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Dr. A. Balu Vijayaraghavan
Assistant Professor
M. A., Ph. D.
Specialization :
English Language and Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D
2018
English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad
M.A. English Literature
2014
English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad
NET
2014
UGC
Professional Experience
| position | institute | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam | 01/07/2018 | 25/08/2019 |
| Assistant Professor | Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), Bengaluru | 01/06/2017 | 29/06/2018 |
Honors/Awards/Achievements
- Prof. A.S.R. Award for Overall Best Paper, “Othello: A postcolonial-feminist reading” presented at the National Seminar titled Shakespeare in the 21st century (20th September 2014)
- Best Paper Presentation Award for “Shakespeare at Home: Decoding Home as a ‘Phenomenon of Perception’ in Shakespeare’s Major Tragedies” presented at the National Seminar on Contemporary Shakespeare: Culture, Language and Politics(6-7 September 2016)
- Overall Best Paper Presentation Award for “Representing Home as a Socio-Political Metaphor in Select Novels” presented at the National Conference on Homeland and Diaspora (3rd February 2018)
International Conferences attended
- Title of the paper: “Transcending Time and Space: Tagore’s Gitanjali as a ‘Glocal’ text"
Conference: Indian Literature as World Literature: Past, Present, Future
Organizer: The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
Date: 18-20 January 2018
- Title of the paper: “House on Fire: A Buddhist reading of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights”
Conference: “(HIS)TORY, HER-STORY, AND ‘OTHER’ NARRATIVES: REVISIONS AND
REINTERPRETATIONS IN STORY-TELLING”, Two- Day International Conference
Organizer: Reva University, Bangalore
Date: 3-4 February 2017
- Title of the paper: “Time, Space, Home: Interpreting Home as an Ideological Artefact in Novels”
Conference: “Materialities: Objects, Matters, Things”, XIX International Conference
Organizer: The Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda, Gujarat & Department of English,
Doon University, Dehradun, Date: 18-21 December 2016
- Title of the paper: “Self-Portrait of an Artist as a Jesting Prophet: Autobiographical Fiction of
Basheer”
Conference: “Narrative and Narratology: Traditions and Innovations in Story-telling Patterns”,
Two-Day International Conference
Organizer: Garden City College, Bangalore
Date: 5-6 February 2016
- Title of the paper: “Home, Memory, Childhood, Women, Self & Journeying: Exploring home as a
multi-layered icon in Tagore’s Homecoming”
Conference: International Conference on “Landmarks in Indian and World Literatures”
Organizer: Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies (ISCS) in collaboration with Osmania
University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP), Hyderabad
Date: 28th November 2015
- Title of the paper: “Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions: A feminist reading of The Mahabharata”
Conference: International Conference on “Transitions: Literature, Language and Culture – Post
1980”
Organizer: Garden City College, Bangalore
Date: 6-7 February 2015
Training Programs Attended
- Name of the Course: Refresher Course in English
Date: 13-09-2023 to 26-09-2023
Organizer: UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum
- Name of the course: Faculty Induction Programme
Date: 21-11-2022 to 21-12-2022
Organizer: UGC-HRDC, Kannur University, Kannur
Publications in Books/Peer-Reviewed journals
- “Shakespeare at Home: Decoding Home as a ‘Phenomenon of Perception’ in Shakespeare’s Major Tragedies”
Journal: LITTCRIT: An Indian Response to Literature, Vol. 23, No.1 (June 2017)
ISSN: 0970-8049
- “Childhood, Memory, Women, Self & Journeying: Home as a Multi-layered Icon in
Tagore’s Homecoming”
Journal: Gnosis, Vol.2, No.4 (July 2016)
ISSN: 2394-0131
Impact factor: 4.147
- “Problematising Home: A critique of the metaphor of home in Tagore’s Home and The World”
Journal: Albertian Review of Literature, Vol.2, No.1 (December 2015)
ISSN: 2394-3009
- “Chithra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions: A Feminist Reading of The Mahabharata”
Journal: Literary Miscellany, Vol.4, No.1-2 (January-December 2015)
ISSN: 2230-7451
- “Othello: A Postcolonial-Feminist Reading”
Journal: LangLit, Vol.1, Issue 4 (May 2015)
ISSN: 2349-5189
- “Portraying Home as a Socio-Political Metaphor in Novels”
Journal: Pursuits, Vol.12 (October-November 2014)
ISSN: 0974-7400
- “Reinventing the Mahabharata: A contemporary reading of Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel”
Journal: Research Scholar Vol IV Issue 3 (September 2014)
ISSN: 2249-6696
- “Interrogating Moral Cosmopolitanism: A Critique of Ian McEwan’s Black Dogs”
Journal: Literary Quest Vol.1 Issue 3 (August 2014)
ISSN: 2349-5650
- “Re-thinking the Title of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby”
Journal: Research Lines
ISSN: 0975-8941
- “Self-Portrait of an Artist as a Jesting Prophet: Autobiographical Fiction of Basheer”
Journal: Pursuits Vol.XI
ISSN: 0974-7400