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Abstract. The essay discusses Krishna Mohan Banerjea's play The Persecuted, the first drama written in the Indian English language. Authored in 1831by Krishna Mohan Banerjea of the Young Bengal Movement, the essay argues that a textual analysis of the play reveals the contradictory impact of 'modernity' upon the Indian mind.
Jan 16, 2020 · by Krishna Mohana Banerjea. Ed. Paromita Sengupta. Shambhabi Imprint. Kolkata, 2018, 270 pages, Rs.250. The Persecuted, the first English drama, is not just introduced to us by the editor Paromita Sengupta, Assistant Professor of English at Shovarani Memorial Girls’ College, Howrah, West Bengal.
Krishna Mohan Banerjee [1] (24 May 1813 – 11 May 1885) was a 19th-century Indian thinker who attempted to rethink Hindu philosophy, religion and ethics in response to the stimulus of Christian ideas.
The ‘Young Bengal’ group under the leadership of Derozio made great contributions and one of the most influential radical thinkers of that group was Krishna Mohana Banerjea (1813-1885). His play The Persecuted, or Dramatic Scenes Illustrative of the Present State of Hindoo Society in Calcutta (will be referred to as The Persecuted in the ...
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It comprises three nineteenth century plays—Krishna Mohan Banerjea’s The Persecuted (1831), Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Rizia (1849) and Kaminee (1874) by an anonymous author. Lal’s introduction to each of the plays makes it a substantial and insightful read.
The essay discusses Krishna Mohan Banerjea’s play The Persecuted, the first drama written in the Indian English language. Authored in 1831by Krishna Mohan Banerjea of the Young Bengal Movement, the essay argues that a textual analysis of the play reveals the contradictory impact of ‘modernity’ upon the Indian mind.
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Krishna Mohana Banerjea based ‘The Persecuted, or Dramatic Scenes Illustrative of the Present State of Hindoo Society in Calcutta’ (1831), the first Indian drama in English, on his own experience of ostracism after his “Young Bengal” friends flouted the conservative codes at his home.
