RESOURCE PERSONS

Dr. Arunim Bhandopadyaya

Prof. (Dr) T.R. Bhatt

Dr. Govindan Nair

Dr. T K.Gajanan

Dr. PK Pokker

Prof (Dr.) K. Gopinathan

Dr. T V. Madhu

Dr. K.M.Anil

Dr. Damodar Prasad

Dr. R V.M Divakaran

Dr. K.Krishna Kumar

Dr. Radhakrishnan.P.S

Dr. K.Balakrishnan

Smt. S Sreekumari

Dr. Nagendra Shreeniwas

Dr. Preethi Panth

Dr. Jose Antony

Dr. Pramod Kovaprath

Dr. Herman

Dr. Balasubramaniyan

Dr. Shobha Umesh

Dr. Kanchan Chakravarthy

Mr.Ohood Ali Muhammad Al -Nakab

Dr. Aji Gajanan

Mr. Phansi Maniphet

Mr.Basheer Ahmed Hamood Mulkeh

Mrs. Sepideh S

Essa Ali Muhammad Ali

Mr. Mr. Khamala Yottavong

Mr. Sumpoch Wowong

Mr.Hussein Omer Aqeed

Mr.Shaher Saif Abduh Aamer

Dr. Sumesh

Mr. Shibu Muhammed

Dr. Prasitha.P

Dr. V K SubramanianSeminar Convenor &

Head of The Department

CONCEPT NOTE

Ever since the emergence of Comparative Literature as an academic

discipline has aroused curiosity regarding its horizon of studies and suspicion

regarding its applicability. Anyhow with the increasing global consciousness the

area of comparative studies widened, ranging from regional, ethnical, marginalized,

still widening, spreading its wings towards translation studies, philosophy,

psychology, to other art forms and engulfing and enriching each and every sphere of

human life and activity.

India with its multi linguistic and multi cultural scenario has always been a

matter of awe to the world.Tagore preferred to address Comparative Literature as

World Literature.Indian visionaries has understood the capacity of comparative

approach in the process of defining and tracing out the concept of Indian literature

and derived the wonder quote; "Indian literature is one though it is written in many

languages." Since then this term had been widely used as a cultural and political tool

in national integration. In the present context the polyphonic nature of Indian

literature and culture itself is in the critical domain. It wouldbe apt to discuss the role

of comparative literature in this context. We hope an international seminar of this

sort would throw some light in this direction.

SUB THEMES

Comparative Literature

Indian Literature

Western Influence in Indian Literature

Role of translation Studies in India

Polyphony as a possibility

Literature and other arts

Indian contribution to CL Theories

ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNAN

Prof. E.V.RAMAKRISHNAN

E.V.Ramakrishnan is a bilingual writer and translator who has published

poetry and literary criticism, in Malayalam and English. His critical works in English

include Indigenous Imaginaries: Literature, Region, Modernity (2017), Locating

Indian Literature: Texts, Traditions and Translations (2011) and Making It New:

Modernism in Malayalam, Marathi and Hindi Poetry (1995). He has published three

volumes of poetry in English. Among his edited volumes are Indian Short Story 1900-

2000 (2001), We Speak in Changing Languages: An Anthology of Women's Poetry in

English (2006), Tree of Tongues: An Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry (1999) and

Trees of Kochi and Other Poems by K.G.Sankara Pillai (2016). He has published

seven critical books in Malayalam, including Anubhavangale Aarkkanu Peti? (2013),

Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal (2017) and Aksharavum Aadhunikatayum

(1994) for which he was awarded Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. He is presently

Professor Emeritus at Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Open forum: Reality to reels; ‘Cuts and Shots’

One of the luminaries of the New Indian Cinema, Adoor Gopalakrishnan has written and directed twelve feature films. Has participated in all major film festivals round the world. International Film Critics Prize has gone to him six times successively. National award for best director five times. Dada Phalke Award India’s highest national honour for cinema (2005). BFI award for the Most Original and Imaginative film of 1982 for Elippathayam, French Govt’s honour Commander of the order of Arts & Letters (2004), India’s top civilian honour Padma Vibhushan(2006). Life-time achievement awards - Cario, Denver, New Jersey, Colombo, Pune and MAMI fests.

Interaction with Adoor Gopalakrishnan