Script, Print, Memory: Re-establishing the Cankam in Tamil Nadu

该项目的目的是恢复所谓的坎坎文文本，使其成为泰米尔古典文学中最古老和最古老的部分。这些文本构成了一组抒情选集，在体裁上是英雄的和色情的，可能可以追溯到基督教时代初，但到19世纪末大多被遗忘。在短短一个多世纪的时间里，他们从广泛散落的一捆捆被忽视的棕榈叶手稿变成了泰米尔语最近被正式宣布为印度第二大古典语言的主要原因，仅次于梵语。这种复活、重新解释和重新评估的复杂过程，从简洁的棕榈叶符号通过或多或少明确的纸质手稿，变成了一系列冗长的印刷书籍和完整的注释文学，今天并没有得到很好的理解。语料库的传播史将通过不同类型的手稿和早期版本进行跟踪。为了阐明导致公众意识逐渐被遗忘的早期发展，来自语法传统的评论的证词以及其他文学传统中的某些传奇故事将被考虑在内。在现代时期，他们将不得不考虑与20世纪复兴的口头传统相对应的人。

Aim of this project is following up the reinstatement of the so-called Cankam texts as the oldest and most venerable part of Classical Tamil literature. These texts constitute a group of lyrical anthologies, heroic and erotic in genre, probably going back to the beginning of the Christian era but mostly forgotten by the late 19th century. From widely scattered bundles of neglected palm leaf manuscripts they have turned, within the course of little more than a century, into the main reason why recently Tamil has officially been declared to be the second classical language of India, next to Sanskrit. That complex process of resurrection, reinterpretation and reevaluation, leading from terse palm leaf notation via more or less explicit paper manuscripts into a lengthy series of printed books and a full apparatus of exegetical literature, is not well understood today. The transmissional history of the corpus will be followed up thoughout the different types of manuscript and the early editions. In order to throw light on the earlier development that lead to the gradual oblivion from public consciousness, the testimony of the commentaries from the grammatical tradition, along with certain legendary accounts in other literary traditions will be taken into account. For the modern period their counterparts in the revived oral tradition of the 20th century will have to be considered.