• Raghu V

Abstract : Kahlil Gibran (1883 – 1931) and Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (1896 -1981) are considered as the forerunners of new era in the literary history of their respective lands. Gibran is at times compared to the great Romantic William Blake and Bendre is compared to Kalidasa. They migrated from their birth place and settled in their choice of lands. Their contribution to literature is qualitatively and quantitatively of high order and greatly appreciated by the critics. Both writers are deeply rooted in their past and project a romantic future. They employ a new style of form, thought and expression and were instrumental in ushering a new era in their respective literary circles. In kannada it led to neo-romanticism and in English it paved way for prose-poem form. This paper studies the elements of diaspora and the strains of alienation in their poems. There is also a sense of disillusionment in their works which is a derivative of alienation. The scholar scans through the poems of these poets to trace how the migration and longingness for the motherland have fuelled their imagination. Both borrowed powerful images from nature. Their works are found to be human-centric and they propound a spiritual destiny for the mankind. They lament for the loss of love and humanity in social, political and economic arenas. This disturbs the writers greatly and they respond to it in their works. The paper presents the analysis in a comparative style with suitable examples and quotes.

Gibran, Bendre, neo-romanticism, comparative study, diaspora, alienation.

"Diasporic Elements and alienation in poems of Kahlil Gibran and Bendre", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.345-348, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906W44.pdf

"Diasporic Elements and alienation in poems of Kahlil Gibran and Bendre", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp345-348, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906W44.pdf