Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims

Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims

Rabindranath Tagore, the iconic Asian writer, has of late been accused of Hindu chauvinism by some of his critics. Was he a bigoted writer? Was he anti-Muslim? Did he seek to establish a Hindu Raj in the subcontinent by depriving and disenfranchising the Muslims? Or was he in favour of Hindu-Muslim...

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Main Author: Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
PE English
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PN Literature (General)
PN0080 Criticism
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/1/Tagore_and_Muslims.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/2/50491_1.pdf
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spelling iium-504912016-06-20T06:48:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/ Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims Quayum, Mohammad Abdul PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures PN Literature (General) PN0080 Criticism Rabindranath Tagore, the iconic Asian writer, has of late been accused of Hindu chauvinism by some of his critics. Was he a bigoted writer? Was he anti-Muslim? Did he seek to establish a Hindu Raj in the subcontinent by depriving and disenfranchising the Muslims? Or was he in favour of Hindu-Muslim unity in order for creating a peaceful, prosperous and progressive India? Was his cosmopolitanism inclusive of all ethnic and religious groups, or was it besmirched by his antipathy towards Muslims? These are some of the issues that will be addressed in this paper through an analysis of his letters, speeches, essays, poetry and fiction. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/1/Tagore_and_Muslims.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/2/50491_1.pdf Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2016) Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims. In: Lectures on Rabindranath Tagore 2016, 21st--25th March 2016, Kolkata, India. (Unpublished)
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topic PE English
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PN Literature (General)
PN0080 Criticism
spellingShingle PE English
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PN Literature (General)
PN0080 Criticism
Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims
description Rabindranath Tagore, the iconic Asian writer, has of late been accused of Hindu chauvinism by some of his critics. Was he a bigoted writer? Was he anti-Muslim? Did he seek to establish a Hindu Raj in the subcontinent by depriving and disenfranchising the Muslims? Or was he in favour of Hindu-Muslim unity in order for creating a peaceful, prosperous and progressive India? Was his cosmopolitanism inclusive of all ethnic and religious groups, or was it besmirched by his antipathy towards Muslims? These are some of the issues that will be addressed in this paper through an analysis of his letters, speeches, essays, poetry and fiction.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
author_facet Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
author_sort Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
title Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims
title_short Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims
title_full Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims
title_fullStr Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims
title_full_unstemmed Rabindranath Tagore's literary representation of Muslims
title_sort rabindranath tagore's literary representation of muslims
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/1/Tagore_and_Muslims.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50491/2/50491_1.pdf
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