নারায়ণ গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়ের উপন্যাস 'অমাবস্যার গান': কবি ভারতচন্দ্রের মর্মকথা

Abstract
Medieval poet Bharatchandra Roy in the history of Bengali literature. He is a
poet of the juncture of medieval and modern era. The background of his poetry
is in the seventeenth century when the Mughal rule firmly established its
supremacy in Bengal. And the strong form of feudalism in the social life of
Bengal made the life of common people miserable. Bharatchandra's poetic
pursuits during that turbulent period. Bharatchandra's self-sacrifice to become
a 'Rayagunakar' by overcoming the anarchy of the society-state-family where
the society-state-family tries to block the poet's voice has been given an art
form by the contemporary writer Narayan Gangopadhyay in his novel
'Amavasyaar Gan'. Narayan Gangopadhyay wrote the biographical novel
based on the life of eighteenth century poet Bharatchandra. Narayan
Gangopadhyay has selected the period of literary pursuits of Bharatchandra's
life and brought the self-torment and self-deprecation of a black artist before
the reader. In the Middle Ages there was a tendency to compose poetry at the
behest of kings and gods. During that period, the author has drawn the artist's
heart or soul in the novel Dardi Shilpi Tuli. Keeping the image of the artist
unchanged, Narayan Gangopadhyay has revealed Bharatchandra's life with
his own imagination. In this case the novelist is first the reader then the writer.
After reading Bharatchandra, the aspect of his life which touched the novelist
as a reader, he presented to the reader in the novel. In the novel, the writer talks
about Bharatchandra's abysmal dedication to artistry, the distorted form of art
and the degenerate form of art when it is placed under the rule of money or
infatuation. He has highlighted the essence of art of all times. Bharatchandra's
arti is the arti of poets-literature-artists of all times. Narayan Gangopadhyay
has portrayed him as an artist and the pain of an artist in the novel.