National Seminar @ MCC

UGC Sponsored NATIONAL SEMINAR on Monday, 12 March 2012

in Post-Independence Indian Writing in English: Theory and Praxis

Organized by PG & Research Department of English
MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (Autonomous)

CHENNAI – 600059, TAMIL NADU

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

One among the oldest departments in the country, the Department of English offers wide range of specializations under the credit based system. The syllabus under the credit system has integrated the conventional approach of exposing the student to period/genre based texts, literature of contemporary relevance and career based papers. The special papers offered at UG and PG levels are Women's Writing, Literary Theory and Criticism, Myth and Literature, Indian Theatre, Shakespearean Criticism, European Classics in Translation, ELT and Eco-literature.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL

We are happy to announce the publication of the second issue of our literary journal, Eclectic Representations in February 2012. [In Print]. Eclectic Representations ISSN 2231 - 430 X is a peer-reviewed biannual journal, which covers English literature from the time of Chaucer to the present day. It features scholarly essays on diverse literatures like British, American, and Indian
Writing to name a few. It encourages the re-reading of familiar authors, as well as those that champion new or neglected works. It presents a remarkable diversity of methodologies and examines a wide range of literary and critical topics. The journal remains committed to the re-appraisal of accepted views, and the principle that criticism and scholarship should reinforce the pleasure for which literature and other works of arts are created.

ABOUT THE THEME

Pre- and post-independence Indian Writing in English has been constantly pre-occupied with the complex issue of construction of identities.

In the decades immediately before independence, the most important concern of writers seems to have been the construction of a pan-Indian nationalist identity, untroubled by differences of caste, gender, language, religion and region. This was important in the context of constructing/establishing the notion of a nation to resist colonial hegemony. Immediately after Independence this homogenizing tendency began to be questioned and the decades immediately following independence were marked by writings which sought to subvert and expose the inadequacies of this monolithic identity. In recent years, with a world that has come to recognize multiculturalism as an essential experience of life, nationalist identities are being further explored with reference to global contexts.

Hence, the National Seminar on Post-Independence Indian Writing in English: Theory and Praxis, intends to discuss and assess evolving identities in post-Independence Indian Writing in English which, while being polyphonic, is also syncretic and eclectic.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited from teacher delegates, PhD and MPhil Scholars dealing with the following aspects in Post-Independence Indian Writing in English.

v  Problematizing Linguistic Identity

v  Narrating Gender, Caste, Region and Religion

v  Construction and Deconstruction of Indianness

v  Indian Literature in English as Initiating a change in understanding of Identities

PAPER SUBMISSION

The hard copy of the paper (not exceeding ten pages) along with Registration Form have to be sent by post to the Seminar Convenor. The format of the paper is MS WORD font size 12, Times New Roman, Spacing 1.5

The presenters should also send a soft copy of the paper by e-mail to the convenor of the Seminar.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last Date to send in Abstracts and DD:  20 February 2012

Last Date for Intimation of selected Papers: 22 February 2012

Last Date to send in the Full Paper: 01 March 2012

Select articles will be published in a book with ISBN No. on the day of the Seminar.

REGISTRATION FEE

Registration Fee: Rs.500/-

(Includes lunch, refreshments, and a copy of the book with ISBN containing select articles)

DD should be drawn in favour of The Bursar, Madras Christian College, payable at Chennai

Papers received without DD will not be considered.

Co-authors also have to pay the Registration fee.

Date of the Conference: Monday, 12 March 2012
Venue: Media Studies Auditorium,
Madras Christian College,
Tambaram, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India
PINCODE: 600 059
Contact Mobile: 09840042856
Email: ugcseminarmcc@gmail.com
Website: www.mccenglish.in

Programme:
Registration: 8 - 9 am.

9 am - Prayer and Welcome Address

9:05 - Welcome Address - Dr.Felix Moses, Head, Dept of English

9:10 - 9:30 am - Principal's Address

9:30 - 10:30 am - Key Note Address - Dr.Maduranayakam

10:30 - 10:45 - Refreshments

10:45 - 12:45 - I SESSION

12:45 - 1:30 - Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 - II SESSION

3:30 Valedictory function & Certificate Distribution

4:00 - REFRESHMENTS

Accommodation is available at a very nominal cost at the International guest House, in Campus.

HOW TO REACH

Delegates can reach the college by road or by rail. Roads and railways connect Tambaram from Chennai. Weather will be warm in the month of March, in Chennai.

For travel related queries, please feel free to contact us at 09840042856. Madras Christian College is situated very near to the Tambaram railway station. Tambaram is situated approximately 25 kms South of Chennai, and it is 13 kms from the International Airport.