• Shamseer Babu PK

Abstract: This study is an attempt to map the development of novel in Malayalam from the beginning to the Progressive era in 1930. Despite beginning in the 19th century, Novel in Malayalam did not flourish until the emergence of the nationwide progressive phase of literature writing of 1930s and 40s. This paper differentiates the contexts of novel in Malayalam language in relation to the differences between the early novels and the progressive writing situating Malayalam novel in the broader context of Indian literature. The socio cultural and political implications of Novel produced in the early beginning are discussed to differentiate them from the progressive sensibility came later revolutionizing novel. It is argued here that while the early novels in Malayalam participated in the making of a certain national consciousness based on the life of the socio cultural elites in India, the second major turn, the progressive phase, tries to reverse the process by taking up the rural poor for discussion and therefore opening up new horizon of possibilities.

Novel, Social, Political, Progressive, Nation.

"CHANGING CONTEXTS OF MALAYALAM NOVEL IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.556-562, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808838.pdf

"CHANGING CONTEXTS OF MALAYALAM NOVEL IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp556-562, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808838.pdf