Page:Bengali Prose Style 1800-1857.djvu/18

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
xiv
CONTENTS

CHAPTER II

Omission of verbs–poetical forms in prose–construction–suffixes–adjectives and pronouns–adverbs–verbal peculiarities, pp. 43–60.

CHAPTER III

The advent of the English as rulers of the country–copying of Sanskrit Dictionary–Dr. Carey and Fort William College–Carey’s great influence–the affected style of the Pundits–pedantry and slang–alliteration–a defence of it–European writers of Bengali prose–the Pundit, the Maulavi and the European scholar–the defect of English writers–the intellectual activities of the Bengalis roused–the literature of controversy and abuse–Radhakanta Dev, pp. 61–100.

CHAPTER IV

Raja Ram Mohan Roy and his school–Laksmi Narayan’s Byabasta Ratna Mala, pp. 101–114.

CHAPTER V

Vocabulary and Grammar–the grammatical errors. Sanskritisation of Bengali, pp. 115–127.