[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Topics proposed for Presentation – Litfest ’15

• The Theory and Practice of Comic Literature
• Comics: Intercultural Perspectives
• Comics: A Critique of Socio-Political Realities
• Comics and Culture Studies
• Multimediality in Comics
• Traditions of Comics in India
• Transportation of Comics into Films
• Comics: A Historical Perspective/Historical Perspectives
• Comics: A Reflection of the Spirit of Times (Zeitgeist)
• Comics and Gender
• Comics and Myths
• Autobiographical Comics
• Comics and ELT
• The Future of Comics

 Guidelines:

1. Papers should be original.
2. The abstract, not exceeding 300 words, should be submitted on or before 15^th July through e-mail to the address literaryseminary@drmgrdu.ac.in
3. Detailed papers not exceeding 7 pages should be submitted by 14^th August 2015.
4. All abstracts and papers must carry Full Name, Contact Number and Address of the author.
5. The font to be used is Times New Roman with font size 16 for headers, 14 for sub-titles and 12 for text.
6. Please format your document in the following manner:  Page alignment– Justified, Margin– 1 inch on all sides and Line Space– 1.5.
7. The paper should strictly adhere to MLA Style Format.

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[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

UGC Sponsored National Seminar (Sixth National Level Activity of the Dept. of English)

On ‘Contemporary Literary Discourses in Indian English‘, 28-29, August 2015

 Organized by

The Department of English

Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala

ABOUT KARKALA:

Karkala is a historic town in Udupi District, known for idol carving and cashew exporting. It is situated on the foothills of the Western Ghats, a bio-diversity hot spot. It is 54 kms away from  the Port City, Mangalore and 36 kms away from the Temple City, Udupi. These two cities have the well connectivity of the railways. Bajpe Airport is only 50 kms away from this town. The Holy places – Dharmasthala, Srigeri, Kollur, and Horanadu are within the radius of 65 kms.

The monolithic statue Gommateshwara, Chathurmukh Basadi, Sri Venkatramana Temple, St. Lawrence Church and Koti-Chennayya Theme Park are the important tourist spots.  Beedi rolling and cashew processing are the important economic activities which have been supporting thousands of families for their livelihood.

About the College:

Sri Bhuvanendra College, affiliated to the Mangalore University, is a premier institution in Coastal Karnataka.  The college campus is situated on the beautiful outskirts of Karkala Town, a place quite congenial for the higher studies. It has excellent educational facilities with well equipped laboratories and infrastructure. It has a good library with the collection of 80,000 volumes. A Post graduate is also functioning on this campus with Commerce, Economics and Mathematics.  Three hostels – two for men and one for women are accommodating 600 students.

About the Dept. of English:

The Dept. of English has been organising the seminars/workshops regularly ever since the Golden Jubilee Year of the college. So far five National Level activities have been conducted. The scholars like Prof. Sumanyu Satpathy, Delhi, Prof. G.J.V. Prasad, New Delhi, Prof. S.R. Narayana Rao, Kumta,  Dr. Ganesh Devy, Baroda, Dr. R. Shashidhar, M’lore, Dr. Maya Pandit, Hyderabad, Prof. R.K. Dhawan, Delhi, Dr. H.S. Shivaprakash, New Delhi, Prof. Dilipkumar Basu, Delhi, Prof. Rajendra Chenni, Shimoga, Dr. Purushotham Bilimale, New Delhi, Dr. B.Y. Patil, Harihara, Dr. Nataraj Huliyar, B’lore, Dr. C. Naganna, Mysore, Dr. M.G. Hegde, Kumta, Dr. R.G. Hegde, Dandeli, Dr. Ravishankar Rao, M’lore, Dr. Marie Raj, Goa, Dr. Madhav Bhat, Puttur and so on participated in the past and enlightended the delegates with their scholarly presentations. (more…)