Dr. Krishanu Adhikari

Name: Krishanu Adhikari

Designation: Assistant Professor of English, Kandra Radhakanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya

Academic Qualification: M.A, M.Phil

*Did M.Phil in English Literature from The English and Foreign Languages University, under the supervision of Prof. K. C. Baral and was awarded degree in 2014. The title of my dissertation is “Postcolonial Fiction and Claims of the Political: A Study of Rohinton Mistry’s Such A Long Journey and A Fine Balance”.

*Presently pursuing Ph.D. in English from The University of Hyderabad on Indian Campus Novels in English under the supervision of Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty.

* Cleared UGC NET Examination of June, 2013 with JRF.

 

 

Area of Interest/ Specialization:

Indian Writings in English, Indian English Fiction, Western Campus Fiction, Indian Campus Novels in English, Literary Theory and Criticism

 

 

List of Publications

  1. “Rohinton Mistry’s Such A Long Journey: An Immigrant’s Rendition of Cultural Amnesia, Nationalism and Politics of Dislocation” in a web Journal named “The Criterion: An International Journal in English” (ISSN 0976-8165), in December 2013, Vol. 4, Issue-VI
  2. “Animal Farm: A Satire on Communism through ‘Defamiliarization’” in a web Journal “Research Scholar: An International Referred e-journal of Literary Explorations” (ISSN: 2320-6101, Impact Factor: 0.793) in February, 2014, Vol. 2, Issue-I
  3. “Meena Kandasamy’s Poems and a Critique of the Narratives of Caste and Gender Segregation: A Selected Exegesis”, in a print journal entitled: “Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature: A Peer Reviewed International Journal of Language and Literature” (ISSN: 2319-4952), in March, 2014, Vol. 3, Issue-I
  4. “Fiction and claims of the Political: A Study of Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance” in a print journal titled: “Journal of Literary Aesthetics: A Biannual Referred Journal”, published by National Press Associates, New Delhi (ISSN: 2347-8705), in July, 2014, Vol. 1, Issue-2.
  5. “Animal’s People: A Satire on State through an Ecocritical Lens” in an edited book entitled: “Text and Theory: Reading and Re-Readings”, published by Aadi Publications, Jaipur, (ISBN: 978-93-82630-41-8), in 2015.
  6. “Globalisation of Indian Suburb: A Political Reading of Bhagwati Prasad and Amitabh Kumar’s Tinker. Solder. Tap” in a print journal titled: “The Literary Voyage: A Referred and Peer Reviewed International Journal for Scholarly and Creative Writings” (ISSN: 2348-5272), in April, 2015, Vol. II, Issue-I.
  7. “Nostalgia or Resentment: A Study of ‘Problematisation’ in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss” in an edited volume titled: Problematics of Gender Discourse: Perspectives on Masculinism and Feminism (ISBN: 978-93-5207-175-3), published by Authors Press India.

 

Participation in Academic Seminar/Conference/Workshop

  1. “Animal’s People: A Satire on State Through an Ecocritical Lens” in the national conference on Towards Indian Ecocriticism, organized by the Department of English, Central University of Tamilnadu, from 2-3 December, 2011.
  2. “Themes of Commercialization, Profanity and Spiritual Desiccation in Arun Kolatkar’s Jejuri: A Selected Exegesis” in the UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on Indian Poetry in English, organized by the Faculty of English and Foreign Languages, Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, from 1-2 February, 2012.
  3. “Rohinton Mistry’s Fiction and claims of the political: A Study of A Fine Balance” in the national seminar, held at Barjora College, Bankura, W.B., from 25-26 July, 2013.
  4. “Rohinton Mistry’s Such A Long Journey: An Immigrant’s rendition of Cultural amnesia, nationalism and politics of dislocation” in the International Seminar, organized by The EFL University, Shillong Campus, from 7-9 November, 2013.
  5. “Articulating Resistance: A Critique of the Narratives of Caste and Gender Segregation in Meena Kandasamy’s Poetry” in the national seminar on Indian English Poetry by Women since 1980s, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, ISM Dhanbad, from 30-31 January, 2014.
  6. “Glocalisation of Indian Suburb: A Political Reading of Bhagwati Prasad and Amitabh Kumar’s Tinker. Solder. Tap” in the UGC-Sponsored Young Researcher’s National Conference on Interdisciplinarity and English Literary Studies, organized by the Department of English and Culture Studies, The University of Burdwan, from 16-17 December, 2014.
  7. “Nostalgia or Resentment: A Study of Problematization in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss” in the International Conference, organized by Department of Languages, Garden City College, Bangalore, from 6-7 February, 2015.
  8. “Problematizing Nation through Politics of Representation:  A Comparative Study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland and Samaresh Majumdar’s Kaalbela” in the National Seminar, organized by the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, from 18-19 March, 2015.
  9. “Power-Ridden Academic Corridors: A Study of Select Indian Campus Fiction” in the national level Graduate Research Meet 2015, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, from 28-30 October, 2015.
  10. “Indian Campus and the Problematics of Caste: A Study of Select Indian Campus Novels in English” in the 17th Annual SALA Conference, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA from 2-4 January, 2017.
  11. “Educating/Massifying the Mass: A Study of Select Indian Campus Novels in English” in the International Seminar, organized by the Department of English, BHU, from 30-31 March, 2018.