Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate
উপন্যাস
/upanyas/Roman
English meaning: Novel
Definition
A long work of fictional prose narrative. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote the first Bengali novel Durgeshnandini (1865), initiating a grand tradition. Rabindranath Tagore's Gora and Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas remain landmarks of Bengali fiction.
Example
“বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় প্রথম বাংলা উপন্যাস রচনা করেন।”
In English: “Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote the first Bengali novel.”
Literary Heritage
“সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।”
/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./
“Literature is the mirror of the human mind.”
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