| 词条 | C. J. Thomas |
| 释义 |
| name = C. J. Thomas | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = CJ | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1918|11|14}}.[1]| birth_place = | death_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1960|07|14}}[1]| death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | nationality = Indian | ethnicity = | citizenship = Indian | education = | period = | genre = | subjects = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Rosy Thomas | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}C. J. Thomas (1918-1960) was a Malayalam playwright and literary critic. He was considered as the playwright who ushered in the modernist phase of Malayalam theatre.[1] Early lifeHe was born in 1918 November 14 to a Syrian Orthodox Christian priest Yohannan Mar Epishiopa and Annama.[2] C J Thomas's father and mother wanted to make him a priest. As a first step to a priest in Orthodox Church, he was ordained a deacon. As education for deacons were free in CMS College Kottayam, he did his intermediate degree from CMS College Kottayam. Later he joined Union Christian College, Aluva for his degree in 1937. During his degree, he decided to leave the priesthood. After finishing his degree, he joined as a teacher in a primary school in Vadakara; he left the teaching job due to problems with school management. CommunistHe later joined Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. During his time in law college he is influenced by communist ideas. After finishing from law college, he started practicing as advocate under N. V. Chacko (a famous advocate at that time). He left his advocate job after two months and become a full-time member of Communist party.{{which|date=June 2015}}[2] Due to his friendship with M. P. Paul , Ponkunnam Varkey, Karur, CJ became a full-time writer in a magazine published form Kottayam. MarriageHe joined M. P. Paul's Tutorial College as professor. There he met Rosy Paul, daughter of M. P. Paul and got married on 8 January 1951. Anti-Communist, DeathDuring the 1950s Thomas became an anti-communist. He was appointed as Producer in All India Radio, Thiruvananthapuram on 1957. Even though the contract was for three years he left the position after one year. He is one of brains behind Liberation Struggle (Vimochana Samaram) which was anti-Communist sociopolitical agitation against the first elected Communist state-government in Kerala. In later end of 1959, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In 14 July 1960 he died during an operation in CMC Vellore. WorksC. J. Thomas was heavily influenced by Bertolt Brecht and the concept of epic theatre. His plays dealt with fundamental moral and ethical problems .[3] C. J. Thomas is noted for the modernist plays Avan vintum varunnu (Behold! He Comes Again) in 1949, and Aa manushyan ni tanne (You Are That Man) in 1955. Even though most of his drams had biblical themes, his plays did not bear any trace of conventional Christian dramas. CJ's works embrace diverse strands of socio-religious thought.[4] Dramas
Essays/Criticism
Novels
References1. ^{{Cite web|title = Revolutionary theater asnd the theater revolution |url = http://bradley.bradley.edu/~tjp/mlmisce.html|publisher=Bradley University | first=Thomas | last=Palakeel | accessdate = 25 April 2018 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=C J Thomas|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/CJThomas/Html/CJThomaspage.htm|publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=9 June 2015}} 3. ^{{Cite book|title = Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url = https://books.google.co.in/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&lpg=PA1085&ots=OC-X_0SvXR&dq=C.%2520J.%2520Thomas%2520malayalam&pg=PA1085#v=onepage&q=C.%2520J.%2520Thomas%2520malayalam&f=false|publisher = Sahitya Akademi|date = 1988|isbn = 9788126011940|first = Amaresh|last = Datta}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Contributions of C. J. Thomas recalled|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/contributions-of-c-j-thomas-recalled/article862793.ece|accessdate=15 June 2015|work=The Hindu|date=1 November 2010}} Further reading
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