Abstract
Comparative studies in its Eurocentric form is on a fast decline since the
rise of postcolonial studies but it is a flourishing discipline among
postcolonial comparatists who invoke comparative study between
subaltern texts to recuperate and establish the voice of the marginalized
societies. Dr Muhammad Iqbal and Rabindranath Tagore are the two
eminent poets of the subcontinent who used their art to lend intellectual
authority to the forces of resistance against imperial rule. Both the poets
try to reconstruct the identity of their people whose culture and history
have been misrepresented by the colonial discourse. Iqbal and Tagore
take inspiration from pre-imperial spiritual and cultural heritage of their
societiesto recuperate true self of their people. This research article
invokes comparative study of the poetics of self in Iqbal and Tagore to
identify commonalities in the poetic responses of the two poets to the
peculiar socio-political scenario of their land under imperial rule as well
as specificities arising out of particular spiritual frames of reference. The
study also explores the contemporary relevance of the poetics of Iqbal
and Tagore as a critique of neo imperial world order.
Raheela Akhtar , Dr. Mazhar Hayat . (2015) The poetics of self in Iqbal and Tagore: A comparative study, Mayar , Volume 13-14, Issue 2 .
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