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

3.5.13.4 Telugu novel and short story: Malapalli to Veyipadagalu and after

From Rajasekhara Charitramu (1878) the Telugu novel grew into a vehicle of national and social argument: Unnava's Malapalli on caste and Gandhian reform, Viswanatha's Veyipadagalu on tradition, Chalam on women's freedom, Gopichand on the inner self, and later writers on class, gender and caste.

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Key terms

  • Telugu novel
  • Rajasekhara Charitramu
  • Unnava Lakshminarayana
  • Malapalli
  • Sangavijayamu
  • Non-Cooperation
  • Sarada Niketan
  • Viswanatha Satyanarayana
  • Veyipadagalu
  • Sahasraphan
  • P.V. Narasimha Rao
  • Gudipati Venkata Chalam
  • Maidanam
  • Tripuraneni Gopichand
  • Asamardhuni Jeevayatra
  • Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama
  • Adivi Bapiraju
  • Narayana Rao
  • Gona Gannareddy
  • Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao
  • Chaduvu
  • Bucchibabu
  • Chivaraku Migiledi
  • Ravuri Bharadwaja
  • Paakudu Raallu
  • Ranganayakamma
  • Volga
  • Kalipatnam Rama Rao
  • Yagnam
  • Katha Nilayam
  • short story
  • Diddubatu
  • Dhana Trayodasi

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