Commencing its journey in 2013 as one of the founding academic departments in the university, the Department of English has already witnessed five fruitful and happening years. In these five years, the department has remained engaged unfailingly in academic pursuits – trying in a sustained manner to cater to the academic needs of postgraduate students at the university campus as well as of those at the PG Departments of B.C.College, Asansol (from 2013), TDB College, Raniganj (from 2016) and Michael Madhusudan Memorial College, Durgapur(from 2018), as also of the undergraduate students enrolled in the affiliated colleges. To this end, the department has always endeavoured to keep the syllabi updated (as per UGC guidelines), and at par with that of other prominent universities in and outside the state, and has organised seminars, special lectures (as part of Quest Lecture Series), workshops, and tutorials regularly.
With five permanent faculty members along with visiting faculty and guest lecturers of repute, the Department currently offers courses that enable the students at the postgraduate level to explore different nuances of South Asian Literatures, new Literatures in English and Dalit Literature along with canonical British Literature. It also brings into its repertoire current theoretical trajectories on literary and cultural studies. It offers special papers on American Literature, New Literature, Subaltern studies and Literature in translation. To keep pace with the changing trends, it promises to introduce more novel papers around emerging areas of global scholarship in the near future.
Simultaneously, the department has always stressed the need for Advanced Research in the humanities, because without critical and conscientious research, a university PG Department is never worth its name. Consequently in 2015, the department introduced its PhD Programme, thus honing the available research expertise of its faculty members. There has been no looking back since then, and the department now boasts of having 16 Ph.D. Scholars on the rolls at present, and running successfully a Major Research Project with funding from ICSSR and a Post-doctoral Research Programme under the aegis of the department. The latest achievement of the department has been the introduction of Choice-Based Credit System both at the UG as well as the PG levels. The department also plans to introduce an integrated M.Phil.-Ph.D programme shortly.
We are confident to incrementally grow from strength to strength, with plans to engage ourselves more actively in various academic activities that would enrich both students, research scholars and the faculty members.
| Prog. or Course | Duration | Starting Year | Intake | Students Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
M.A. in English |
4 Semesters (2 Years) |
2013 |
50(KNU Campus) + 35 (BCC) + 20 (TDB) + 15 (MMMC) |
|
|
Ph.D. |
3 years |
2015 |
22 |
16 |
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Professor
sajal.bhattacharya@knu.ac.in
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Professor
anindya.purakayastha@knu.ac.in
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Assistant Professor
debadityabhattacharya@knu.ac.in
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Thrust Area
South Asian Literatures, New Literatures in English, Dalit Literature, American Literature,Subaltern Studies, Translation Studies, Gender studies, Art and Heritage Studies, Literary and Cultural Theory, Continental Philosophy.
| Research Supervisor | Research Scholar | Research Programme | Year of Registration | Tentative Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Professor
(Dr.) Sajalkumar Bhattacharya |
Bipranarayan Bhattacharyya |
Ph.D |
2017 |
WEAK
CENTRE, STRONG MARGINS: THE PROBLEMATICS OF BRITISH EMPIRE IN SELECT WORKS OF
LATE VICTORIAN POPULAR FICTION |
|
|
Sumalya Ghosh |
Ph.D |
2017 |
“ADI
BIMB”: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE THEATRE OF RATAN THIYAM |
|
|
Gourab Sinha |
Ph.D |
2018 |
EXAMINING
THE PROBLEMATICS OF MAGIC REALISM AS A NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE IN CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SELECT WORKS OF SALMAN RUSHDIE,
ISABEL ALLENDE AND DAVID ALMOND |
|
|
Arunima Karmakar |
Ph.D |
2018 |
EXAMINING
THE FEMALE GAZE IN SELECT TRAVEL NARRATIVES BY INDIAN WOMEN TRAVELLING TO
EUROPE FROM 1860S – 1960S. |
|
|
Paramita Bandyopadhyay |
Ph.D |
2018 |
...
SEEN THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF WOMEN: GENDERED VISION IN THE PLAYS OF
MANJULA PADMANABHAN AND POLIE SENGUPTA |
|
|
PintuKarak |
Ph.D |
2018 |
NEGOTIATING
VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA: EXAMINING THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN SELECT NOVELS
OF BUCHI EMECHETA AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE |
|
|
Sumbul Nasim |
Ph.D |
2018 |
SADAT
HASAN MANTO’S INTEROGATION OF POST COLONIAL UTOPIANISM: A STUDY OF HIS SELECT
WORKS |
|
|
Dr. Arpita Ghatak |
Postdoctoral Fellow, ICSSR |
2017 |
PERFORMING
CULTURE, CULTURE IN PERFORMANCE: A CRITICAL STUDY OF JATRA IN
POST-INDEPENDENCE BENGAL |
|
Dr. Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha |
Sankha Maji |
Ph.D |
2017 |
LITERATURE
OF INSURGENCY: INVESTIGATING THE APORIAS OF THE POSTCOLONIAL STATE IN THE
NON-FICTIONAL WRITINGS OF ARUNDHUTI ROY |
|
|
Saptaparni Pandit |
Ph.D |
2017 |
GEO-POETICS
AND SPECIES HISTORY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: RELOCATING EARTH-OTHERS IN BRITISH
AND IRISH POETRY |
|
|
Md. MursedAlam |
Ph.D |
2017 |
REMAPPING
THE SUBALTERN AFTER THE END OF SUBLTERN STUDIES: REPRESENTATIONS, EXCLUSIONS
AND SILENCES |
|
Dr. Santanu Banerjee |
Rakes Sarkar |
Ph.D |
2017 |
EXPLORING
THE INTERFACE AMONG MARGINALITY, POWER AND RESISTANCE IN POST-MILLENIAL
INDIAN FICTION IN ENGLISH: A STUDY OF SELECT NOVELS OF KUNAL BASU, NEEL
MUKHERJEE AND ARAVIND ADIGA |
|
|
Amit Bairagi |
Ph.D |
2017 |
STRING
PUPPETRY IN WEST BENGAL: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL AND
PERFORMATIVE CHANGES |
|
|
Manish Prasad |
Ph.D |
2017 |
ENIGMA
OF POSTCOLONIAL TRANSLATION: A STUDY OF THE TENSION BETWEEN COLONIALISM AND
NATIONALISM IN HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN’S SELECT TRANSLATION |
|
|
Shilpi Das |
Ph.D |
2017 |
REDEFINING
WOMEN IN BENGALI NATIONALIST IMAGINATION: A STUDY OF THE CONTESTING SPACES OF
THE ARTISTIC AND THE LITERARY (1850-1947) |
| Year< | Title of the Conference | Duration | Sponsored By | Nature of Conference/ Seminar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th
January, 2016 |
Negotiating
Scottish Studies: History Culture & Identity |
1 day |
Indian
Association for Scottish Literary Studies |
International
Conference |
|
10th
February, 2016 |
Remapping
the Future of Postcolonial Studies: Apprehensions and Utopias |
1 day |
Kazi
Nazrul University |
International
Conference |
|
10th
April, 2018 |
Nivedita:
In Search of the Lesser-Known |
1 day |
Department
of English, KNU |
State Level Seminar |
The Department has collaborated with the Eastern Railway -Asansol Divisional Office, INTACH, Railway Enthusiast Society, and Freemasons’ Hall in organizing the First Asansol Heritage Walk on 29.11. 2018.
Rabindra Jayanti, Film Show, Debate and Discussion, USEF, Orientation Programme, Freshers’ Welcome and Farewell
Rabindra Jayanti, Remembering Utpal Kumar Basu, Film Shows, World Environment Day, Women’s Day, Freshers’ Welcome and Farewell
Rabindra Jayanti, World Environment Day, Women’s Day, Freshers’ Welcome and Farewell
Film Shows, Freshers’ Welcome
