There are just a handful of papers available on the net for a good introduction to Bengali Language, Literature, and History. The following links are introduced with a few lines to put these documents into perspective. I have carefully tried to give FULL title of the papers that are available - so that the readers can choose their own resource.
1. Short paper [20 pages] based on the writings of Manik Bandyapaddhay, Advaita Mallabarman, Shamaresh Basu.
Nature and Humans in the Imaginations of Bengali Intellectuals
2. Here is a paper that gives a series of short reviews on books read by Smita Ghosh, student of Swarthmore College. Very sketchy - but good for an idea about what is available in English Translation.
Past and Future - Collection of Bengali Literature
3. Here is an extract [Ch -1] of a full-length book published from University of North Carolina Press.
Islamic Themes in Postmodern Literature and Bengali Life
4. Dr. Anindita Ghosh at University of Manchester writes a paper in which she talks of the history of 'books' in a Colonial Bengal context.
Bengali Pundits, the British and the Artificial Construction of the Bengali Language in the Nineteenth Century
5. Here is an MA Thesis by Zaheer Abbas done at the UNC Chapel Hill.
Construction of Bengal Muslim Identity in Colonial Bengal c. 1870-1920.
6. Here is a very short history of public journalism in Bengal. Very primary.
History of Media in Bengal: A Chronological Overview
7. Here is a very interesting example of writing - lamenting the political axing of Sylhet from the greater Indian territory during the British rule. One would like to take a look at some of the genesis and nature of such bereavement.
Bengali Literature of Barak Valley : A Homeland Lost, A Homeland Regained
8. In this article you will be led to a discussion of changes in demography in Bengal. Good interesting reading. Good Bibliography.
Conditioning Factors for Fertility Decline in Bengal: History, Language Identity, and Openness to Innovations
9. Another essay on the problematic of writing a literary history for South Asia.
Literary History: The Case of South Asia
10. English Translation of Bankim's Novel - Chandrashekhor
Chandra Shekhor
11. Literature of Bengal as seen by Ramesh Chunder Dutt, one of the earliest commentator on Bengali Literary History.
The Literature of Bengal
12. The title is self-explanatory BY Bharati Roy at the University of Calcutta.
“New Woman” in Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories: An Interrogation of “Laboratory”
13. I like the selection done.
Guides for the Inquisitive & Motivated - Select Bengali Ref Materials
14. Book-review on Mongol Kavya of Medieval Bengal.
Reading Postcolonial Bengali Poetry
1. Short paper [20 pages] based on the writings of Manik Bandyapaddhay, Advaita Mallabarman, Shamaresh Basu.
Nature and Humans in the Imaginations of Bengali Intellectuals
2. Here is a paper that gives a series of short reviews on books read by Smita Ghosh, student of Swarthmore College. Very sketchy - but good for an idea about what is available in English Translation.
Past and Future - Collection of Bengali Literature
3. Here is an extract [Ch -1] of a full-length book published from University of North Carolina Press.
Islamic Themes in Postmodern Literature and Bengali Life
4. Dr. Anindita Ghosh at University of Manchester writes a paper in which she talks of the history of 'books' in a Colonial Bengal context.
Bengali Pundits, the British and the Artificial Construction of the Bengali Language in the Nineteenth Century
5. Here is an MA Thesis by Zaheer Abbas done at the UNC Chapel Hill.
Construction of Bengal Muslim Identity in Colonial Bengal c. 1870-1920.
6. Here is a very short history of public journalism in Bengal. Very primary.
History of Media in Bengal: A Chronological Overview
7. Here is a very interesting example of writing - lamenting the political axing of Sylhet from the greater Indian territory during the British rule. One would like to take a look at some of the genesis and nature of such bereavement.
Bengali Literature of Barak Valley : A Homeland Lost, A Homeland Regained
8. In this article you will be led to a discussion of changes in demography in Bengal. Good interesting reading. Good Bibliography.
Conditioning Factors for Fertility Decline in Bengal: History, Language Identity, and Openness to Innovations
9. Another essay on the problematic of writing a literary history for South Asia.
Literary History: The Case of South Asia
10. English Translation of Bankim's Novel - Chandrashekhor
Chandra Shekhor
11. Literature of Bengal as seen by Ramesh Chunder Dutt, one of the earliest commentator on Bengali Literary History.
The Literature of Bengal
12. The title is self-explanatory BY Bharati Roy at the University of Calcutta.
“New Woman” in Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories: An Interrogation of “Laboratory”
13. I like the selection done.
Guides for the Inquisitive & Motivated - Select Bengali Ref Materials
14. Book-review on Mongol Kavya of Medieval Bengal.
Reading Postcolonial Bengali Poetry
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