Reading Jibanananda Das’s “Banalata Sen” from a surrealistic perspective

dc.contributor.authorJahan, Sultana
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-31T06:35:39Z
dc.date.available2018-07-31T06:35:39Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.descriptionpdfen_US
dc.description.abstractSurrealism expresses the working of the subconscious, as manifested in dreams and uncontrolled by reason and characterized by the incongruous and startling arrangement and presentation of subject matter. The theme of Jibanananda’s poem ‗Banalata Sen’ is straightforward. However, because of the style of presentation, it appeared to be subtle, mysterious and bizarre even to the native readers and critics of his time. The poet's wizardry of image and metaphor makes an ordinary Banalata Sen beyond touch as she transcends to a higher space, surpassing all worldly affairs. The poet presents her beauty in entirely different imagery infrequent in our literature before his utterance. Throughout the poem, he creates a sense of wonder and dreamlike progression from the flow of time expressed by ancient civilizations and illusory natural beauty to the contemplation of the end of earthly affairs. With a view to establishing Jibanananda's ‗Banalata Sen' as a surrealist poem, this article aims at exploring the images and metaphors that has unfolded his subliminal working of the mind.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIIUC Studies-vol-13-Dec- 2016-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn1813-7733
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.iiuc.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/88203/117
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladeshen_US
dc.subjectSurrealismen_US
dc.subjectBizarre imagesen_US
dc.subjectRoamingen_US
dc.subjectReverieen_US
dc.subjectDarknessen_US
dc.subjectDreamen_US
dc.subjectRest and respiteen_US
dc.titleReading Jibanananda Das’s “Banalata Sen” from a surrealistic perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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