Representation of Child in a Strange and Sublime Address and the Immortals by Amit Chaudhuri

Abstract

Amit Chaudhuri is an essayist, novelist and critic. He has written seven novels so far, a non-fictional book, a critical book, an anthology and two story books. His novels present a picture of middle class society of Bengal or Calcutta. His characters are simple people who celebrate different phases of life. The characters Sandeep of A Strange and Sublime Address and Nirmalya of The Immortals present the shades of childhood and teenage self of the novelist himself.  This research paper is an attempt to study the psychology and mindset of these two characters in connection with theory on child psychology and development of these child or adolescent protagonists.