The present issue ‘INSIGHT’ is a record of the

events organized by the Department of English

for the odd semester of 2019-20. The Guest

lecture was an effort to impart the interest for

understanding the text and giving life to the

words with acting. The department is con-

stantly striving to indulge the learning spirit

among students and likeness for the English

language and Literature.

“Literature adds to reality. It does not simply

describe it. It enriches the necessary compe-

tencies that daily life requires and provides;

and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that

our lives have become”- C. S. Lewis

Subhashini R

‘INSIGHT’

(The Department of ENGLISH)

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Knowledge

Enrichment

2

Expert Talk 2

Snapshots 2

Activities 3

Reader’s

Corner

4

Words of

Wisdom

4

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S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Practising student

centric teaching

pedagogy

Encouraging partici-

pation in seminars

Role Play

Book review

Creative thinking

I feel elated to see the number of number of activi-

ties organized, conducted and performed by the

students o first and second years for the odd semes-

ter 2019-20. The Department of BA English focuses

on the holistic development of the students, encour-

aging them to enhance their skills and engage them-

selves in creative thinking. The members o English

Department enthusiastically volunteer to help and

guide the students in setting up a collaborative and

positive learning ambience.

“A word after a word after a word is power”. These

inspiring words of Margaret Atwood truly epito-

mizes the relevance of literature and language in our

lives. We have just begun and have a long way to

go.

-Dr. Kuljeet Kaur

E D I TO R I A L H O D ’ S M E S S A G E

O B J E C T I V E S

F O R T H E

S E M E S T E R

To instill empathetic

understanding of

people

Teach Students to

converse fluently

Students to recognize

the structure of stories

To encourage Critical

interpretation of texts

P A G E 2

During the odd semester of 2019-20, the Department of English (Shift II) organized

two guest lectures for the first- and second-year students of B.A English. The first

guest lecture was conducted on August 9, 2019 on the topic- ‘Making of a novel with

reference to The Vicar of the Wakefield and Animal Farm’. It was conducted by

Ms. R. Nandhini, Assistant Professor, SIVET College, Chennai. The session emphasized

on the structure of a novel and discussed the elements like plot, rising action, falling

action, characters and social environment involved in constructing strong novels like

‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ and ‘Animal Farm’, two classics of English Literature that has

been prescribed for our students.

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE GUEST LECTURE

E X P E R T T A L K

K N O W L E D G E E N R I C H M E N T

1. Dr. Kuljeet Kaur presented a paper 'Relooking into estranged father-son relationship in Dance like a Man' in RSRI Conference on Contemporaneity of Language and Literature in the Robotized millennium, organized by SRMIST, Chennai on the 4th and 5th of October 2019.

2. Ms. C. Rajkumari was the resource person for the Guest Lecture on the topic, ‘Feminism, Draupadi and Theatre’ in DRBCCC Hindu College, Chennai on September 25, 2019 .

3. Ms. R. Kalaiarasi was the External Examiner for the Soft Skills Viva in Tamilnadu Institute of Labor on October 17, 2019.

4. Ms. Subha Jasmine R participated in the National Seminar on Hinduism for Youth on September 21, 2019.

5. Ms. Subhashini R attended the ‘Art of Thesis Writing’ workshop jointly presented by Dept. of Visual Communication, Loyola College and Rehoboth Academic Services at Loyola College, Chennai on October 12, 2019.

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STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

1. Twelve students from both I & II years of BA English attended the Two- day National Confer-

ence on ‘Contemporary Reflections on English Literature’ organized by Annai Violet College of

Arts and Science, Chennai on August 5 and 6, 2019.

2. Four students from II Year, BA English attended the national seminar on ‘Myths: Seeking

meaning from the Modern World’, organized by Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for

Women, Chennai.

3. Six students from I and II years of BA English participated in the singing competition for young

talents organized by Guru Nanak College, Chennai on August 2, 2019.

4. Four students from I year participated in the ‘Cooking without Fire’ competition organized by

Guru Nanak College, Chennai on August 11, 2019.

5. The students of II year BA English performed a dramatic reading and enactment of ‘The Wreck

of the Deutschland’, a spiritual poem written by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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The Department organized a guest lecture on the

topic- ‘Phonetics’ and the resource person was Dr.

G. Kalvikkarasi, Assistant Professor and Head, De-

partment of English, DRBCCC College, Chennai. She

explained the importance of phonetics in our every-

day use of the language and focused mainly on the

nuances of articulation and linguistics.

SNAPSHOTS OF STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES:

A C T I V I T I E S :

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INSIGHT (The Department of English )

R E A D E R ’ S C O R N E R —

THOSE FORGOTTEN CIVILITIES

Gone are those times, when people bowed

With smiles and greetings and lots of love;

Those sparkly dresses, respect and addresses,

Those dignified letters, muslin and feathers.

Those restrictions, those manners and proper courtesies,

The equality of both the sexes…

Such are the forgotten civilities…

In the name of progress and development,

Such are the times civilities have been abandoned.

- Foram Rikky Shah

I B.A English

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