Nationalism in Rabindranath Tagore's Gora: A Critical Analysis

Nation is the key concept in Indian English literature. The writers who live in India, theywrite about their experiences through the writings. Their experiences are related with theirculture, nativity, customs and the persons around them. Autobiographical features peep into theirliterature but some writers never write about the personal experiences. They use the experiencesfor the fictional creation. While creating fictional literature, they use facts and places from thecountry which they live. Sometimes their fiction is the representation of the reality of the societybut through the use of fictional character presents the real notion about the nation and society.Such writing becomes the historical record of social history of the nation. The present researchpaper analyses the Tagore’s idea of nation and utilization of the aspects which represents thenation within the novel Gora.