MA in Bengali
Course Synopses
BEN 4901 History of Bangladesh
Territory, Land and People; Social, Religious, Cultural, Educational and Political Hisory of Bangladesh from its inception till date. The reign of Kushanas, Guptas, Palas, Senas; Advent of Muslims, the Sultans, the Musghals, the Brtish, Different phases, Emergence of Bangladesh as an independent country.
BEN 4902 History of Bengali Literature
(a) Old: From the beginning up to 1800 CE
(b) Modern: From 1801 up to 1971 CE
BEN 4903 Old and Early Middle Bengali
(a) Buddhist Mystic Songs
(b) Badu Chandidas's Kavya
BEN 4904 Middle Bengali Literature-I
(a) Madhya Juger Geeti Kavita
(b) Mukunda Ram: Chandimangal
(c) Alawal: Padmavati
BEN 4905 Middle Bengali Literature-II
(a) Translation: Rasulvijoy
(b) Folk literature: Mymenshingha Geetika
BEN 4906 Modern Bengali Epic
(a) Madhusudan Dutta: Meghanad-Badh Kavya
(b) Kaykobad: Mahashmashan Kavya
BEN 4907 Modern Bengali Lyric-I
(a) Ishwar Chandra Gupta: Works; Ed. Dr Dutt.
(b) Biharilal Chakravarty: Sadher Ason
BEN 4908 Modern Bengali Lyric-II
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(c) Jasimuddin
(d) Farruk Ahmed
BEN 4909 Modern Bengali Katha Sahitya-I
(a) Bankim Chandara Chatterji
(b) Sarat Chandra Chatterji
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
BEN 4910 Modern Bengali Katha Sahitya-II
(a) Mir Mosharraf Hossain
(b) Qazi Abdul Wadud
(c) Qazi Imdadul Haq
BEN 4911 Bengali Drama
(a) Dinabandhu Mitra
(b) Mir Mosharraf Hossain
(c) Farrukh Ahmed
BEN 4912 (a) Literary Forms, Rhetoric & Prosody:
(i) Forms
(ii) Rhetoric
(iii) Prosody
(b) Literary Criticism
(i) Oriental System
(ii) Modern Western System
BEN 4913 (a) Linguistics
(i) Different Methods & Branches
(ii) Descriptive, Historical & Comparative Linguistics with special reference to Bengali Language
(b) Phonetics
(i) Science of Phonetics with special reference to Bengali Language
(ii) Phonological Aspects of Bengali Language
BEN 5101 Modern Poetry-I
Ishwar Chandra Gupta
Biharilal Chakravarty
Madhusudan Dutta
Kaykobad
BEN 5102 Modern Poetry-II
Satyendara Nath Dutta
Qazi Nazrul Islam
Jatindra Mohan Bagchi
Jasimuddin
BEN 5103 Modern Poetry-III
Jibanananda Das
Sudhindra Nath Dutta
Golam Mostafa
Farrukh Ahmed
BEN 5104 Modern Poetry-IV
Poetry of Bangladesh (1947-1971)
BEN 5205 Modern Prose-I
Ihswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Parichand Mitra
Bankim Chardra Chatterjee
Mir Mosharraf Hossain
BEN 5206 Modern Prose-II
Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Pramatha Chowdhury
Manik Bandopadhyaya
Syed Waliullah
BEN 5207 Modern prose-III
Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyaya
Buddha Dev Basu
Qazi Abdul Wadud
Abul Mansur Ahmed
BEN 5208 Literature of Bangladesh (from 1971 till date)
Novels
Short Stories
Dramas
Essays & Other Writings
BEN 5309 Literary Works of Rabindranath Tagore
Poetry (From Manoshi to Shesh Lekha)
Novels (Jogajog)
Short Stories (Galpaguccha)
Other Prose Writings
(Sankalan & Bichitra Prabandha)
Drama (Chitrangoda & Rakto Karobi)
BEN 5310 History of Bengali Language
Growth & Development of Bengali Language
BEN 5311 History of Bengali Script
a) Growth & Development of Bengali Scripts
b) Development of Sylhetee Nagari Scripts
BEN 5312 Translation Works
World Classics: Greek, Latin, English, Arabic, Persian & Sanskrit
BEN 5313 Modern Linguistics
Definition, Branches.
The MA in Bengali Program
Entry Requirements
Graduation Requirements
Fees