Research Centre - English
The Department of English was upgraded as a Research Centre in 2013. M.Phil. programme was introduced in 2015 in the Self Supporting Stream in order to initiate the Post Graduates into research. The post graduate students have been exposed to the field of research, an opportunity for tuning their aptitudes and training them to go in for a M. Phil degree in the future. The department takes into consideration the global trends in higher education and reflects them in the curriculum, which helps the students in developing their competency globally. At present there are 3 Research Guides in the department, approved by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. 19 Research Scholars pursue their Doctoral Degree. Two Scholars have successfully defended their Doctoral Thesis.
The Research Centre has the following provisions:
- Department Library consisting of 4080 books, CDs and Journals
- A Computer, a laptop and a smart classroom
- Wi-Fi enabled Department
- LCD Projector enabled classroom
The Research Centre aims to:
- Foresee future problems through pursuit of truth as a global center of excellence for intellectual creativity
- Respond to current social demands and to contribute to the creation and development of Art and Literature
- Develop a research environment in which young researchers can become active researchers
- Conduct researches on the emerging trends in Literature that contribute to the development of human resources
Faculty Approved as Research Guides & Scholars
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Name of the Guide & Guideship No. |
No. of Scholars (On going) |
No. of Scholars (Awarded) |
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Dr. L.A. Emmanuel Catherine MSU/RES/INT/GUIDE/R5/2012 |
2 |
4 |
|
Dr. A. Sebasty MSU/RES/INT/GUIDE/R5/2012 |
6 |
2 |
|
Dr. Josephine Alangara Betsy MSU/RES/INT/GUIDESHIP/R5/2017 |
4 |
- |
|
Dr. S.Sudha Rani MSU/RES/INT/GUIDESHIP/R5/2017 |
4 |
- |
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Dr.F.Mary Priya MSU/RES/INT/GUIDESHIP/R5/2017 |
4 |
- |
Ph.D. Awarded
Ph.D. Awarded under the guidance of Research Supervisors
| S.No | Name of the Guide | Name of the Scholar | Reg. no | Topic | Date of Commencement | Full time/ Part time | Awarded Month and year. |
| 1 | Dr. Emmanuel Catherine | Selvam | 2934 | Voice of the Silenced: A Comparative Study with Special Reference to the Selected Plays of august Wilson and K.A. Gunasekaran | 03.04.2014 | Part Time | 07.04.2016 |
| 2 | Dr. A. Sebasty | J. Thanganila | 4534 | A Reading of the Fiction of Kiran Desai | 12.02.2013 | Full Time | 08.12.2017 |
| 3 | Dr. Emmanuel Catherine | A. Minnal Carolin | 11146 | Manju Kapur’s Novels – An Aroma of Indian Family | 02.01.2014 | Part Time | 19.03.2018 |
| 4 | Dr. L.A. Emmanuel Catherine | Ms. Angeline Priya | 11227 | Narrative Technique and Paradigm Shift in Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh | 07.12.2013 | Part time | 06. 03. 2020 |
| 5 | Dr. A. Sebasty | Ms. Sharon Roque Corera | 11134 | Myth, Mystery and Magic Realism: A Reading of Select Novels of Paulo Coelho | 28.11. 2013 | Part time | 20.01. 2021 |
| 6 | Dr. L.A. Emmanuel Catherine |
Mrs. T. Mary Manonmani |
11137 | A Foucaultian Reading of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’urbervillesand Gustave Flaubert’s Madam Bovary |
11.12.2013 | Part time | 13.03.2020 |
Ph.D. Scholar
| Name of the Ph.D. Scholar | Date of Enrollment | Topic | Name of the Supervisor |
| Colette Sharmila | 10.08.2017 | The Issue of the Subaltern and the Twinge of the Stolen Generation: An Analysis of Doris Pilkington in a Post Feminist Perspective | Dr. Josephine Alangara Betsy |
| X. Amala Steffi | 05.07.2018 | The Enigma of Identity and Psychic Prominence in the Manawaka Works of Margaret Laurence | Dr. Josephine Alangara Betsy |
| L.S. Jerry Gracia | 05.07.2018 | Redefining and Contemporizing the Competency of Women in the Select Novels of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Kavitha Kane | Dr. Josephine Alangara Betsy |
| K.M innaa | 05.07.2018 | The Dimensions of the Africana Other in the Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Dr. Josephine Alangara Betsy |
| M.Hermina | 10.01.2018 | Holistic Realism – Numinous Visionary Experience in Marilyne Robinson’s Select Works | Dr. Sudha Rani |
| B. Sahaya Sheeba | 05.07.2018 | Speculative Histories and Experimental Identities in Kate Grenville’s Select Works | Dr. Sudha Rani |
| M. Sheyamala | 05.07.2018 | A Study of Buchi Emecheta’s Select Fiction as Counter Discourses in Cross Cultural Challenges and Patriarchal Hegemony | Dr. Sudha Rani |
| M.G. Thiburtius | 21.12.2018 | Existential Enigma: A Postmodern Reading of Carol Ann Shield’s Select Fiction | Dr. Sudha Rani |
| G. Kanaga Durga | 05.07.2018 | Contravention and Inclination of Female Characters in the Select Works of Anita Nair | Dr. F. Mary Priya |
| S. Suriya | 05.07.2018 | Diasporic Ambivalence in the Select Works of Manju Kapur | Dr. F. Mary Priya |
| R. Infantina | 22.12.2018 | Anthropocentric Exposition of Yann Martel’s Oeuvre | Dr. F. Mary Priya |
| Ms. A.Bercina Fernando | 30.12.2020 | Realigning and Reconciling with the Roots in the Novels of Meera Syal | Dr. F. Mary Priya |