Women In the Short Stories of Rabindra Nath Tagore : A Social Perspective

Authors

  • Sushila Sahu  Research Scholar, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Dr. Shilpi Bhattacharya  Professor, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Dr. Harsha Patil  Associate Professor, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Keywords:

Moral, Gender, Social Issues, Community, Kinship, Female

Abstract

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) who was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his volume of poems Gitanjali (Song Offerings). Rabindranath Tagore is also known for his short stories; the themes of his stories are direct and clear moral that portray the social issues of society. This research paper is an attempt to examine the female protagonists in Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories from a social viewpoint, focusing on gender and time-based kinship relations. Here, kinship is defined as an extension of familial relationships to the community (common ethnic-social life, locality and religion) in such a way as to achieve progressively higher levels of social integration and extensive social networks through marriage alliances and lines of descent.

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2021-08-30

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Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August-2021

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Sushila Sahu, Dr. Shilpi Bhattacharya, Dr. Harsha Patil "Women In the Short Stories of Rabindra Nath Tagore : A Social Perspective" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.440-444, July-August-2021.