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Prof. N Rama Devi Murru

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Indian and World Literatures

School

Literary Studies

Contact Details

☎ : 040-27689580 (O),
 : +91- 9346633587(M),
: nramadevieflu@gmail.com

Academic Details


Qualifications+

S.NoDegree/DiplomaUniversity
1
Ph.D
Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur
2
M.A.
Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur
3
Graduation
Sri Satyasai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthinilayam

Awards Received+

S.No Award Received in the year Received from
1
Vasagiri Kamalamma Award – I Rank in MA
1984
SK University, Anantpur

Latest publications +

a) Articles

  • ⚽  “Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: Myth, Memory, and a ‘simulacrum of history’" in The EFL Journal 7:2 June 2016. ©2016 The English and Foreign Languages University.
  • ⚽  “Negotiating Identities through Marginality and Otherhood in Nayomi Munaweera’s Island of a Thousand Mirrors” in Research and Criticism, New Series, Vol 7, 2016. Journal of the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University Centenary Special, Varanasi, India.

b) Books

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All Publications+

a) Articles

  • ⚽ "Negotiating Identities through Marginality and Otherhood in Nayomi Munaweera’s Island of a Thousand Mirrors” in Research and Criticism, New Series, Vol 7, 2016. Journal of the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University Centenary Special,Varanas
  • ⚽ "Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: Myth, Memory, and a ‘simulacrum of history’ in The EFL Journal 7:2 June 2016. ©2016 The English and Foreign Languages University.
  • ⚽ "A postcolonial and feminist reading of Othello” in a Festschrift on Prof. DJPN Reddy, Rtd Professor of English, Andhra University.
  • ⚽ "Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye: a kunstelrroman.” The Literary Vision,01, no. 1,2005
  • ⚽ "The Way in the World: the Unwritten Narrative. ”VS Naipaul: the Nobel Laureate.ed. Suman Bala. New Delhi: Khosla Publishers, 2003. “Naipaul and his Dialectic on India.” Bharatiya Pragna,October, 2003.
  • ⚽ "Ghashiram Kotwal: Folk Theatre.” Ghashiram Kotwal: Critical Views. ed. RK Dhawan. New Delhi: Prestige, 2003.
  • ⚽ "Awakening of an Apolitical Mother: Mahashweta Devi’s Mother of 1084.” In Discussing Indian Women Writers: Some Feminist Issues. Ed. Alessandro Monti. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 2002.
  • ⚽ "Naipaul’s The Mimic Men: Order and Form through Art.” VS Naipaul. Ed Mohit Ray. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2002.
  • ⚽ "Structure and Satire in Naipaul and Narayan.” The Commonwealth Review, 09, 1997-98.Pp. 107-111
  • ⚽ "Kamala Das and Confessional Mode.” Indian Writing in English. Ed. M.Rajeshwar and MK Bhatnagar. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers,1999. Pp:35-4
  • ⚽ "From Apathy to Liberation: A Study of Nayantara Sahgal’s Storm in Chandigarh.”Indian Novel with Social Purpose.ed. K Venkat Reddy andP Bayapa Reddy. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 1999.Pp. 69-75
  • ⚽ "Cry the Beloved Country: Alan Paton’s Critique on Paternalistic Ideology.”Journal of English Studies, 34, 1995-1996. Pp. 103-109
  • ⚽ "Rama Sarma on Heywood: A Study.” M V Rama Sarma: His Mind and Art. Ed. K Venkat Reddy. New Delhi: Prestige, 1995. pp. 180-184
  • ⚽ "Edibility and Ambiguity in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman.” The Commonwealth Review, Spl No. on Canadian Literature, 06, 1994-1995. pp. 110-117
  • ⚽ "Pre- and Post-Colonial society in Achebe’s Novels.” Indian Response to African Literature. Ed. A Ramakrishna Rao and CR Visweswara Rao. New Delhi: Prestige, 1992. Pp. 79-86
  • ⚽ "Point of View in Joseph Conrad’s Marlovian Tales.” Indian Review of English Studies, 01, no.1, 1989. Pp.36-42
  • ⚽ "Salim. Naipaul’s Marlow.” Recent Commonwealth Studies( II). Ed. RK Dhawan and PV Dhamija. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1984. Pp 94-103

b) Books

  • ⚽ "The Novels of VS Naipaul: Quest for Order and Identity. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1996

c) Teaching Material

  • ⚽  Content Writer for the MA (Distance Mode) Programme of EFLU - 04 Units
  • ⚽  Content Writer for the MA (Distance Mode) Programme of SK university, Anantapur - 25 Units

Projects Completed+

S.No Name of the Project Funding Agency

Current Projects+

S.NoName of the ProjectFunding Agency

Research Scholars Awarded (Ph.D/M.Phil)+

S.No Name of the Scholar Ph.D/M.Phil Title of the Thesis/Diesertation
1
Sheel Galada Parekh (EFLU) - 2017
Ph.D
Surviving Patriarchy: The (en)Gendering of Women in Jain Literature
2
AP Sruthi (EFLU) - 2017
Ph.D
Strategies of ‘Reworlding’ and Construction of Identities: A Study of Select South Asian Women’s Novels
3
MD Suman Prasad (EFLU) - 2017
Ph.D
The Discourse of Power and Resistance in Select Post-dictatorial Caribbean Novels: A Study
4
Basil N. Darlong Diengdoh (EFLU) - 2016
Ph.D
Of Text and World: Corporeality and Ethics in Select Works of Christos Tsiolkas
5
Sarannya V Pillai (EFLU) - 2016
Ph.D
An Ecomythical Reading of Select African and Indian Fictional Texts
6
V Luke Issac Issaiah (SKU, Anantapur)
Ph.D
Theme of Quest: A Study of Saul Bellow’s Novels
7
Pravin Kumar Patel (EFLU) - 2015
Ph.D
Deconstructing Logocentric Structures of History and Narrative in the novels of Ian McEwen
8
A Sivakamasundari (EFLU) - 2015
Ph.D
Disabling the ‘Abnormal’: Recasting the Representation of Disability in Select Novels of Doris Lessing from the Perspective of Disability Studies
9
Mahesh Sharma (EFLU) - 2015
Ph.D
Being with the Other: the (im)Possibility of Postcolonial Ethics in Postcolonial Fiction
10
C H B Mary Monica (SKU Anantapur)
Ph.D
Image of the Emerging Woman in Select Novels of Flora N’wapa and Buchi Emecheta: A Critical Study
11
P H Manorama (SKU Anantapur) - 2010
Ph.D
Contribution of Male Characters to the Growth and Emancipation of Female Characters in the Novels of Gloria Naylor: A Critical Study
12
G Nirmala (SKU, Anantapur) - 2010
Ph.D
A Critical Study of Indian ;Diasporic Shorter Fiction of Raja Rao, Bharathi Mukherjee, and Salman Rushdie
13
R Prabhakar (SKU, Anantapur) - 2009
Ph.D
The Early Fictional Works of V S Naipaul: A Critical Study
14
G Hampamma (SKU, Anantapur) - 2008
Ph.D
Shorter Fiction of Anita Desai, Jai Nimbkar, and Shashi Deshpande: A Critical Study
15
M Kambaiah (SKU, Anantapur) - 2006
Ph.D
Quest for fulfilment in the Novels of M V Rama Sarma
16
K Rani Rajita Madhuri (SKU, Anantapur) - 2005
Ph.D
Chronicling of Black American Experience: A Study of the Novels of Toni Morrison
17
A Gnana Joseph (SKU) 2004
Ph.D
Aspects of Nissim Ezekeil’s Poetry: A Study
18
Sarannya V Pillai (EFLU) - 2010
M Phil
An Ecocritical Reading of Select Post Colonial Novels
19
Arezou Baghesthani (EFLU) - 2009
M Phil
Orphan Characters in Select Novels from the 18th to 20th Century: A Critical Study
20
R Prabhakar (SKU) - 2006
M Phil
Shorter Fiction of V S Naipaul: A Study
21
C H B Mary Monica (SKU) - 2005
M Phil
Select Novels of Buchi Emecheta: A Study
22
M Manjula (SKU) - 2005
M Phil
Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa: A Study
23
M Sasikala (SKU) - 2000
M Phil
Select Novels of Anita Desai: A Critical Study
24
P Srilatha (SKU) - 1999
M Phil
Redemption through an Awakening of Black Feminine Self: A Study of Glora Naylor’s Fiction
25
P Sumithramma (SKU) - 1998
M Phil
From “Suspension” to “Emergence”-the Black woman’s Journey of Transformation: A Study of the Novels of Alice Walker
26
Luke Issac Issiah (SKU) - 1997
M Phil
Search for Being: a Study of Immigrant Psychology in Austin Clarke’s Trilogy
27
G Ganganna (SKU) - 1997
M Phil
Dimensions of Racism: A Critical Study of Alan Paton’s Novels
28
P Sumalatha (SKU) - 1996
M Phil
Theme of Survival: A Study of the Early Novels of Margaret Atwood

Current Research Scholars+

S.NoName of the ScholarTitle of the Thesis
1
Abhishek Chatterjee
Travel Writing as Literature: Towards a Historiography of the Genre through an Inquiry into its Transitional Forms (Tentative)
2
Monali Sahoo Pathange
A Contrapuntal Reading of Select Fictional Works of Salman Rushdie and Ben Okri
3
Somali Saren
Post Colonial Detective Fiction (Tentative)
4
Deepa Rachel Thomas
Intrpretations of the ‘Kannagi” myth (Tentative)
5
Mohammed Dabwan
Representations of the “Arab Spring” in select Arab Novels (Tentative)

Courses Offered+

S.NoCourse No.LevelCourse Title
1
Ph.D
Research Methodology
2
Ph.D
Contemporary Critical Approaches
3
Ph.D
Depiction of Women in Afghan Fiction
4
Ph.D
Travel Writing as a Literary Genre
5
Ph.D
A Critical Reading of Ben Okri’s Ficiton
6
Ph.D
Levinasian Ethics
7
Ph.D
Arab Novelas a Catalyst for Modifying Social and Political Realities
8
Ph.D
Reading Contemporary Feminist Theories
9
IWL 701
M.A
Women’s Fiction and their Worlds





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