Michael Madhusudan Dutt Class9-10 English 1st paper
Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a popular 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagordari on the bank of the Kopotaksho River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila under Jessore district.
From an early age, Dutt aspired to be an Englishman in form and manner. Though he was born in a sophisticated Hindu family, he took Christianity as a young man, much to the ire of his family, and adopted the first name Michael. In his childhood, he was recognised by his teachers as a precious child with a gift of literary talent. His early exposure to English education and European literature at home and his college inspired him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect.
Since his adolescence he started believing that he was born on the wrong side of the planet, and that his society was unable to appreciate his intellect. He also believed that the West would be more receptive to his creative genius. Michael was an ardent follower of the famous English poet Lord Byron. So after adopting Christianity, he went to Europe and started composing poetry and drama almost entirely in English. They proved his higher level of intellectual ability. However, he failed to gain the right appreciation. With his utter frustrations he saw that he was not regarded as a native writer of English literature. Out of his frustration he composed a sonnet in Bangla “Kopotaksha Nad”, which earned him huge reputation in Bangla. Gradually he could realise that his true identity lies here in this Bengal and he was a sojourner in Europe. Afterwards he regretted his attraction for England and the Occident. He came to Bengal and devoted himself to Bangla literature from this period. He is the poet to write the first Bangla epic Meghand Badh Kabya.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7 (a) Who was recognised by his teachers as a precious child with a gift of literary talent?
(i) Kazi Nazrul Islam (ii) Sunil Gongapadday
(iii) Sarat Chandra Chattopadday (iv) Micheal Madhusudan Dutt
(b) He was ----- of Lord Byron.
(i) an ardent follower (ii) a student (ii) a teacher (iv) a friend
(c) The word “dramatist” means.
(i) songster (ii) dancer (iii) wizard (iv) a writer of plays
(d) Who did not appreciate his literary works?
(i) The indians (ii) The English Society (iii) The Bengalis (iv) The Bangali Hindus
(e) “ kopotaksha Nad’ is a -----
(i) poem (ii) sonnet (iii) story (iv) epic
(f) His days in Europe were full of------
(i) hope (ii) fun (iii) appreciation (iv) hardship
(g) Madhusudan started believing that his — was unable to appreciate his intellect.
(i) society (ii) family (iii) country (iv) village
(h). He started writing in — in Europe.
(i) Bangla (ii) Hindi (iii) Urdu (iv) English
(i). He devoted himself to — literature.
(i) English (ii) Bangla (iii) Urdu (iv) Hindi
(j). He wrote the first — epic.
(i) Bangla (ii) English (iii) Urdu (iv) Arabic
2.Answer the following questions.
(a) Why was Madhusudan frustrated as awriter of Englishliterature?
(b) Who was Michael Madhusudan Dutt and where he was born?
(c) Why did he return to his homeland?
(d) What did he aspire from and early?
(e) What could he realise gradually?
3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own based on the information in the text.
Madhusudan had great (a)----- for English society and cultures. He possessed a low mentality to the culture of his (b)---- land. He wanted to (c)--- popularity by his writings in english. But in spite of being an extraordinary genious, he was neglected in English literture. Being disappointed, he (d)---- a poem in his mother tongue. This poem brought a great popularity for him. Since then he (e)---- himself to enrich the Bangali literature.
অর্ডিনারি আইটির নীতিমালা মেনে কমেন্ট করুন। প্রতিটি কমেন্ট রিভিউ করা হয়।
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