RABINDRANATH TAGORE : (1861 – 1941) NOTABLE AWARD : NOBLE PRIZE IN LITERATURE SOBRIQUET : GURUDEV TAGORE’S GITANGALI
GITANGALI * OFFERING SONGS * AUTHOR: RABINDRANATH TAGORE LANGUAGE : ENGLISH, BENGALI SUBJECT: “ DEVOTION TO GOD ” GENRE : POEM PUBLISHED ON : 1910 IN ENGLISH : 1912 COLLECTION OF POEMS : 103 TRANSLATED FROM BENGALI: 53 POEMS OTHERS : 50 FROM HIS DRAMAS
DEFINITION The English Gitanjali became very famous in the West. gitanjali - "gita", song "anjali", offering – "An offering of songs"; "prayer offering of song".
THEME HOW MANKIND CAN BE UNITED BY THE RELIGIOUS BOND OF LOVE AND COMPASSION. VANITY AND HUNGER FOR POWER. SPIRITUAL BOND AND SERVICE TO HUMANITY
ACTIVITY ! 1. GITANJALI MEANS A)PRAISING GOD B)OFFERING SONGS C)MOURNING POEM
ACTIVITY !! 1. AUTHOR OF THIS POEM TELL THE YEAR OF GETTING THE NOBLE PRIZE ? 3.MENTION ANY ONE OF THE THEME IN GITANJALI ? THANK YOU