Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 28.02.2026 | Accepted: 09.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্রের নির্বাচিত গল্পে প্রান্তিকতা: একটি অন্বেষণ রিয়া সাহা, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Riya Saha, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Marginality refers to the class outside the mainstream of society—those who have no economic power, no social power, and minimal ties with the state or power structures. Literarily, the image of marginality means a life full of crisis, where deprivation, hunger, despair, oppression, and the struggle for survival continue. In the first half of the 20th century, rural society in Bengal and the urban middle and lower classes faced social changes. Poverty among the lower classes took extreme forms due to industrialization, urbanization, economic recession, and the Great Depression. This social reality is reflected in the pens of writers. Premendra Mitra was one of those writers who combined humanity with reality. In his stories, we hear the pitiful cries of marginalized people, but at the same time we see the power of hope and resistance. Premendra Mitra is a shining star in the history of Bengali short stories. He was a poet, novelist, screenwriter and short story writer all at once. In the thirties of the 20th century, when a new modernity was beginning in Bengali literature with the help of the Kallol era, Premendra Mitra's writings opened up new horizons of social reality. His stories depict the marginalized people of the city, the uprooted reality of life, poverty, despair, and at the same time the hidden dreams and indomitable vitality of the human heart. Premendra Mitra's short stories are not just stories, they are a mirror of sociology, where the life struggle of poor people, economic inequality, social oppression, and the tension between people are reflected. In his stories, these marginalized people are not just side characters, but they become the main subject of the story. Especially in ‘Pistol’, ‘Samane Charai’, ‘Sangkranti’ and ‘Ponaghat Periye’—we see the intense reality of life and a subtle analysis of the mentality of marginalized people. The realistic writer Premendra Mitra has depicted the lives of the lower-class people in his stories. Speaking of whom, Sarat Chandra says – ‘Those who only give in the world and get nothing, those who are deprived, those who are weak, oppressed, those who are human beings but whose tears are never counted…’ The characters of these marginalized, neglected people are presented with specific feelings in his stories. | ||
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