Bengali Language and Literature - CU (2023)

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Founding year :1919

History of the department:The Department of Bengali Language and Literature has a long prestigious heritage and continuously works to explore and expand human resources in their diverse potential and manifestation through various learning methods and intellectual activities. This department was known as the Modern Indic Languages ​​Department and was initiated in 1919 by the then-distinguished Vice-Chancellor Sir Nilratan Sirkar. Since its establishment, the department has been growing day by day and is one of the oldest and largest Bengali language and literature departments not only in India but also in the world. The department has a great history. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was assigned to this department as Ramtanu Lahiri Professor in 1932. Under the direction of Acharya Dineshchandra Sen, an enormous body of East Bengali ballads has been collected since 1921 and published in 4 volumes by Calcutta University. Initially the department's area of ​​focus was Premodern Bengali Literature, after which various areas such as Modern Bengali Fiction: Arts and Crafts, Modern Bengali Poetry, Tagore: Biography and Literature, Comparative Literature and Multidimensional Aspects of Modern Theory were incorporated into the curriculum. The department is highly glorified for its academic brilliance, led by the former renowned and dedicated teachers such as Prof. Srikumar Bandhopadhyay, Prof. Sashibhusan Das, Prof. Narayan Gangopadhyay, Prof. Asutosh Bhattacharya, Prof. Kshudiram Das, Prof. Haraprasad Mitra, Prof B. Asitkumar Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Sankariprasad Basu, Prof. Pareshchandra Majumdar and so on. This department has many prestigious foundation lectures which are as follows: D.L. Roy Lectures, Lila Lectures, Dineshchandra Lectures, Saratchandra Chatterjee Lectures, etc. Many prestigious medals such as Jagattarini, Sarojini, Lila, Bhubanmohini are awarded to outstanding figures every year. Apart from its heavy academic workload and activities, in 2015 and 2016, the institute organized many special lectures and seminars not only on conventional issues of literature but also on most valuable areas of literature outside the prescribed curriculum of various courses. Interactions between the students and resources and networks with different interdisciplinary fields are always encouraged by the department. The department's academics and faculty members are always enthusiastic about conducting intensive research work in various areas of language and literature and their multidisciplinary components. The research work of the department is always appreciated by the intellectuals.

• Premodern Bengali Language and Literature
• Modern Bengali Poesie
• folk literature
• Novel & Short Story
• Theater
• Literature by Rabindranath Tagore
• Comparative Literature.

• Powerpoint presentation in class
• Interactive session and group discussion
• Lecture design: Demonstration and presentation by the students
• Computational support for building a knowledge base
• Project assignment and evaluation.

• Organized a national seminar on “Charyapad & Srikrishnakirtan Grantho Prakasher Shotobarsho”. On March 8th and 9th, 2016, a number of well-known professors have been invited as resource persons.
• In 2015 and 2016 he regularly organized prestigious foundation lectures given by eminent Prof. Ashoke Mukhopadhyay, Prof. Swapan Basu and renowned author Krisna Basu, Sadhan Chattopadhyay etc.
• Organized 'Acharya Smarane', for the recollections of the academic activities of the former renowned professor of the department of eminent professors like Prof. Ujjwal Kumar Majumdar, Prof. Aloke Roy, Prof. Swapan Basu etc. in 2015 & 2016. Published a department journal on Rabindranath, a collection of articles written by past and present faculty members and edited by Prof. Biswanath Roy.

• The Asian society
• Bangiyo Sahitya Parisad,
• Ramkrishna-Mission (Golpark),
• National Library (Kolkata),
• Department of Bengali, J.U., BU., N.B.U. K.U., R.B.U. and other universities.

• Faculty members regularly participate in the faculty development program (as a resource person/participant) organized by various departments of Kolkata University and other universities and institutes.
• Faculty members are continuously invited as contacts for various international programs.