Volume-I, Issue-I, September, 2024
Volume-I, Issue-I, September, 2024 |
দেবেশ রায়ের ‘মফস্বলি বৃত্তান্ত’ উপন্যাসের চ্যারকেটু চরিত্র: নিম্নবর্গীয় চরিত্রের আধারে একটি বিশ্লেষণাত্মক অধ্যয়ন জানকী প্রসাদ দেবনাথ, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, বাংলা বিভাগ, মার্ঘেরিটা কলেজ, মার্ঘেরিটা, আসাম, ভারত |
Received: 08.09.2024 | Accepted: 28.09.2024 | Published Online: 30.09.2024 | Page No: 68-75 |
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.1.issue.01W.010 | |||
ABSTRACT | ||
"Mofossoli
Brithanto," a significant novel by Debesh Roy, explores the lives of
people in North Bengal. Written in 1974, the novel highlights the tragic
history of a Rajbanshi family from the remote village of Dwarikamari in the
Jalpaiguri district. The narrative is filled with the clamor of the
marginalized lower-class communities. It can be said that "Mofossoli
Brithanto" recounts the sorrowful stories of those oppressed and crushed
by the history of power. It also depicts the life of a family that has become
destitute under the pressures of overlooked and unacknowledged capitalist class
struggles in the mofussil (rural) areas.
In
this backdrop, Debesh Roy brings to light the poignant history of the neglected
and overlooked agricultural laborers. The protagonist, Khetkhetu, lives with
his wife, Tultuli, his nephew, Chyaraketu, and their three children: two sons,
Baishakhu and Bengu, and a daughter, Kheteshwari. Structured in eight chapters,
each part of the novel is almost self-contained. The characters include
Khetkhetu, Chyaraketu, Tultuli, Bengu, Baishakhu, and Kheteshwari, representing
various aspects of the lower class.
In
Bengali prose literature, there has been a movement to portray the joys,
sorrows, protests, and resistances of the lowest strata of society—those who
are marginal, neglected, and downtrodden. Debesh Roy further advanced this
exploration, transcending the social, economic, historical, and geographical
boundaries of Bengal to reach the remote regions of rural India. He aimed to
give people their dignity and highlighted the voice from the margins or history
from below in the narrative of the novel.
Now,
we will try to understand how these characters fit the definitions provided by
theorists of the lower class, exploring how and why they embody the
characteristics of lower-class figures. |