English Studies in India Contemporary and Evolving Paradigms
This volume is a collection of scholarly papers that explore the complex issues concerning English Studies in the present Indian context. The discussions in this volume range from historical perspectives to classroom-specific pedagogies, from sociological and political hierarchies to the dynamics of...
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2019, 2019
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. English Studies in India: Reviewing Borders, Remapping the Terrain Banibrata Mahanta, Rajesh Babu Sharma
- PART 1
- 2. Reading the World: Growing up in the “Discipline” Mahasweta Sengupta
- 3. Shakespeare as an Instrument of Epistemic Violence Santanu Niyogi
- 4. Another Window on the World: English for Creative Expression in the Indian Context Amritjit Singh
- 5. Negotiating between Languages and Cultures: English Studies Today Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
- 6. Comparative Literature as an Academic Discipline in India Santanu Biswas
- 7. University Teachers of English and the New Humanities Prabhat K. Singh
- PART 2
- 8. Provincialising Europe through English Literary Studies in India Kamalakar Bhat
- 9. Democratising the Language of Feminist Expression: English and Bhasha Contexts of Indian Women’s Writing Bharti Arora
- 10. The Organic Intellectual and English Studies in India Prabhat Jha
- 11. Experiments and Contradictions: The Journey of English in India Richa
- 12. United by a “Foreign” Language: The Evolution of English in Multilingual India Partha Sarathi Nandi
- 13. Spiritual Preaching in India: English as a Tool for Religious Propagation Pinak Sankar Bhattacharya
- PART 3
- 14. Teaching English Literature/Language: Perspectives from a Non-Metro University Somdev Banik
- 15. Testing English Studies in India: Problems and Possibilities Stuti Khare
- 16. English Studies in the Open Distance Learning (ODL) Mode: Possibilities and Challenges of Pedagogy Nandini Sahu, Srideep Mukherjee
- 17. Vocationalisation of English Studies in India: A Critique Ravindra B. Tasildar
- 18. Localising the Alien: Newspaper English and the Indian Classroom Asima Ranjan Parhi