[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 30 | December 8, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

(LLCSKR – 2015) is concerned with the relation and interaction between Language and Literature and how it shapes the Cultural ethos of a human society. Language and Literature, the two forms of expression are the strongest transmission channels that shape any culture. The study of Language or Literature is no longer – if it ever was – simply the study and evaluation of poems, novels and plays. It is also the study of the ideas, issues and difficulties which arise in any literary text and in its interpretation. Other arts and humanities subjects have also changed in analogous ways, evidence for which is available in the rich archives of knowledge resources, both conventional and digital. These repositories, when tapped, become sources for establishing closer cultural ties, proving that the East and the West shall, indeed, meet.

The complex discipline of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies aims at comprehending the global environment by exploring the unifying elements, in terms of intellect, emotion or spirituality, underlying the cultures of varied social groups reflected in the language and literature of our times. Culture, after all, is not an arena for harmonious unfolding of the nationalist or universal spirit, as is often supposed. Nor is ‘Culture’ simply a zone of aesthetic. It is often a field, of contention and conflict, among classes and other social forces that struggle for dominance. The fascinating conference theme seeks to provide opportunities for deliberating and understanding the dynamics of cultural exchange among people and nation states that are becoming more and more globalized and detached from any specific culture. The objective of studying Culture in today’s era is to combat the elitist, revivalist, communalist culture that is rearing its head in some quarters of the world. The conference will bring researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences on how recent communication and literary theories emanating from the cultural studies movement are helping to understand the matrix shaping globalization. The two-day deliberations will help to gain an insight into the dynamics of difference and enable us to appreciate the multicultural ethos of our global village. (more…)