Volume-II, Issue-III, January 2026
Volume-II, Issue-III, January, 2026 |
Received: 25.12.2025 | Accepted: 10.01.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.01.2026 | Page No: 710-717 | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.03W.498 | |||
বিষ্ণুদে’র চোরাবালি: আধুনিকতা ও ঐতিহ্যের দ্বান্দ্বিক রূপান্তর ড. বন্দনা বর্মন, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, বাংলা বিভাগ, করিমগঞ্জ কলেজ, শ্রীভূমি, অসম, ভারত |
Bishnu Dey’s Chorabali: The Dialectical Transformation of Modernity and Tradition Dr. Bandana Barman, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bengali, Karimganj College, Sribhumi, Assam, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
This paper explores the synthesis of myth, modernity, and tradition in Bishnu Dey’s seminal poetry collection Chorabali. Moving beyond the conventional view of myth as mere ancient folklore or supernatural tales, the study positions myth as a repository of collective human consciousness and reality—what Rabindranath Tagore described as “ancestral tales embedded in the marrow.” In post-Tagore Bengali poetry, Bishnu Dey stands out for his conscious, objective, and multifaceted application of both Eastern (Indian) and Western classical mythologies to articulate the socio-psychological dilemmas of the interwar era. Through a close textual analysis of key poems such as Cressida, Ophelia, and Yayati, the article highlights how Bishnu Dey seamlessly weaves classical European literary figures (from Homer, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Henryson) with Indian epic motifs from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, and the Upanishads. In Cressida, the parallel alignment of the Trojan War and the Kurukshetra War acts as a trope for wartime disillusionment and ultimate intellectual transcendence. In Ophelia, the juxtaposition of Hades and Proserpina alongside Devayani symbolizes the struggle against existential alienation and the search for spiritual redemption through love. Similarly, in Yayati, the mythic king’s greed for youth represents the decay of bourgeois capitalism depleting the future generation. Ultimately, the paper demonstrates how Bishnu Dey redefined modern Bengali poetry by using myth not as an escape into the past, but as a dialectical instrument to navigate contemporary realities and achieve a collective humanistic awakening. | ||
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