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Love and Devotion to the Divine:
A Cross-Cultural Exploration of ‘Nayagan - Nayagi Bhava’ in
Tagore’s Gitanjali and Meera’s Kanavukal+Karpanaikal=Kakitankal

Dr. T. Latha, M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D.


Courtesy: https://www.panuval.com>kanav. . .

Abstract

Comparative Literature is the study of literary texts which are linguistically different. Comparative Indian literature is advocated by Indian comparatists to understand the unity that runs through the seemingly diversified kinds of literature of modern India. The chief objective of Indian comparative literature is to trace the similarities among the writers of various regional languages, and thereby equate their underlying similarity to Indianness which is an indispensable part of all Indian literature. Tagore and Meera are writers of modern poetry and are influenced by the pattern of Western poetry. Tagore’s Gitanjali and Meera’s Kanavukal+Karpanaikal=Kakitankal are composed in the same genre, prose poems. Also, the dominant idea in the texts, as has been asserted by many critics is love. This research article aims to ascertain the nature of parallel elements in the art of senior poet Tagore from Bengali and the later-day poet Meera from Tamil Nadu. The physical aspect of love that runs through Gitanjali is metaphysical and mystical. Tagore can present both male and female points of view in love. Meera’s Kanavukal+Karpanaikal=Kakitankal seems to glorify physical love. But it also contains much of spiritual elements. Abdul Kather, a Tamil poet and researcher states “Meera’s Kanavukal+Karpanaikal=Kakitankal reveals his devotion for his lady love.” (74). It shows that Meera is worshiping his ladylove as his God. This analysis reveals many parallels between Tagore and Meera. Both Tagore and Meera present the physical love between man and woman, and the sacred love between man and God, While the first category dominates in Meera, the second dominates in Tagore. In both the poems, ‘nayagan -nayagi bhava’ of worshiping God as lover and beloved is seen. It shows their longing for reunion with their Soul.

Keywords: Tagore, Gitanjali, Meera, Kanavukal+Karpanaikal=Kakitankal, God, love, lover, beloved, Life, Parvati, and Divine.

Introduction

Comparative Literature is the study of literature beyond the confines of one particular country, and the study of the relationship between the literature on the one hand and other areas of knowledge and belief such as arts, philosophy, history, and social science, religion, etc. on the other. In brief, it is the comparison of one literature with another and the comparison of literature with other spheres of human experience. (H.H. Remak,1)

Comparative Literature is the study of literary texts which are linguistically different. The Indian Renaissance awakened the spirit of nationalism and it also paved the way for religious, cultural, and literary revivals. Humayun Kabir says, “The English Romantics have influenced the Bengali Romantics to a considerable degree, who in turn have influenced the Tamil Romantics . . .” (125). Indeed, a new desire for liberty and a sense of revolt against authority which informed the works of English Romantics stirred the younger generation of the Bengali literary world, and as a result of this, a new note of individualism and revolt was born: Tagore and Meera. Considering Meera’s book as good as Tagore’s Gardener, Ki. Raja Narayanan praised the poet: “I wish to call you, ‘the Tagore in Tamil Nadu.” (221).

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Dr. T. Latha, M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D.
Govt. Arts and Science College for Women, Alangulam. 627851
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
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