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 VIII
CONCURRENT - CREDIT LANGUAGE

SEMESTER - III
Paper IX : Tagor (i) (Novel, Criticism, Autobiography)

Text I: ‘Sanchayita’ (Selected Poems)
(i) Nirjharer Swapnabhanga (Prabhat Sangeet)
(ii) Meghdoot (‘Maanasi’)
(iii) Dui Bigha Jami (‘Chitra’)
(iv) Abhisar (‘Katha’)
(v) Apamanita (‘Gitanjali’)
(vi) Sabujer Abhiyan (‘Balaka’)
(vii) Camelia (‘Punashcha’)
(viii) Banshi (‘Parishesh’)
(ix) Hothat Dekha (‘Shyamali’)
(x) Madhumay Prithibir Dhuli (‘Arogyo’)

Text II: ‘Dakghar’ (Entire Play)

Text III: ‘Galpaguchchha’ (Selected Stories) [Vol. 1-2-3]
(i) Shasti (1st Part)
(ii) Khata (1st Part)
(iii) Atithi (2nd Part)
(iv) Thakurda (2nd Part)
(v) Aparichita (3rd Part)
(vi) Balai (3rd Part)
[All Texts are published from Visvabharati Granthan Bibhag, Kolkata]

Readings: ‘Rabindra Chhotogalpo’; Pramatha Nath Bishi.
‘Rabindra Sarani’; Pramatha Nath Bishi; Mitra O Ghosh, Kolkata
‘Rabindra Sahityer Bhumika’; Nihar Ranjan Ray, Kolkata

Paper X : Indian Literature In Translation

Text I: ‘Godan’; Munshi Prem Chand; Trnsl: Chitra Deb; Shitya Akademi

Text II: ‘Ghasiram Kotwal’; Vijay Tendulkar; Trnsln: Shankha Ghosh Dey’s Publishing
Co. Kolkata.

Text III: ‘Ghaliber Ghazal Theke’; Trnsln: Abu Saiyeed Ayub; Dey’s Publishing Co.
Kolkata;1976.
[First Part only. Page 29 to 37]

Readings: ‘Translation & Understanding’; Sukanta Chowdhury; OUP Publication, Kolkata;
1999.

Paper XI : 20th Century Literature (Novels)

Text I: ‘Palli Samaj’ (1916); Sarat Ch. Chattopadhyay

Text II: ‘Pather Panchali’(1929); Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay

Text III: ‘Kabi’ (1942); Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyay

Readings : ‘Sarat Chandra’; Subodh Ch. Sengupta; Dey’s Publising, Kolkata.
‘Dui Biswayaddher Madhyakalin Bangla Katha Sahitya’; Gopika Nath Roy
Chowdhuri.
‘Bangla Upanyaser Digbalay’; Ashru Kr. Shikdar
‘Adhunik Bangla Upanyas’; Rameshwar Shaw; Uttarsuri, Kolkata.
‘bibhutibhushan’; Rushati Sen