UNIVERSITY OF DELHI , B.A. (HONOURS) BENGALI , (Three Year Full Time Programme) , COURSE CONTENTS (Effective from the Academic Year 2011‐2012 onwards) DEPARTMENT OF MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERARY STUDIES

PAPER XV
CONCURRENT – DISCIPLINE
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SEMESTER - V
Paper XVI : History of Literature (19th & 20th Century upto 1947)

Texts: ‘Bangla Sahityer Sampurno Itibritto’; Asit Kr. Bandyopadhyay (Selected Items)

(i) Fort William Colleger Lekhakbrinda
(ii) Shrirampore Missioner Lekhakbrinda
(iii) Hindu Colleger Lekhakbrinda
(iv) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(v) Iswar Ch. Bidyasagar
(vi) Akshay Kr. Dutta
(vii) Debendra Nath Tagore
(viii) Bangla Sambad O Samoyikpatra
(ix) Iswar Ch. Gupta
(x) Rangalal Bandyopadhyay
(xi) Madhusudan Dutta (as poet)
(xii) Hem Ch. Bandyopadhyay
(xiii) Nabin Ch. Sen
(xiv) Madhusudan Dutta (as playright)
(xv) Dinabandhu Mitra
(xvi) Ram Narayan Tarkaratna
(xvii) Biharilal Chakrabarty
(xviii) Debendra Nath Sen
(xix) Akshay Kumar Boral
(xx) Gobinda Ch. Das
(xxi) Mahila GitiPoet (Girindra Mohini, Mankumari, Kamini Ray, Promila
Nag)
(xxii) Introduction to novels (Alal, Hutom, Bhabani Charan, Phulmoni O
Karunar Bibaran etc.)
(xxiii) Bankim Ch. Chattopadhyay (as novelist)
(xxiv) Bankim Samakalin Gauno Ouponyasikbrinda (Spcl. Atten: Ramesh Ch.
Dutta)
(xxv) Rabindra Nath Tagore (Poet, Novelist, Short-story writer, Playright,
Eassyist – all)
(xxvi) Rabindranusari O Rabindra Birodhi Poetra (Satyendra Nath Dutta, Kazi
Najrut, Mohit Lal Mojumdar, Kumud Ranjan etc.)
(xxvii) Dwijendra Lal Ray
(xxviii) Girish Ch. Ghosh
(xxix) Amrita Lal Basu
(xxx) Kshirod Prasad Bidyabinod
(xxxi) Bankim Ch. Chattopadhyay (as Essayist)
(xxxii) Ramendra Sundar Tribedi
(xxxiii)Pramatha Chowdhuri O Sabujpatra
(xxxiv)Sarat Ch. Chattopadhyay
(xxxv) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay
(xxxvi) Manik Bandyopadhyay
(xxxvii) Kallol Yug (All the Major poets & story-writers)
(xxxviii) Mahila Ouponyasik (Mahashweta Debi & Asha purna Debi)

Paper XVII : Bengali Linguistics & Prosody

Text - 1: ‘Sadharam Bhasha Vignan O Bangla Bhasha’; Rameshwar Shaw (Selected
Topics); Pustak Bipani, Kolkata; 1986

Introduction to Bengali Linguistics, Upabhasha & Lipi, Bagjantra (P. 212), Dhwanir
Shrenibibhag (P. 225), Bangla Bhashar Bibhajya Swanim (P. 291), Rupim Ba Mulroop (P. 363),
Shabda: Gathan-Jati-Artha (P. 372-374, 467), Shabdartha Paribartaner Dhara (P. 523), Dhwani
Paribartan (P. 495), Bhashar Aitihasik Shreni-Bibhag (P. 530)
Readings: ‘Bangla Bhashatattwer Bhumika’; Sunil Kr. Chattopadhyay; ‘Bhashar Itibritto’;
Sukumar Sen, Ananada Publisher, Kolkata (2000)

Text – 2: ‘Chhanda Parikrama’; Prabodh Ch. Sen; Jignasa, Kolkata; 1977

Readings: ‘Bangla Chhander Mulsutra’; Amulayadhan Mukhopadhyay; Sahitya shree, Kolkata;
1932
‘Chhander Baranda’; Shankha Ghosh; Papyrus, Kolkata; 1969

Paper XVIII : Post Tagore Poetry

Text - 1: ‘Bangla Adhunik Kabita’ (Vol. 1); Ed. by Debi Prasad Bandyopadhyay & Deepak
Roy. (Selected Poems)
(i) Aat Bachhar Ager Ekdin – Jibanananda Das
(ii) Brishti – Amiya Chakrabarty
(iii) Utpakhi – Sudhindra Nath Dutta
(iv) Benami Bandar – Premendra Mitra
(v) Rat Tinter Sonnett (1st) – Buddhadeb Basu]
(vi) Prem – Sanjay Bhattacharya
(vii) Cressida – Bishnu De
(viii) Kaste – Dinesh Das
(ix) Bismriti – Samar Sen
(x) Phul Phutuk Na Phutuk – Subhash Mukhopadhyay
(xi) Janani Jantrana – Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay
(xii) Kolkatar Jishu – Nirendra Nath Chakrabarty
(xiii) Swapnajal – Rajlakshmi Debi

Readings:
‘Adhunik Bangla Kabya Parichay; Deepti Tripathi; Shaibya Prakashani, Kolakat, 1958
‘Adhunik Kabitar Digbalay’; Ashru Kr. Shikdar; 1974
‘Adhunik Kabitar Chalchitra’; Sumita Chakrabarty; Dey’s Publishing Co. Kolkata,;