Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 19.03.2026 | Accepted: 22.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
মানবিক মূল্যবোধ ও নৈতিকতার আলোকে সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়ের ছোটোগল্প জ্যোতিস্মিতা চক্রবর্ত্তী, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, উত্তরবঙ্গ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Jyotismita Chakrabarti, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Values may be understood as the patterns of behaviour, conduct, and personality traits characteristic of people in a particular era. They are intrinsically linked with the humane consciousness of individuals. We know that animals cannot transcend their physical limitations, but human beings seek to move beyond such boundaries and attain a higher dimension beyond mere physical existence—this higher dimension is what we call values. In the post-Second World War period, the negative impact on the socio-economic sphere led, in many cases, to the erosion and suppression of individual values. In literary works where human life is shaped and stirred by socio-economic contexts, the emergence, transformation, evolution, and crisis of individual values are vividly portrayed. The diverse representations of values are also evident in modern Bengali short stories. For analytical convenience, the discussion of values in Sunil Gangopadhyay’s short stories is divided into three stages: the evolution of individual values, the revelation of individual values, and the crisis of individual values. The crisis of values may further be understood in terms of conflicts arising from socio-economic conditions and interpersonal tensions, conflicts between the individual and the surrounding environment, and inner conflicts between the individual’s inner self and the external world. In this article we see that Sunil Gangopadhyay, in his short stories, portrays both the moral decay of the upper-class society and the ethical framework of the middle class. At the same time, he highlights the crisis of values while also suggesting the possibility of overcoming it. Through themes of modern disillusionment, meaninglessness, and the erosion of values, he presents—through a contemporary lens—the looming crisis of a dark and uncertain future. | ||
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