বিশ্বায়ন পরবর্তী একুশ শতকের নির্বাচিত বাংলা ছোটোগল্পে নৈতিকতা
Volume-XIV, Issue-IV, JULY 2026
Volume-XIV, Issue-IV, July 2026 | ||
Received: 16.07.2026 | Accepted: 26.07.2026 | |||
Published Online: 31.07.2026 | Page No: | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.14.issue.04W. | ||||
বিশ্বায়ন পরবর্তী একুশ শতকের নির্বাচিত বাংলা ছোটোগল্পে
নৈতিকতা
নাতাশা পারভিন, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, আলিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত | |
Morality in Selected Bengali Short Stories of the Twenty-First Century in the Post-Globalization Era Natasha Parvin, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, Aliah University, West Bengal, India | |
Globalization is one of the most widely
used and discussed concepts in the contemporary world. Scholars have explained
it through terms such as ‘Internationalization’ and ‘Liberalization’,
emphasizing the growing interconnectedness and mutual dependence among nations.
Trade, technology, and business are no longer confined within national
boundaries; instead, they now operate on a global scale. Closely linked with
privatization, globalization is primarily driven by two major forces—capital
and technology. Although economic in origin, globalization has gradually
extended its influence into personal, familial, social, and cultural spheres of
human life.
Literature, as a reflection of society,
has always recorded the marks of historical crises such as wars and famines.
Similarly, post-globalization Bengali short stories capture the changing
patterns of everyday life shaped by global economic and cultural forces. In
India, the economic reforms of 1991 and the adoption of a free-market economy
significantly altered social structures and value systems. These
transformations are clearly reflected in twenty-first-century Bengali short
fiction.
In family life, the career-driven
younger generation often prioritizes professional success over emotional
attachment to roots and traditions. Individuals constantly attempt to enhance
their market value by adapting themselves to modern demands. Parents increasingly
prefer English-medium education for their children to maintain social status.
As financial success gains greater importance than emotional bonds, family
relationships lose depth and warmth. Moral values such as empathy,
responsibility, and emotional commitment gradually weaken.
Technological advancement, which was
expected to reduce emotional distance despite geographical separation, has
often produced the opposite effect. Mobile phones, the internet, and social
media have intensified isolation and weakened human relationships. While
globalization promotes self-reliance, it simultaneously nurtures loneliness and
moral indifference. These ethical crises and the erosion of human values occupy
a central position in selected post-globalization Bengali short stories. | |
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