Romanticism in Bengali Literature

This comprehensive study deals with romantic elements used in Bengali Literature as well as in English literature by the authors. Result indicates that each writer uses romanticism in different ways following different romantic poets. Love of nature and imagination are the most important parts of romanticism. In the poems of Jibanananda Das, it seems that love for nature and imagination are preferred. In jashim Uddin’s work romantic love through agony of human heart and the suffering of human soul as well as pastoral setting have been preferred interestingly. In case of Rabindranath Tagore it seems that due to the difference between Indian and western social system both the Englishmen and the Indian kept their passion severely under check and the stored intense emotion found an outlet in his romantic poetry. Hence, most of the romantic elements have been used in his writing. In case of English romantic poets, it seems that most of them preferred imagination, love of nature, feeling inquest of truth which are also common in Bengali romantic poets who have occupied a position among all romantic poets of the world.