CULTURAL IMPACT AND PSYCHOANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE COUPLE IN PERUMAL MURGUGAN’S BOOK

Abstract

Culture is depicted in many ways and India is known for its vast culture. Culture is the knowledge and identity of a particular group of people who live in certain place. This culture encompasses the profession which they do, the food they eat, the dress which is worn, the language which is spoken, the God and Goddess who are worshipped, the way they should live and their moral values. This culture has been passed on to generation after generation. Present day people often neglect to follow certain things which they think as superstitious belief. In those days that is not the case, people who denied to follow the cultural rule are humiliated and has been ignored from the society.

Perumal Murugan’s One Part Woman gives us a vivid picture of how this cultural belief and moral values followed by the people of Kongunadu affects a childless couple. The novel projects the lives of the protagonists Kali and Ponna who are childless and in love even after twelve years of marriage. The author portrays the emotional sufferings, agony and humiliation caused to them by the society due to their childless stature. How their once beautiful love life has been torn apart for this sole reason alone.