and foreign professional journals.