Seminar on Ecocriticism

-

Date: 28th July, 2023

Faculty coordinator: Ms. Nandhini Praveen

Venue: First floor, Basha Sangam 

DETAILED REPORT OF THE EVENT

On July 28, 2023, two resource persons were invited to talk in the Seminar on Ecocriticism. The first session was by Dr. Kalyani Pricilla, Assistant Professor fromA nna University. She threw light on the topic "An Ecofeminist reading of Mahashweta Devi's Witch". She also mentioned other subjects related to ecocriticism like Ecofeminist critics from all over the world, Patriarchy and extra activism, renowned Indian and western ecofeminist writers, pioneers who examined the ecofeminist movement.She also shared information about the lives of Tribals in the Rhota Hills.

      Dr.Shoba. K. N, Associate Professor of English at the National Institute for Technical Teachers Training and Research, Taramani was the resourse person for the second session.She provoided the students with the knowledge on land ethics, climate change, and the impact of COVID on human relationship .She also introduced various topics related to ecocriticism, a few of them are, neologisms, transdisciplinary methods, postcolonial ecocriticism. The students were made aware of the recent trends in ecocriticism, Anthroprocene ecocriticism, Zoo criticism, phyto criticism, Ecomedia Studies and ecolinguistics. The seminar was instrumental in educating related terms on neologisms like Tierratrauma, Psychoterratic, somaterratic, Meteor anxiety and Terrafurie. She also referred a few texts on Eco-critical literature. Ecocriticism of the global south can employ a wild abandon approach to enhance knowledge in ecocriticism.  

Outcome of the event:

Students had the opportunity to learn more about ecocriticism, thanks to the Seminar's wealth of environmental concepts related to the research study. The students gained insights in the relationship between literature and ecocriticism. They learned new Vocabulary like Terraphthora, Teranascia terraphththoric, meteoranxiety, Tierratrauma, Psychoterratic, somaterratic and also how to preserve the natural world.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Parent Teacher Meeting

-
Image
  Event-Report: The P.G Department of English organized Parent Teacher Meeting for MA English students on 5 th  February 2026   for the even semester of the academic year 2025-26. Parents and their respective wards were requested to attend the meeting between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. The class-in-charges, Ms. Nandhini Praveen and Ms. Raveena Neeraj Kumar of I MA and II MA English discussed the students’ discipline, academic performance, punctuality, classroom interaction, dress code and participation in co-curricular activities with the parents. Parents’ queries related to their wards were clarified. Parents’ feedback was also collected.  Outcome of Event: The PTM helped establish an acquaintance between the class-in-charges and the parents. It helped in understanding students behaviour and performance. It brought out new approaches to solve the problems of the students.
Read more

Two Day Life Skills Enhancement Workshop on "Holistic Wellbeing and Resilience"

-
Image
Date and Time: 10th October 2023 to 11th October 2023, 10:00 am to 1:30 pm Venue: Cauvery Block, Sports Complex, First Floor Faculty Coordinator: Ms. Nandhini Praveen and Ms. Krithika A PG Department of English organised a two-day workshop titled “ Holistic Wellbeing and Resilience ” on 10th and 11th October 2023. The aim of the workshop is to provide adaptive, emotional and positive behaviour that enable students to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. The Day 1 (10.10.2023) Session 1 : was commenced with the college prayer followed by Welcome address. Then Mr. J. Praveen Prabhu felicitated the speaker Mr. Tarun Murugesh , Lifeguard Instructor & Master First Aid Trainer. The speaker shared the importance of Lifeskills training to the students. He said ‘ by equipping individuals with life skills, first aid knowledge, and defense skills, they are better prepared to handle emergencies, protect themselves and others, and make informed decisions in variou...
Read more

Lecture on 'Pronunciation is the key to professional communication'

-
Image
  Pronunciation is the key to professional communication Date and Venue:                   The lecture was held on 25 th of August 2022 , First floor of Bhasha Sangam block in Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College. Resource person:                   Dr. P. Suresh , Assistant professor, Department of English(DGVC) shared his knowledge and experience to the students. Detailed Report:                   The event held by ABL: Activity Based Learning club enhanced the expertise of the scholars towards the importance of pronunciation and how it is impactful in our day-to-day life. Furthermore,   many topics related to pronunciation were discussed. Competency, speaking skills and accent learning are some of such t...
Read more