THE SUBJECT OF WOMAN IN THE ESSAYS “THE MADMAN” AND “THE WANDERER” BY GIBRAN KAHLIL GIBRAN

Abstract

The works by one of the prominent representatives of Arab Immigrant Literature emerging in the beginning of 20th century in the USA, a writer, philosopher, and artist Gibran Khalil Gibran have always stood out because of their originality. Gibran’s works contain the synthesis of both the Eastern and Western cultures in which he grew up. The subject of woman is explored in Gibran’s essays, especially in “The Madman” and “The Wanderer”. In these brief works, rich with wisdom and philosophical thoughts, the subject of woman is approached from a unique point of view. According to Gibran, woman is love, affection and a possessor of the heart. Gibran, who very often compares opposites such as joy and sorrow, birth and death, love and hate, sometimes presents woman as two opposite sides of the world. Sometimes the subject of woman in Gibran’s essays is related to the subject of old generations. In Gibran’s essays, the subject of woman is presented in the context of both the Eastern and Western thought traditions. In the essays, “On Giving and Taking,” “Ambition,” “The Other Language” included in “The Madman” and “The Love Song,” “At the Fair,” “The Two Princesses” included in “The Wanderer” and in the other essays we notice Gibran’s unique approach to the subject of woman. The article explores thesespects of Gibran’s works.