Mayyazhi puzhayudae Theerangalil…. M MUKUNDAN

1. Mayyazhi puzhayudae
Theerangalil….

3. M. Mukundan
• Maniyambath Mukundan.
• Pioneer of modernity in Malayalam literature.
• Ingenious application of myths & folklores.
• ‘Mayyazhiyudae kathakaaran’.

4. • Nostalgic look at the colonial past of Mahe.
• Tells the story of the freedom struggle in Mahe
seen through the eyes of Dasan and his
grandmother Kurambiamma.
• Captures the agony and angst of the young rebels ,
juxtaposing it with the nostalgia that the older
citizens such as Kurambi a mma feel for a way of
life that is to be lost forever.

5. Characters….
Natives of Mayyazhi French people
• Mooppan sayyiv
• Leslie sayyiv
• Missi
• Gasthon sayyiv
Indian officials of state
• Mayor chekku mooppar
• Servant –en –retraite
Kunhikannan
• Karunakaran
• Kurumbi amma.
• Dhamu
• Kawsuvamma
• Dasan
• Kunjanandan master
• Chandrika
• Kanaran master
• Pappan
• Vasootty

6. Talespopular in Mayyazhi….
• Joan of arc.
• Vaishravanan chettiyar as a serpent.
• Kurumbanachan and gulikan.
• Origin of Virgin Mary’s church.

8. Velliyankallu
• Mysterious rock in the sea over which Mayyazhi's
souls hover between lives.
• Dragonfly myth- dead souls fly as dragonflies
over Velliyankallu
• Lingering theme of births, deaths, rebirths adds to
the mystical and mythical overtones of the novel.

9. • Dasan – the tragic hero
- Existentialist. Haunted by an identity
crisis between his roles as son and freedom fighter
-His philosophy is that of humanism and interprets
that communism is humanism
Reflects the convictions of the writer which echo
throughout the novel
-"I am not a communist, I am a humanbeing."

10. "A Classic can only occur when a civilisation is
mature, when a language and literature are mature and
it must be the work of a mature artist."
T.S.Eliot