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BA-HONS in Bengali at Mahitosh Nandi Mahavidyalaya
Hooghly, West Bengal
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About the Specialization
What is Bengali at Mahitosh Nandi Mahavidyalaya Hooghly?
This Bengali Hons program at Mahitosh Nandi Mahavidyalaya focuses on a deep, analytical study of Bengali language and literature, from ancient to modern periods. It delves into the rich cultural heritage of Bengal, exploring diverse literary forms and critical theories. The program prepares students for various roles in India''''s vibrant publishing, media, and education sectors, fostering a profound appreciation for regional literature.
Who Should Apply?
This program is ideal for fresh graduates with a passion for Bengali language and literature, seeking a strong foundation for higher studies, research, or careers in content creation, teaching, and journalism. It also suits individuals interested in preserving and promoting Bengali culture through academic or professional pursuits, and those aiming for West Bengal civil services.
Why Choose This Course?
Graduates can expect diverse career paths in India, including roles as educators, content writers, journalists, editors, translators, and cultural researchers. Entry-level salaries typically range from INR 2.5-4 LPA, with significant growth potential in academic and media fields. Opportunities include competitive examinations for government jobs, roles in cultural organizations, and positions in regional media companies.
Student Success Practices
Foundation Stage
Immerse in Literary Classics- (Semester 1-2)
Actively read and critically analyze foundational Bengali literary works (poetry, prose, drama) mentioned in the syllabus. Join college literary clubs or study groups to discuss interpretations and deepen understanding of the rich Bengali literary heritage.
Tools & Resources
College library literary collections, Online literary archives (e.g., Rabindra Rachanabali online), Peer study groups
Career Connection
Develops strong analytical skills and broad literary knowledge, crucial for careers in research, teaching, and literary criticism.
Develop Strong Reading & Writing Habits- (Semester 1-2)
Cultivate a disciplined reading schedule for both prescribed texts and supplementary materials. Practice analytical writing regularly, focusing on clear, expressive, and grammatically correct Bengali for all academic assignments and essays.
Tools & Resources
Grammar books (e.g., ''''Byakaran Kaumudi''''), Online Bengali dictionaries (e.g., সংসাদ বাংলা অভিধান, VaniOS), Regular essay writing practice
Career Connection
Enhances linguistic proficiency and written communication, essential for journalism, content writing, editing, and academic publications.
Build a Strong Linguistic Base- (Semester 1-2)
Pay close attention to Bengali grammar, vocabulary, and linguistic concepts introduced in early semesters, especially in subjects like ''''ভাষা বিজ্ঞান ও বাংলা ভাষা''''. Utilize language resources to enhance proficiency beyond classroom learning.
Tools & Resources
Textbooks on Bengali grammar and linguistics, Bengali language learning apps, Mentorship from senior students or faculty
Career Connection
Forms the bedrock for advanced studies in linguistics, translation, and any career requiring mastery of the Bengali language.
Intermediate Stage
Engage in Comparative Literature Studies- (Semesters 3-5)
Actively explore connections between Bengali literature and other Indian or global literatures, as introduced in topics like ''''তুলনামূলক সাহিত্য''''. Participate in departmental seminars or workshops focusing on cross-cultural literary analysis.
Tools & Resources
University library resources on world literature, Online literary journals, Inter-departmental seminars
Career Connection
Broadens perspective for global careers, translation, and understanding the universal appeal of literature, beneficial for cultural diplomacy and international relations.
Participate in Research & Project Work- (Semesters 3-5)
Seek opportunities for guided research or project work on specific literary figures, genres, or historical periods under faculty supervision. Collaborate with professors on minor research projects, utilizing the college''''s library and online academic databases.
Tools & Resources
JSTOR, Google Scholar for academic papers, College''''s digital archives, Faculty mentorship
Career Connection
Develops critical thinking, research methodology, and academic writing skills, highly valued in academia, think tanks, and advanced research roles.
Enhance Communication & Presentation Skills- (Semesters 3-5)
Actively participate in debates, elocution competitions, and literary events organized by the college and local literary circles. Practice presenting analytical reports or critical essays to improve public speaking and academic presentation abilities in Bengali.
Tools & Resources
College cultural committees, Public speaking workshops, Mock presentation sessions
Career Connection
Prepares students for roles in media, public relations, teaching, and any field requiring effective verbal communication and advocacy.
Advanced Stage
Prepare for Higher Studies & NET/SET- (Semester 6)
Begin systematic preparation for competitive exams like NET/SET for lectureship and junior research fellowship, and other postgraduate entrance exams. Focus on in-depth study of literary theories, critical approaches, and historical periods to secure academic positions in India.
Tools & Resources
UGC NET/SET previous year papers, Standard reference books for Bengali literature, Coaching classes or study circles
Career Connection
Directly enables entry into academia as a lecturer or research scholar, opening doors to advanced research and teaching careers in Indian universities.
Explore Translation & Content Creation- (Semester 6)
Actively engage in translation exercises (English to Bengali, Bengali to English) and content writing for college magazines, local blogs, or cultural publications. This builds practical skills for careers in media, publishing, and localization industries.
Tools & Resources
Online translation tools for practice (e.g., Google Translate for initial drafts), Style guides for Bengali writing, Volunteer for local literary initiatives
Career Connection
Develops marketable skills for jobs in translation agencies, publishing houses, digital content creation, and journalism, bridging language gaps in India.
Network with Literary Professionals- (Semester 6)
Attend literary festivals, book fairs (like Kolkata Book Fair), author interactions, and departmental alumni meets. Connect with professors, alumni, and established writers/editors to gain insights into the industry and explore potential career avenues in the Bengali literary ecosystem.
Tools & Resources
LinkedIn for professional networking, Industry events and conferences, Alumni association events
Career Connection
Creates valuable professional contacts, leading to internship opportunities, mentorships, and potential job referrals in the Indian literary and media landscape.
Program Structure and Curriculum
Eligibility:
- No eligibility criteria specified
Duration: 6 semesters / 3 years
Credits: 140 Credits
Assessment: Internal: 20%, External: 80%
Semester-wise Curriculum Table
Semester 1
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Subject Type | Credits | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC 1 | সাহিত্যের রূপ ও রীতি (Form and Style of Literature) | Core | 6 | ছোটগল্প (Short Story), উপন্যাস (Novel), নাটক (Drama), প্রবন্ধ (Essay), গীতিকবিতা (Lyric Poetry), আত্মজীবনী (Autobiography) |
| CC 2 | বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস: প্রাচীন ও মধ্যযুগ (History of Bengali Literature: Ancient & Medieval Period) | Core | 6 | চর্যাপদ (Charyapada), শ্রীকৃষ্ণকীর্তন (Srikrishna Kirtan), মঙ্গলকাব্য (Mangal Kavya), বৈষ্ণব পদাবলি (Vaishnava Padavali), শাক্ত পদাবলি (Shakta Padavali), রামায়ণ-মহাভারত অনুবাদ (Ramayana-Mahabharata Translation) |
| AECC 1 | Environmental Studies / English Communication | Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course | 2 |
Semester 2
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Subject Type | Credits | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC 3 | বাংলা কবিতার ধারা (Trends in Bengali Poetry) | Core | 6 | রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর (Rabindranath Tagore), কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম (Kazi Nazrul Islam), জীবনানন্দ দাশ (Jibanananda Das), সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য (Sukanta Bhattacharya), শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Shakti Chattopadhyay), আধুনিক কবিতা (Modern Poetry) |
| CC 4 | বাংলা ছোটগল্প ও উপন্যাস (Bengali Short Story and Novel) | Core | 6 | বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay), শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay), বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay), মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (Manik Bandyopadhyay), সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী (Syed Mujtaba Ali), আধুনিক বাংলা উপন্যাস (Modern Bengali Novel) |
| AECC 2 | Environmental Studies / English Communication | Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course | 2 |
Semester 3
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Subject Type | Credits | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC 5 | নাটক ও প্রবন্ধ (Drama and Essay) | Core | 6 | গিরিশচন্দ্র ঘোষ (Girish Chandra Ghosh), দ্বিজেন্দ্রলাল রায় (Dwijendralal Ray), উৎপল দত্ত (Utpal Dutt), মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত (Michael Madhusudan Dutt), আধুনিক বাংলা প্রবন্ধ (Modern Bengali Essay), রম্যরচনা (Humorous Essay) |
| CC 6 | ছন্দ ও অলংকার (Prosody and Rhetoric) | Core | 6 | ছন্দের প্রকৃতি (Nature of Prosody), অক্ষরবৃত্ত (Aksharabritta), মাত্রাবৃত্ত (Matrabritta), স্বরবৃত্ত (Swarabritta), উপমা (Simile), রূপক (Metaphor), অতিশয়োক্তি (Hyperbole) |
| CC 7 | ভাষা বিজ্ঞান ও বাংলা ভাষা (Linguistics and Bengali Language) | Core | 6 | ভাষা বিজ্ঞান কি (What is Linguistics), ভাষার শাখা (Branches of Language), ধ্বনিতত্ত্ব (Phonetics), রূপতত্ত্ব (Morphology), বাক্যতত্ত্ব (Syntax), শব্দার্থতত্ত্ব (Semantics) |
| SEC 1 | বাংলা ব্যাকরণ (Bengali Grammar) | Skill Enhancement Course | 2 | সন্ধি (Sandhi), সমাস (Samas), কারক ও বিভক্তি (Karaka and Vibhakti), বাক্য (Sentence), বাচ্য (Voice), প্রবাদ প্রবচন (Proverbs) |
| GE 1 | Generic Elective - 1 (From other disciplines) | Generic Elective | 6 |
Semester 4
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Subject Type | Credits | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC 8 | বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস: আধুনিক যুগ - ১ (History of Bengali Literature: Modern Period - 1) | Core | 6 | ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর (Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar), মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত (Michael Madhusudan Dutt), বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay), রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর (Rabindranath Tagore - Prose & Drama), কালীপ্রসন্ন সিংহ (Kaliprasanna Singha), টেকচাঁদ ঠাকুর (Tekchand Thakur) |
| CC 9 | আধুনিক বাংলা সাহিত্যের বিভিন্ন ধারা (Various Trends in Modern Bengali Literature) | Core | 6 | কল্লোল যুগ (Kallol Yuga), গণনাট্য আন্দোলন (Gananatya Andolan), রবীন্দ্রোত্তর কবিতা (Post-Rabindranath Poetry), ফ্যাসিবিরোধী সাহিত্য (Anti-Fascist Literature), ছোটগল্পের বিবর্তন (Evolution of Short Story), তিরিশের দশক (The Thirties) |
| CC 10 | লোকসাহিত্য (Folklore) | Core | 6 | লোকসাহিত্য সংজ্ঞা (Definition of Folklore), লোককথার শ্রেণীবিভাগ (Classification of Folktales), লোকসঙ্গীত (Folk Songs), ছড়া (Rhymes), ধাঁধা (Riddles), ব্রতকথা (Vratakatha) |
| SEC 2 | কম্পিউটার ও বাংলা (Computer and Bengali) | Skill Enhancement Course | 2 | কম্পিউটারের মৌলিক ধারণা (Basic Computer Concepts), বাংলা ফন্ট (Bengali Fonts), ইউনিকোড (Unicode), বাংলা বানান পরীক্ষা (Bengali Spell Check), ইন্টারনেট ও বাংলা (Internet and Bengali), বাংলা সফটওয়্যার (Bengali Software) |
| GE 2 | Generic Elective - 2 (From other disciplines) | Generic Elective | 6 |
Semester 5
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Subject Type | Credits | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC 11 | বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস: আধুনিক যুগ - ২ (History of Bengali Literature: Modern Period - 2) | Core | 6 | কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম (Kazi Nazrul Islam), জীবনানন্দ দাশ (Jibanananda Das), মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (Manik Bandyopadhyay), তারাশঙ্কর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), আশাপূর্ণা দেবী (Ashapurna Devi), সাম্প্রতিক সাহিত্য (Contemporary Literature) |
| CC 12 | তুলনামূলক সাহিত্য (Comparative Literature) | Core | 6 | তুলনামূলক সাহিত্যের সংজ্ঞা (Definition of Comparative Literature), প্রাচ্য ও পাশ্চাত্য সাহিত্য (Eastern and Western Literature), সাহিত্য অনুবাদ (Literary Translation), বিভিন্ন ভাষার সাহিত্য (Literature of different languages), প্রভাব ও প্রতিপ্রভাব (Influence and Counter-Influence), বিশ্ব সাহিত্য (World Literature) |
| DSE 1 (Option: Rabindra Literature) | রবীন্দ্র সাহিত্য (Rabindra Literature) | Discipline Specific Elective | 6 | কাব্য (Poetry), ছোটগল্প (Short Story), উপন্যাস (Novel), নাটক (Drama), প্রবন্ধ (Essay), সঙ্গীত (Music) |
| DSE 2 (Option: Medieval Bengali Translation Literature) | মধ্যযুগের বাংলা অনুবাদ সাহিত্য (Medieval Bengali Translation Literature) | Discipline Specific Elective | 6 | শ্রীমদ্ভাগবত (Srimad Bhagavatam), রামায়ণ (Ramayana), মহাভারত (Mahabharata), চৈতন্য জীবনী কাব্য (Chaitanya Biography), অনুবাদ শৈলী (Translation Style), অনুবাদক ও অনুবাদের ধারণা (Concept of Translator and Translation) |
| GE 3 | Generic Elective - 3 (From other disciplines) | Generic Elective | 6 |
Semester 6
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Subject Type | Credits | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC 13 | সাহিত্যতত্ত্ব (Literary Theory) | Core | 6 | অলঙ্কার তত্ত্ব (Rhetoric Theory), রস তত্ত্ব (Rasa Theory), ধ্বনি তত্ত্ব (Dhvani Theory), বক্রোক্তি (Vakrokti), রীতির ধারণা (Concept of Style), আধুনিক সাহিত্যতত্ত্ব (Modern Literary Theory) |
| CC 14 | আধুনিক গদ্য সাহিত্য ও সমালোচনা (Modern Prose Literature and Criticism) | Core | 6 | প্রমথ চৌধুরী (Pramatha Chaudhuri), অন্নদাশঙ্কর রায় (Annadashankar Ray), সুধীন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত (Sudhindranath Datta), আধুনিক গদ্যের বৈশিষ্ট্য (Characteristics of Modern Prose), সাহিত্য সমালোচনা (Literary Criticism), সাহিত্যিক বিতণ্ডা (Literary Debates) |
| DSE 3 (Option: Nineteenth Century Literature) | উনিশ শতকের সাহিত্য (Nineteenth Century Literature) | Discipline Specific Elective | 6 | নবজাগরণ (Renaissance), গদ্যের জন্ম (Birth of Prose), মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত (Michael Madhusudan Dutt), বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay), দীনবন্ধু মিত্র (Dinabandhu Mitra), হেমচন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (Hemchandra Bandyopadhyay) |
| DSE 4 (Option: Modern Short Story and Novel) | আধুনিক ছোটগল্প ও উপন্যাস (Modern Short Story and Novel) | Discipline Specific Elective | 6 | প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র (Premendra Mitra), সুবোধ ঘোষ (Subodh Ghosh), শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায় (Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay), সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় (Sunil Gangopadhyay), আধুনিক ছোটগল্প (Modern Short Story), সাম্প্রতিক উপন্যাস (Contemporary Novel) |
| GE 4 | Generic Elective - 4 (From other disciplines) | Generic Elective | 6 |
