Volume II, Issue V, May 2026
Volume-II, Issue-V, May, 2026 |
Received: 20.05.2026 | Accepted: 27.05.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.05.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.05W.466 | |||
মিথ-পুরাণের আধারে বাংলা প্রতিবাদমুখর কবিতা
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সপ্তর্ষি রায়, সহশিক্ষক,
বাংলা বিভাগ, পাঠভবন,
কলকাতা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Bengali Protest Poetry Based on Myths and Puranas Dr. Saptarshi Roy, Assistant Teacher, Department of Bengali, Patha Bhavan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
For a conscious individual, protest is an innate process of life. To fail to roar—with the force of reason—against any injustice in one's surroundings constitutes an affront to human dignity. Poetry stands as one of the foremost genres of literature. When this poetry evolves into an active medium of protest, it gains the capacity to rapidly galvanize a response among the masses. When poets employ 'myth' and 'mythology' (or Purana) as pivotal vehicles to imbue this protest with novel forms, it evokes a multidimensional consciousness within the reader's mind. Traditional folklore—transmitted across generations and inextricably interwoven with the human psyche—constitutes 'myth.' 'Mythology' (or Purana), on the other hand, refers to tales of antiquity. However, unlike myths—which are primarily disseminated through oral tradition—mythology is propagated predominantly through its own written forms. Thus, although 'myth' and 'mythology' are often uttered in tandem, they remain distinct entities when examined through the lens of their origins. Nevertheless, in contemporary discourse, 'myth' and 'mythology' have emerged as mutually complementary concepts. The utilization of myth and mythology across various contexts within poetry has been widely observed. The central theme of this essay, however, is to explore how myth and mythology have intertwined with the language of protest in the bengali poetry of the post-independence era, thereby adding new dimensions to it. This essay analyzes the novel manifestations of myth and mythology within the protest poetry of prominent figures such as Achintyakumar Sengupta, Shankha Ghosh, Kabita Sinha, BirendraChattopadhyay, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Nirendranath Chakraborty, Sabyasachi Deb, Jayadeb Basu, and Mallika Sengupta. Furthermore, the study examines how myth and mythology have served to further sharpen the weapon of protest within the realm of poetry. | ||
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