Department of English
Activities for the Year 2015
JUNE
DATE / ACTIVITY03.06.15 / Ms. J. Arthy joined as Assistant Professor of English.
15.06.2015
to 27.06.2015 / Bridge Intensive Course was conducted for all the I year UG students for the academic year 2015 – 2016
Division / Diagnostic Test / Batches / Timings / Exit Test
I / 13.06.2015 / I - VII / 9.00am12.20pm / 27.06.2015
II / 13.06.2015 / I -V / 10.45am - 2.30pm / 27.06.2015
17.06.15 / Ms. A. R. DharshiniPriyanka, Assistant Professor of English rejoined.
22.06.2015 / Ms. B. Zulaiha, Head & Ms. C. Rosy, Assistant Professor of English along with three students of II BA English (Division- II) visited Nadar Middle Government School and met the headmaster regarding the CSS project.
25.06.2015 / Ms. B. Zulaiha, Head & Ms. C. Rosy, Assistant Professor of English along with three students of II BA English (Division- II) visited Nadar Middle Government School and finalized the name list of the students for the CSS.
JULY
DATE / ACTIVITY01.07.15 / The English department has collaborated with the Computer Science department for the CSS Extension work. Ms. B. Zulaiha, Head & Ms. C. Rosy Assistant Professor of English along with three students of II BA English (Division II) and Ms. A. FathimaHaleema, Asst. Prof of Computer Science with two students from II B Sc IT (Division I) went to Ramnad to purchase stationery and eatables for the school students who are benefitted through CSS.
4.07.15 / Spoken English classes started for all the first year UG students.
22.07.15 / Ms. S. Angel joined as Assistant Professor of English.
31.07.15 / Ms. K. Seeni Mohamed Nachia, Assistant Professor of English rejoined.
AUGUST
DATE / ACTIVITY01.08.15 / Ms. I. Almas Banu and Ms. B. Vasantha, Asst. Profs of English and 17 students from II MA English presented papers in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Social Perspectives in the Indian Writing in English in the Post- Colonial Era at AyyaNadarJanakiammal College, Sivakasi.
S.No / Name of the staff / Title of the paper
Ms I Almas Banu / Untouchability and Social Exclusion in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
Ms B Vasantha / Disregard of Women in Arundhati Roy’s “ The God of Small Things”
Name of the Student / Title of the Paper
M Anusutha / Patriarchy and Female Defiance in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe
K Prema / Naipaul’s A Bend in the River and Neo-Colonialism Comparative Context
A Kasthuri / Anita Desai’s Cry the Peacock : Manifesto of Female Predicament”
D Lavanya / Sufferings in Silence Portrayed in C S Lakshmi’s Yellow Fish
N Rajalakshmi / Multiculturalism in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss
A Benazir Fathima / Women’s Marginality in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Thing.
M Karthika / Politics and History in Anita Desai’s Clear Light of the Day
M Visithra / Women in the Age of Dollar and Indian Currency: A Perception into Sudha Murthy’s Dollar Bahu
R S Ajithra / Poor and Rich Divide in AravindAdiga’sThe White Tiger
M Priya / Post Modernism in AmitavGhosh’sThe Shadow Lines
K Vaitheki / Patriarchy on the Next Generation Anita Desai’s Fasting-Feasting
S Murugananthi / Women’s Friendship in ChithraBenerjee’s Sister of My Heart
B Rohini / Exile and Cultural Alienation in Anita Desai’s Bye-Bye Blackbird
T Rama Lakshmi / Cross-Culturalism in JhumpaLahiri’sThe Namesake
S Selvarani / Globalization in ManjulaPadmanabhan’sHarvest
S Ragavi / Women’s Perspective in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
N NoorulAzibha / Kiran Desai’s Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard- A Magic Realism
25.08.2015 / The internal audit for the department of English was held.
29.08.15 / Ms K Jasmin Malar, Asst. Prof of English and 11 students from II MA English attended a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Fourth World Literature: The Voice of the Marginalized at MannarThirumalaiNaicker College, Madurai which was jointly organized by the department of English, MannarThirumalaiNaicker College and the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, The American College, Madurai. These students presented their papers in this national seminar.
S.No / Name of the Student / Title of the paper
M Anusutha / The Cross Culturalism by JhumpaLahiri
D Lavanya / Racism in Maya Angelow’sI Know Why the Caged Birds
K Prema / Patriarchy and Female Defiance in Anita Nair’s “Ladies Coupe”
M Karthika / Marginality of Women in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
K Vaitheki / A Critical Appreciation of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbery
T Rama Lakshmi / Death Native Culture in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease
S Ragavi / Redemption of War in ChimmandaNgoziAdichie’sHalf of the Yellow Sun
N NoorulAziba / Identity Crisis in Anita Desai’s Cry, the Peacock
J Priyadharshini / Cultural Identity Crisis in Anita Desai’s Clear light of Day
R Pavithra / Multiculturalism in Kiran Desai’s Inheritance of Loss
V Bhavani / Exile and Cultural Alienation in Bye Bye Blackbird
SEPTEMBER
DATE / CRITERIA / ACTIVITY01.09.15 / III / Ms. J. Shanmuga Priya, Assistant Professor of English with three of the students from I MA English students (Ms P Priya, Ms B Jawaha and Ms. S ThanzilaSabur) attended an International Storytelling Festival (Kathaikalatta) for three days at MGR Janaki College, Adayar, Chennai. Seven (Mr. Jeff Gere, Mr. Craig Jenkins, Mr. Antonio Rocha, Ms. JeevaRaghunath, Mr. Randel McGee, Ms. Sheila Wee and Ms. Diane Ferlatte) from different countries were the resource persons.
18.09.2015 / III / Ms. I. Gayathri and Ms. P. Jeyachitra, Assistant Professors of English attended a one day national workshop on “Integration of LSRW to Enhance Communication Skills” at AyyaNadarJanakiAmmal College, Sivakasi. Dr. John Sekar, Head, Department of English, The American College and Mr. Allen, Head, Learning and Development, Hyderabad were the resource persons.
11.09.15
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19.09.2015 / V / Ms. K. Jasmine Malar and Ms. S. Udayanila Assistant Professors of English accompanied 26 students from III BA English and 11 students from II MA on an educational tour to Delhi.
15.09.2015 to
20.09.2015 / V / Ms. A. R. DharsiniPriyanka and Ms. R. Saranya, Assistant Professors of English accompanied 37 students from III BA English (Division-I) on an educational tour to Hyderabad.
15.09.2015 to
20.09.2015 / V / Ms. I Almas and Ms. S. Angel Assistant Professors of English accompanied 26 students from III BA English (Division-II) on an educational tour to Bangalore and Mysore.
18.09.2015 / III / Ms. A. Kansul Mahariba and Ms. J. Arthy Assistant Professors of English presented papers in the national seminar on “Self Revelation of the Post – colonial Writers at Ananda College, Devakottai. These papers are yet to be published.
S.No / Name of the faculty / Title of the Paper
1. / J.Arthy / Strangers to Ourselves: Language & Identity in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
2. / A. Kansul Maharibha / A Dalit’s perspective of Dalits: Bama’sSangati
18.09.2015 / III / 11 PG students presented papers in the national seminar on “Self Revelation of the Post – colonial Writers at Ananda College, Devakottai.
S.No / Name of the Student / Title of the Paper
1 / M Karthika / Poor and Rich Divide in AravindAdiga’sThe White Tiger”
2 / M Visithra / Racialized Beauty: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
K Vaitheki / Bye Bye Black Birds- Alienation by Anita Desai
S Selvarani / Women’s friendship in Chitra Banerjee Deva Karuni’sSister of My Heart
S Ragavi / Gandhian principle in Kanthapura
G. Linga Priya / Identity Crisis in Anita Desai’s Cry the Peacock
P. Saranya / Suffering in Silence portrayed by C.S.Laxmi’sYellow Fish
M. Saranya / Muticulturalism in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss.
R. Pavithra / Quest for identity in Arundathi Roy’s The God of Samll of Things.
M. Soundarya / Alienated from one’s Society: Anita Desai’s Cry, the Peacock.
P. Priya / The Exile literature in Diasporic Indian writings.
21.09.2015 / V / Ms. B. Vasantha, Assistant Professor of English accompanied 13 students from III BA English on an educational tour to Kodaikanal.
30.09.2015 / III / Ms. B. Zulaiha presented a paper on the topic “Veil is Eye: A Deconstructive Reading of ImitazDharker’sPurdah I” in a national seminar Contribution of Muslim Writersto English organized by AnnaiHajira Women’s College, Tirunelveli.
30.09.2015 / III / A. FathimaSumaiya of III BA, P. FathimaSahana of III BA and
H. VajeehaBegam of II BA participated in a national seminar on Contribution of Muslim Writersto English organized by AnnaiHajira Women’s College, Tirunelveli.