Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.13 Modern Telugu literature

3.5.13.2 Beginnings of modern Telugu literature: Veeresalingam, Gurajada and the first novels and plays

In the late 19th century Telugu writers took up new Western forms, the novel, the social play, the essay, the short story and the autobiography, and used them for reform; Veeresalingam and Gurajada are the two founders.

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Key terms

  • Kandukuri Veeresalingam
  • Gadya Tikkana
  • Rajasekhara Charitramu
  • 1878
  • Vicar of Wakefield
  • Sri Rangaraja Charitra
  • Andhra Kavula Charitra
  • Sweeya Charitra
  • prahasanam
  • Vivekavardhini
  • Satihitabodhini
  • Gurajada Apparao
  • Kanyasulkam
  • Girisam
  • Madhuravani
  • Mutyala Saralu
  • Purnamma
  • Desabhakti
  • Diddubatu
  • Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham
  • Ganapati
  • Gayopakhyanam
  • Bharata khandambu chakkani paadi aavu
  • Dharmavaram Ramakrishnamacharyulu
  • Andhra Nataka Pitamaha
  • Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao
  • Sakshi
  • Tirupati Venkata Kavulu
  • avadhanam
  • Bandaru Acchamamba
  • Dhana Trayodasi

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