Homer'sIliadand theMeghanādbadha Kābyaof Michael Madhusūdan Datta

Bibliographic Data

ID2786142
AuthorsAlexander Riddiford, A C Riddiford (University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume72
Issue2
Pages335-356
Publication date2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x09000548
OpenAlexW2129836132
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

The debt owed to Homer'sIliadby theMeghanādbadha Kābya(1861), Michael Madhusūdan Datta's Bengali epic and masterpiece, has long been recognized but has never been examined with any close or academically sensitive reference to the Greek poem. This study sets out to examine the use of the Homeric epic as a model for the Bengali poem, with particular regard to character correspondences, the figure of the simile and narrative structure. In addition to this close analysis, Datta's response to theIliadwill be set in the context of contemporary (and earlier) British receptions of the Homeric poem: the Bengali poet's reading of the Greek epic, far from being idiosyncratic ("colonial"), in fact bears the marks of a close engagement with contemporary British appreciation of the poem

Art · Bengali · Character (mathematics) · Context (archaeology) · EPIC · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Poetry · Simile · Theology · Classics · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · History · Mathematics · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

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