OVERVIEW
The Department of English has been a part of the college since its inception in 1952. The B.A. English course was established in the year 1980. The department was upgraded as a PG Department in 1999. It offers an Add-On Course in Communicative English.
The Department has built a brand name over the years, with the service of stalwarts like Sister Berchmans, Ms.Rose Andrews, Ms.Radha Nair, Ms.Maya Premanand, Ms Joan Williams, Ms. Seetha Ramakrishnan, Dr.M.D.Radhika, Dr.Lalitha Menon. Ms.Tessie Thanjan, Ms.Ancy Mathew and Ms.Beulah Thomas.
The Department has an impressive roll of honour with 23 University ranks for UG and one rank for PG down the years. The progression from UG to PG is above 90%. The Pass Percentage has been high throughout. Subsequently, the Demand Ratio for the courses offered is very high. 10 of our students have cleared the National Eligibility Test.
The alumnae of the department are well-placed in various fields of enterprise. A good number of them are employed as faculty in colleges, teachers in schools and as journalists and writers. The department maintains strong bonds with the alumnae through ELAN, the English Literature Alumnae Association.
The Department is a Training Partner of ASAP, the Additional Skills Acquisition Programme of the Govt. of Kerala. This programme offers training in Communicative English and IT skills in order to improve the employability quotient of the students.
The department publishes Diotima’s, a Peer Reviewed Research Journal with the focus on New Readings. Seven issues of the journal have come out so far.
There are a large number of Clubs that the Department has launched – these are Bookscape – the Readers’ Club, Repertoire – the Theatre Club, Crossfire – the Debating Club, TransVision – the Radio Club, Mise-en Scene – the Film Club, Avant-Garde– the Innovation Club, and Grassroots – the Environment Club.
The Department engages in three major Extension activities – students offering tuition in Varadoor LP School, voluntary services in SUMAN Rehabilitation Centre for mentally challenged women, and the Mother Veronica Library for the women and children of the college neighbourhood.
The Department organized a UGC sponsored Seminar on Visual Culture and the Humanities in September, 2015.Our PG students’ organized a PG students National Seminar on Mythologies Today on March 16th, 2016.
The students of the department represent a vibrant cross section of the society. Notable student achievements include the two novels published by the students Ms.Anjumol B (Thulamazha Peyyumbol – 2012) and Ms.Ananya Gopi ( Njaan Seetha – 2015) and the Idea Star Singer Title won by Ms.Merin Gregory. Ms. Merlin Babu is now a notable film director. Ms. Tintu Abraham was part of the Indian Handball team at the Incheon Asian Games, 2013.Ms.Varsha Vinu (Second PG) won the Film Critics Award for the Best Malayalam play back singer in 2017 and the nomination for Film Fare awards.
The future plan of the department is to be upgraded as a Research Centre.
Courses Offered: UG English Language and Literature
PG English Language & Literature
Add-on Course in Communicative English
VISION : Enabling Expression
MISSION : Enhancing Communicative Skills
Laying a strong Foundation in the Subject
Inculcating a sound critical sense
Fostering Research Aptitude
Empowering through Gender Awareness
Effective Inner Growth through Literature
FACULTY
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Name |
Designation |
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Shyama E |
Associate Professor |
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Ramani C.E |
Associate Professor |
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Bindu A |
Associate Professor |
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Shanti Vijayan |
Assistant Professor |
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Surya K |
Assistant Professor |
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Aparna Nandakumar |
Assistant Professor |
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Elizabeth Antony |
Assistant Professor |
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Preethy Mary George |
Assistant Professor |
FORMER FACULTY
Ms.Rose Andrews 1955-89
Ms.Radha Nair 1966-1998
Ms.Maya Premanand 1967-1993
Ms. Seetha Ramakrishnan 1970-2002
Ms Joan Williams 1973-1994
Sr. Carmilla 1975-1995
Sr. Hannah 1978-1995
Dr.M.D.Radhika 1980-2013
Dr.Lalitha Menon 1980-2014
Ms.Ancy Mathew 1983-2015
Ms. Tessie Thanjan 1989-2012
Ms.Beulah Thomas 1993-2015
PUBLICATIONS
2012- No. of publications- 7
| Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal with page no and Vol./Issue no |
ISSN NO |
Place and Month/Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
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1 |
Ms.Shyama E. |
“Deceptive Polarities in Raja Rao and V. S. Naipaul” |
Proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on New Literatures. Dept.of English, Govt.Brennen College |
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Thalassery, |
National |
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2 |
Ms. Surya K. |
“The Enigma of Female Independence: A Study of Advaita Kala’s Almost Single |
Proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on New Literatures. Dept.of English, Govt.Brennen College |
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Thalassery, |
National |
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3 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“Victimization Of Women: A Study on Margaret Atwood’s Novel Surfacing”. |
Research Scholar, Vol. II. No. IV. |
ISSN 2249-6696 |
December 2012 |
National |
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4 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“The Play Hayavadana: An Innovative Experiment and a New Direction to Modern Indian Theatre.” |
Research Journal, Misbah Book 7. Vol. 7. |
ISSN 0976-2523 |
January-2012 |
National |
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5 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“A Post-colonial Reading of the Play Hayavadana.” |
Research Scholar, Vol. II. No. II. |
ISSN 2249-6696 |
June 2012 |
National |
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6 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“Postcolonial Concepts in The English Teacher” |
Research Scholar, Vol. II. No. I-B |
ISSN-2249-6696 |
March 2012/ |
National |
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7 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“Deconstruction of the Poem Mirror ” |
Baselius Researcher, Vol. XIII. No. 2. |
ISSN 0975-8658 |
July-December 2012/ |
National |
II) 2013 No. of publications- 5
| Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal with page no and Vol./Issue no |
ISSN NO |
Place and Month/Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
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1 |
Ms. Aparna Nandakumar |
“Mapping Desire and Violence on the University Campus” |
Anveshi Broadsheet on Contemporary Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2, |
ISSN: 2278-3423 |
HYDERABAD |
NATIONAL |
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2 |
Ms. Aparna Nandakumar |
“The Romance of the Campus: Revisiting the Genre of Campus Films in Malayalam” |
Diotima’s: A Journal of New Readings |
ISSN: 2319-4189 |
KOZHIKODE |
NATIONAL |
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3 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“Beyond Cultural Identity: Reflections on Multiculturalism in One Amazing Thing”. |
Discourse,Vol.1No.2 |
ISSN2321-0214 |
September |
National |
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4 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
Voices and Silences in One Amazing Thing. |
LUX MONTIS( Girideepam Institute of Advanced Learning),Vol.1No.1 |
ISSN2321-8053 |
July2013 |
National |
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5 |
Ms. Preethy Mary George |
“Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation in English – Success or Failure?” |
Hindustan University Chennai-The Modern Journal of Applied Linguistics |
ISSN 0974-8741 |
Special Issue January 2013 |
National |
III) 2014 No of Publications -2
| Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal with page no and Vol./Issue no |
ISSN NO |
Place and Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
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1 |
Ms. Chitra Sebastian |
‘War on Terror’ as Refining the Sense of Security of a Common Man in Europe: A Close Look at One Day in the Life of Henry Perowne’ |
SVASH ( Swami Vivekanada Association of Science and humanities) – a multi disciplinary researcher’s forum |
ISBN 978- 81- 907480- 9-4 |
Trivandrum, 2014 |
International |
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2 |
Ms. Chitra Sebastian |
Deconstructing the Perceived Homogeneity of the Japanese : |
34th Annual Session of South |
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Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Tanjavoor, Tamil |
National |
IV) 2015 -No of Publications -2
| Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal with page no and Vol./Issue no |
ISSN NO |
Place and Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
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1 |
Ms. Surya K. |
“The Ideal of Femininty: Woman in Indian Television Advertisements |
Research Scholar |
2249-6696 |
Vol 5. N0.3 |
National |
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Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper/ |
Name of the Book and page no |
Publisher |
Place and Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
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2 |
Dr. Kavya Krishna K.R. |
Gender and Performance: The Re-invention of Mohiniyattam in Early Twentieth Century Kerala |
Transcultural Negotiations of Gender: Studies in (Be)longing |
Springer |
Netherlands, New York, New Delhi |
International |
V) 2016 No of Publications – 13
| Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal with page no and Vol./Issue no |
ISSN NO |
Place and Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
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1 |
Ms. Shanthi Vijayan |
“Postfeminist Mythopoeia: Oppositional Consciousness at Work in Sarah Joseph’s Oorukaval” |
International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies |
ISSN-2349-9451 |
2016 |
International |
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2 |
Ms. Shanthi Vijayan |
“Immanence and Transcendence: Forest as an Archetypal and Ecological Abode in the Select Works of Sarah Joseph” |
South Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies,Vol.4, Issue 3. |
ISSN-2349-7858. |
2016 |
International |
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3 |
Ms. Surya K. |
“Femininity and the Beauty Ideal: Image of the Woman in Indian Popular Media |
The Criterion |
0976–8165 |
Online |
International |
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4 |
Ms. Surya K |
Articulations of Power: Female Agency in Shobha De’s Socialite Evenings |
IJELR Journal |
2349-9451 |
Online |
International |
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5 |
Ms. Surya K |
Gender Politics and Cultural Representation.: The Dynamics of Power in Women’s Magazines” |
Singularities |
2348-3369 |
Unity women’s College Manjeri,2016 |
National |
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6 |
Dr. Kavya Krishna K. R. |
Engendering Revolution: A Study of Select Textual Representations of the Radical Left Movement in Kerala |
World Journal of Gender and Literature |
ISSN NO-2349-1620 |
New Delhi July 2016 |
National |
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7 |
Dr.Kavya Krishna K.R. |
Rukmini Devi Arundale and the Making of Bharatanatyam |
The Literary Voyage |
ISSN NO-2348-5272 |
Rachana Publications, Gulbarga, Karnataka 2016 |
National |
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8 |
Ms. Anjana Treesa Joseph |
Unfathomed Emotional Spaces : Posttraumatic Women Psyche |
International al Research Journal of Humanities, Language and Literature June 2016, Vol. 3, |
2394-1642 |
2016 |
International |
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9 |
Ms. Anjana Treesa Joseph |
Violence; Silence and the Awakening in Between |
International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities June 2016, Vol. 4, |
2321-7065 |
2016 |
International |
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10 |
Ms. Anjana Treesa Joseph |
Panthibhojanam : A Story of Adaptation |
Institute of Research Advances- International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies July 2016, |
2455-2526 |
2016 |
International |
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11 |
Ms. Anjana Treesa Joseph |
Living in the Midst of Incomprehensible |
Journal of English Language and Literature July 2016, |
2349-9753 |
2016 |
International |
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12 |
Ms. Anjana Treesa Joseph |
A Partisan’s Daughter and the social world |
Research Journal of English Language and Literature July- September 2016,
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2395-2363 |
2016 |
International |
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13 |
Ms. Anjana Treesa Joseph |
Consuming Culture : A Reading of Food Capitalism |
Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences December 2016, |
0976-1861 |
0976-1861 |
National |
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VI) 2017 No of publications till July -1
| Sl No |
Name of the Faculty Member |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal with page no and Vol./Issue no |
ISSN NO |
Place and Year of Publication |
Regional/National/International |
|
1 |
Ms. Surya K. |
“Femininity and the Ideal of Emancipation: A Comparative Reading of the Films English Vinglish and How Old are You? |
Assonance Journal |
2394-7853. |
Calicut University Dept. of Russian and Comparative Literature |
National |
MAJOR/MINOR PROJECTS (FACULTY):
Chitra Sebastian – Ongoing UGC Minor project (1,80,000) for the proposal “Anti-Realist Techniques Employed in the Japanese Noh Theatre”.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS ( IV Sem PG students)
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SL.NO |
NAME |
TOPIC |
COLLEGE |
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1. |
Swathi T |
Tracing the Margins: Analysis of the Ethnocentrism in Khaled Hosseini’s ‘The Kite Runner’ |
KAHM Unity Women’s College, |
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2. |
Remya R |
Historical Revisionism in Kammattipadam: A Regional Chronicle of Dalit History. |
KAHM Unity Women’s College, |
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3. |
Renu G |
Myth and Nationalism: A Study of the Hindutva Politics. |
Providence Women’s College. |
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4. |
Alicia Jacob |
Crossing thresholds: A Transition from Feminism to Womanism. |
KAHM Unity Women’s College,
Providence Women’s College. |
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5. |
Haritha M.B |
Bonding Feminine: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty. |
Providence Women’s College. |
PUBLICATIONS (IV Sem PG students)
| SL.NO |
NAME OF THE STUDENT |
NAME OF THE JOURNAL |
TOPIC |
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1. |
Alicia Jacob |
Tracings. Volume 2, Issue 1. |
Crossing thresholds: A Transition from Feminism to Womanism. |
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2. |
Remya R |
Tracings. Volume 2, Issue 1. |
Historical Revisionism in Kammattipadam: A Regional Chronicle of Dalit History. |