Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 15.03.2026 | Accepted: 21.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
তারাশঙ্কর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের ‘কবি’: ভিন্ন আলোকে
সায়ন মণ্ডল, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Tarashankar
Bandyopadhyay’s Kabi: A Reappraisal from a Different Perspective
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ABSTRACT | ||
Tarashankar
Bandyopadhyay is a renowned figure in Bengali literature. In his fictional
works, modernity and tradition coexist in a parallel and often complementary
manner. His narratives frequently foreground regionality, elements of folk
culture, and the lives and experiences of people from the Rarh region of
Bengal. These features are present, to varying degrees, in the novel under
discussion as well.
However, the
present essay moves beyond these commonly discussed aspects and seeks to
explore a particular current within Bengali fiction—namely, the
artist-biographical (or artist-novel) tradition. It attempts to examine the
nature of the artist’s life and the ways in which Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
portrays the life, struggles, and sensibility of the artist within the
narrative. The essay also considers how the shadow of the artist Tarashankar
Bandyopadhyay himself may be reflected in the novel’s central protagonist, and
how elements of the author’s own creative consciousness resonate through the
character. Through this perspective, the study aims to situate the novel within
the broader discourse of artist-centered narratives in Bengali fiction. | ||
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