Rise of New women in Rabindranath Tagores fictional Writing A Critical study

Abstract

Rabindranath Tagore, India s most cherished renaissance figures put India on the literary map of the world when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his Gitanjali. Rabindranath has created a new path. Through his writing, he declared a war against social evils and oppression of women in the society. This social consciousness of Rabindranath attracts me very much. And I was interested to do the research work on him. So, I have started the research work entitled Rise of New Women in Rabindranath Tagore s Fictional Writing: A Critical Study. The chief purpose of this thesis is to delve into the comparative study of personality, excellence the literature and society of the respective periods of this great literate. Apart from this last but not the least purpose of the research I tried to analyse the social conflict of the women of his time and their uplift in the respective societies. My research is an earnest and honest effort to present Tagore s works in an impartial and impassioned way and in the true light with the focus on the New Women and their empowerment position in the society. He draws inspirations from varied sources and is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India. The introductory chapter deals with a brief assessment of Rabindranath Tagore as a literary artist. The second chapter Women in Love deals with different phases of love through which women characters pass. Tagore s women having a great sense of moral and social responsibility does not hesitate to show their love and sacrifice. In Women in Relation to the Social Milieu Tagore has described the journey of his women from ignorance to knowledge. The fourth chapter Women Voicing Political Concern attempts to capture the political or nationalistic consciousness of a few Tagorian women characters. The concluding chapter deals with Tagore s New Women and the roles played by them who emerged breaking all the social conventions and norms bestowed upon them by the patriarchal society newline