দেবেশ রায়ের উপন্যাসচিন্তায় মিখাইল বাখতিন: প্রভাব, অনুষঙ্গ ও সমালোচনা
Volume-XV, Issue-I, October 2026
Volume-XV, Issue-I, October 2026 | ||
Received: 21.10.2026 | Accepted: 27.10.2026 | |||
Published Online: 31.10.2026 | Page No: 71-81 | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.15.issue.01W.136 | ||||
দেবেশ রায়ের উপন্যাসচিন্তায় মিখাইল বাখতিন: প্রভাব, অনুষঙ্গ ও সমালোচনা শতাব্দী কর, গবেষক (পি এইচ ডি), বাংলা বিভাগ, প্রেসিডেন্সি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, কলকাতা, ভারত | |
Mikhail Bakhtin in Debesh Roy’s Concept of the Novel: Influence, Associations, and Critique Satabdy Kar, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, Presidency University, Kolkata, India | |
This article explores the ideas of Debesh Roy and Mikhail Bakhtin on the nature and form of the novel. Roy, a prominent Bengali novelist, short story writer, and essayist, has referred to Bakhtin’s ideas on the novel in several of his essays and discussions on the genre. These repeated references provide an important reason to examine the ideas of the two thinkers together. For Roy, the novel is more than a form of storytelling; it is a way of exploring human life, social reality, and the historical position of individuals. Bakhtin, a Russian literary critic and theorist, also challenged conventional ideas of the novel, emphasizing its multiple voices, dialogic nature, and social use of language. While their approaches share certain similarities, they also reveal important differences. Through a comparative reading of their ideas, this article aims to explore Roy’s distinctive understanding of the novel, examine its points of agreement and disagreement with Bakhtin’s theory, and consider the possible influence of Bakhtin on Roy’s literary thought. | |
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