Address : Department of Studies in English

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Shamsoddin Royanian.

Date of Birth : Aug 23, 1974.

Address : Department of Studies in English,

Semnan University,

Semnan,

Islamic Republic of Iran.

Tell : 0231-3354100-3490

0122-6225472

Cell : 98-9119017010

E-Mail:

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in English Language and Literature, University of Mysore, 2009.

Thesis on “Chinua Achebe as a Chronicler of Africa”

(Guide: Professor K. C. Belliappa, Vice-Chancellor,

Rajiv Gandhi University, India)

M.A. in English Literature, University of Mysore,

2004.

I Class.

Position : Assistant Professor,

(Academic) Department of Studies in English, Semnan University,

Semnan, Iran. Jan, 2008.

Assistant Professor in English,

Department of Studies in English,

Azzahra University, Tehran,

Iran.

Jan 2010- June 2010.

Lecturer in English,

Department of Studies in English,

Sharif University of Technology,

Tehran,

Iran.

Sept 20, 2005- July 10, 2006.

Lecturer in English,

Department of Studies in English,

University of Mysore.

Aug 20, 2003 - Dec 22, 2004.

Publications

Articles presented at conferences:

Royanian Shamsoddin. “Procedures for Teaching of a Grammar Lesson” I C E G, Dindigul, India, 2007.

Royanian Shamsoddin . “Women’s Situations in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart” Center for Women’s Studies, University Of Mysore, 3 January 2007.

Royanian Shamsoddin . “English Learning Process at Iranian and at Indian Universities” Union of Islamic Associations of Iranian Students, Chandigarh, 3 March 2006.

Articles published in Journals:

Royanian Shamsoddin. The Clash between Colonization and the Igbo in Arrow of God; The Atlantic Literary review. Vol.12, No. 1. January-March 2011.

Royanian Shamsoddin and Yazdani Zeinab. Ideological Conflict in A Man of the People; Protocol. Vol. IV No. 1&2. 2010

Royanian Shamsoddin. Historical Analysis on Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah; PEGASUS. Vol. VIII & IX. 2009-2010.

Royanian Shamsoddin and Yazdani Zeinab. Metaphor of Body in Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman; The Criterion. Vol. II, Issue III, 2011.

Royanian Shamsoddin and Yazdani Zeinab. Alienation and devastation in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing; Ferdowsi mashhad Literary review. Accepted for publication in Jan 2012.

Royanian Shamsoddin. Political Power in a man of the people; Literary Insight. Accepted for publication in Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2012.

Yazdani Zeinab and Royanian Shamsoddin. The Portrayal of Sexism in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. International Journal of Multicultural Literature; Accepted for publication in Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2012.

Yazdani Zeinab and Royanian Shamsoddin. Fighting Sexual/Gender Power Politics in Margaret Atwood’s Novels” Contemporary Discourse; Accepted for publication in Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2012.

Sharbati Samira and Royanian Shamsoddin. “The Formation of Hyper-Reality in Traps by Caryl Churchill”. Contemporary Discourse, Accepted for publication in Volume-3, Issue-1, January-2012.

Royanian Shamsoddin and Yazdani Zeinab . African Literature through Culture and Traditional Life. International Journal of Multicultural Literature; Accepted for publication in Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2012.

Royanian Shamsoddin. “Women’s Situations in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart” Center for Women’s Studies, University Of Mysore, 3 January 2007.

Books :

Royanian Shamsoddin Colonialism and post-colonialism in the novels of Chinua Achebe. Semnan University Press, 2010.

Royanian Shamsoddin. Translating Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart into Persian.

(Current)

Royanian Shamsoddin A critical analysis on Shakespeare’s Othello. (Scheduled for publication in Jan, 2012)

Royanian Shamsoddin A critical analysis on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. (Scheduled for publication in April, 2012)

Royanian Shamsoddin A critical analysis on Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations. (Scheduled for publication in Aug, 2012)

Seminars organized:

Royanian Shamsoddin. Director in organizing a four day literary workshop lectured by Prof. K.C. Belliappa, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, India, held at Semnan University, March, 2009.

Other : Having more than 14 years experience in teaching

Activities TOEFL & IELTS, Pronunciation, Phonetics and

Phonology.