Bangla Sahityer Itihase Parichitir Rajneeti: Tatta O Tathye (Bengali Version)

Book Details

• Author: Paramita Chakraborty
• Publisher: Bangiya Sahitya Samsad
• Language: Bengali
• ISBN: 9789386508003

About the Book

Bangla Sahityer Itihase Parichitir Rajneeti: Tatta O Tathye (Bengali Version) is a groundbreaking scholarly work that investigates the history of writing the history of Bengali literature. Moving beyond a conventional survey of literary developments, the book examines the intellectual, ideological, and political processes through which literary history itself is constructed, interpreted, and revised across different historical periods.

The central premise of the book is that literary history is never a neutral record of facts. Historians and literary scholars inevitably write from within the social, cultural, and political realities of their own time. As a result, every history of Bengali literature reflects not only the literary past it seeks to describe but also the concerns, values, and assumptions of the present in which it is written. Paramita Chakraborty explores how changing historical circumstances influence the selection, interpretation, and representation of literary traditions.

Drawing upon perspectives from historiography, postcolonial studies, and cultural theory, the book investigates how literary history has evolved from the colonial period through the postcolonial era and the aftermath of Partition. It examines how questions of identity, nationhood, language, region, religion, and cultural belonging have shaped different versions of Bengali literary history. The study reveals how literary historiography often becomes a site where competing visions of identity and existence are negotiated and contested.

A major strength of the volume is its detailed critical analysis of the works of some of the most influential historians of Bengali literature. The author closely examines the contributions and ideological positions of figures such as Ramgati Nyayaratna, Dinesh Chandra Sen, Sukumar Sen, Asit Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Ahmad Sharif, Muhammad Shahidullah, Sukhamoy Mukhopadhyay, and Gopal Haldar. Through careful comparison of their works, the book highlights the diverse methodologies, ideological commitments, and interpretive frameworks that have shaped the writing of Bengali literary history.

Combining theoretical insight with rigorous textual analysis, Bangla Sahityer Itihase Parichitir Rajneeti: Tatta O Tathye is an essential resource for students, researchers, and scholars interested in literary historiography, Bengali literature, cultural studies, identity politics, and postcolonial thought.