Spanning Beyond the Boundaries Through Comparative Study: Parallelism of Ideas and Concepts in the Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra and Rajendra Bhandari

Abstract

Comparative Literature is a genre which gives ample opportunities to readers and critics to investigate the different spectrums of the making of literature all around the world. Human sensibilities do get depicted in the literary texts of different parts of the world which provide an insight into the living conditions, social composition and individual efforts at establishing identity. India is a land of multicultural milieu. Jayanta Mahapatra from Orissa and Rajendra Bhandari, the regional poets have much in common in the treatment and approach towards the subjects they have dealt with in their poems. Mahapatra represents the whole of India in general and Orissa in particular whereas Bhandari represents the northeastern sensibilities. But, overall, these two poets try to execute the portrayal of humanity from different perspectives. This paper aims to examine the issues of united receptivity from these two poets.