A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF “CHUTI” BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND “MUKTI” BY LAKSHMINATH BEZBARUAH

Rabindranath Tagore and Lakshminath Bezbaruah are the most prolific and pioneering short story writers of Bengali and Assamese literature. They have their distinctive contributions to the respective literary worlds which also contribute a lot in the growth and development of Indian Literature. Many critics opine that Bezbaruah was influenced by the contemporary Bengali Literature and its imprint is clearly visible in his writings. But it is undoubtedly true that despite being influenced by Bengali Literature, the writings of Bezbaruah were completely original in matters of their objectives, style and techniques. The present paper is a comparative analysis of the art of characterization, plot construction and other related literary characteristics of Tagore and Bezbaruah with special reference to two of their famous short stories “Chuti” and “Mukti”