Volume-I, Issue-IV, March 2025
Volume-I, Issue-IV, January, 2025 |
Received: 05.03.2025 | Accepted: 20.03.2025 | Page No: - 916-922 | |
Published Online: 31.03.2025 | |||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.1.issue.04W.084 | |||
তিরিশের দশক: জগদীশ গুপ্তের গল্পে স্বতন্ত্র নারী মানালী হালদার, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Thirties: Independent women in Jagadish Gupta's stories Manali Haldar, Research Scholar, Dept. of Bengali, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Although Rabindranath Tagore laid the foundation for the Bengali short story, after the First World War, distinct literary tendencies emerged in short fiction. These were expressed through rebellion against Rabindranath, psychoanalytic explorations of sexuality, existential despair, symbolism, and melancholy. After the war, literature and society began to break away from traditional conventions, and under the editorship of Pramatha Chowdhury, the literary magazine Sabujpatra emerged as a harbinger of change. It was during the Kallol Era that Freud’s influence penetrated Bengali literature. His psychoanalytic theories, which had already transformed European thought, crossed the seas and created a sensation in Bengali storytelling. Love was no longer seen as separate from the physical body, leading to a realistic analysis of physical love in literature. Consequently, young writers of this period began depicting primitive human societies that lived far from urban civilization, struggling with their primal desires. This group of writers also turned their attention to the oppressed and exploited working-class and peasantry. Notably, nine short stories were published in the first volume of Kali-Kalam (1926–27), a literary magazine of the time. One of the most powerful short story writers of the 1930s was Jagadish Gupta, a prominent contributor to Kali-Kalam. His first short story collection, Binodini (1927), created a significant stir in Bengali literary circles. Like Jatindranath Sengupta, he was deeply influenced by pessimism. While contemporary young writers sought an escape from uncertainty and disbelief through romanticism, Jagadish Gupta wandered through the corridors of doubt and skepticism. His works were rooted in realism, portraying the harsh realities of contemporary life, social contradictions, and psychological complexities. In our discussion, we will attempt to explore these aspects in greater detail. | ||
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