T.S. Eliot and Malang Jan: The Same Philosophies but Different Linguistic Contexts

Abstract

Comparative study in the major of literature of various nations has been a topic for deep, critical and analytical discussion and debate for centuries among the scholars of the mentioned important discipline of humans’ life. The paper logically convinces its audience that both T.S. Eliot and Malang Jan have the same philosophies regarding the values people lost for being a modern man with only a different linguistic medium (English and Pashtu). Both of them talk about the ruin of modern life of their own geographical areas. At the meantime, the study also found that both of the mentioned masterpieces awakened their people from the heavy and depth sleep of immorality. For instance, Malang Jan used his poetic diction to awaken the nation of Pashtun who used to be educated and were the founders of Durani Empire in the region, but being neglected from education and other important values, they lost the qualities of being good leaders. In the same note, T.S. Eliot too called on residents of London city to restore their lost values.