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Welcome to the Department of English
Established in 1969, the Department of English, University of Calicut, has come to be recognized as a major academic centre for studies in English language and literature in Kerala.
While maintaining the best traditions of English teaching and research in India, the Department has kept itself up to date with the latest developments in literature, linguistics and associated disciplines and has introduced to the postgraduate curriculum new areas of studies in keeping with the changing requirements of the times. A major goal of the Department is a fundamental redefining of the role of English and literary studies in the Indian context, through collaborative and interdisciplinary course contents and pedagogy. . In addition to streamlining content areas and courses of an established nature, a number of new focus areas have been identified and courses introduced in them to ensure contemporary academic relevance, interdisciplinarity, and better career prospects for the students.
RESEARCH SCHOLARS
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Hiba K P
Title of Thesis : Digital Reading, Platform Cultures, Genre Formation: A Study of Select East Asian Web Narratives Date of Joining : 25.11.2025 Status : ongoing |
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Nair Roshni Rajan
Title of Thesis : Algorithmic Injustice and Digital Violence in the Context of Climate Vulnerability: A Study of Select Speculative Narratives Date of Joining : 25.11.2025 Status : ongoing
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Raheena P Title of Thesis : Back From Beyond: Exploring the Scientific, Aesthetic and Cultural Topography of Select NDE Narratives Date of Joining : 20.03.2024 Status :ongoing |
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Afnan Moosa Title of Thesis : 'REFUGITUDE' AND 'UNSETTLEMENT' : A DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD IN CONTEMPORARY Date of Joining : 12.06.2023 Status :ongoing
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Hattie Elizabeth Burhardt (Foriegn Scholar) Title of Thesis : TRANSFORMATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:DEVELOPING THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES OF ENGLISH EDUCATORS AND TRANSFORMING THE SCHOOL CULTURE IN KERALA. Date of Joining : 22.05.2023 Status :ongoing
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Rabeeha C H Title of Thesis : BODY AND MEMORY IN SELECT FORENSIC NARRATIVES Date of Joining : 01.03.2023 Status :ongoing
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Arya P. Title of Thesis : TOWARDS AN ETHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF QUEER GAZE : A STUDY OF SELECT INDIAN YOUNG ADULT LITERARY TEXTS Date of Joining : 01.03.2023 Status :ongoing |
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Asha M. Title of Thesis : MASS SUICIDE IN SELECT NARRATIVES Date of Joining : 01.03.2023 Status :ongoing |
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Naseera M.K. Title of Thesis : DISCOURSES OF DISPLACEMENT: A STUDY OF SELECT BANGLADESHI REFUGEE NARRATIVES Date of Joining : 18.11.2020 (21.02.2023-Dept) Status :ongoing |
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Suhana Mehar M. Title of Thesis : OFF THE DERECH: A STUDY OF CULTURAL OF NEW INDETERMINACIES OF NEW YORK'S HASIDIC COMMUNITY IN SELECT HASIDIC WRITINGS Date of Joining : 18.11.2020 (21.02.2023 - Dept.) Status :ongoing
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Sini K. Title of Thesis : RESISTING NECROPOLITICS: A READING OF SELECT YAZIDI WOMEN NARRATIVES Date of Joining : 18.11.2020 (21.02.2023 -Dept.) Status : Thesis submitted on 13.01.2026 Open Defence on 08.07.2026
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Shinu Hamna M K Title of Thesis : APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ART OF ADAPTATION: A CROSS CULTURAL STUDY OF SELECT SHAKESPEAREAN ADAPTATIONS IN INDIAN CINEMA Date of Joining : 18.11.2020 (10.02.2023 - Dept.) Status :ongoing
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Mohammed Hasan Rizg Al-Hawar (Foriegn Scholar) Title of Thesis : THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING : A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT EXPERIECE IN ALMAHRA AND KERALA Date of Joining : 10.03.2022 (03.01.2023 - Dept.) Status :ongoing
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Arya B Jayakumar Title of Thesis : EXPLORING SEMIOTIC PUZZLES: A STUDY ON THE MOVIES OF STANLEY KUBRICK Date of Joining : 14.02.2023 Status :ongoing
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Divya Rajeev Title of Thesis : THE POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE POETRY: A CRITICAL SURVEY Date of Joining : 23.01.2023 Status :ongoing |
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Danish Nizar K.K. Title of Thesis : The pandemic, pedagogical challenges and digital competence: a comparative analysis of the experience of the sighted and visually challenged english teachers of Kerala Date of Joining : 22.06.2021 (22.12.2022 - Dept.) Status :ongoing
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Nazrin S. Title of Thesis : POSTHUMAN NARRATIVES : THE CONSTRUCTION OF NON-HUMAN SUBJECTIVITY Date of Joining : 26.08.2021 (22.12.2022 - Dept.) Status : Ongoing
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Athira Sadanand Title of Thesis : “ENGENDERING ART: THE POLITICS OF GAZE IN TEMPLE MURALS OF KERALA” Date of Joining : 15.11.2022 Status : Ongoing |
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Aswani M Title of Thesis : “A Gyno-Space in the Cyber World:An Enquiry into Gender and Digital Culture in Kerala” Date of Joining : 25.11.2022 Status : Ongoing
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Amal Shaif Ali Al Amoosh (Foriegn Scholar) Title of Thesis : ""How Saying Can Make it So? Analysing Speech Acts in the Works of Select Arab Diasporic Writers: A Paragmatic Analysis" Date of Joining : 16.09.2022 Status : Ongoing
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Salini K
Title of Thesis: FANDOM AND IDENTITY: A STUDY OF SELECT NARRATIVES OF FAN CULTURE
Date of joining: 20.07.2021
Status : Ongoing
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Nazreen C
Title of Thesis: BEING BEYOND THE BOUNDS: READING NON-NORMATIVE MASCULINITIES IN SELECTED MALAYALAM FILMS
Date of joining: 08.12.2020
Status : Ongoing
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Sayoojya C S Title of Thesis: LIVES WITHERING IN TOXINS: NARRATIVES ON ECOSIDES AND DISABILITIES Date of Joining: 05.10.2020 Status : Ongoing |
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Toby K Joseph Title of Thesis: THE POLITICS AND POETICS OF MIGRATION: A STUDY ON MALABAR MIGRATION NARRATIVES
Date of Joining: 17.09.2020 Status : Ongoing
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Swetha T P Title of Thesis: Representing India: National Iconography from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Date of Joining: 30.10.2019 Status:Thesis submitted on 08.04.2026
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Obed Ebenezer Title of Thesis: (RE) MINDING POETRY: A CRITICAL STUDY ON THE COGNITIVE TRANSLATION OF CONTEMPORARY MALAYALAM POETRY
Date of Joining: 20.03.2019 Status : Ongoing
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Abdul Bari C Title of Thesis: FACT, FICTION AND MEMORY: REVISITING MALABAR REBELLION
Date of Joining: 30.03.2019 Status:Thesis submitted on 24.12.2025
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Fabeela C K Title of Thesis: FORESEEING THE UNFORESEEABLE AN ANALYSIS OF SELECT MODERN APOCALYPTIC TEXTS
Date of Joining: 07/02/2019
Status : Ongoing
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Asha Mary Abraham
Title of Thesis: Nation of Men: Paradigms and Practices of Gender in Nationalist Discourses
Date of Joining: 23/01/2018
Status: Thesis submitted on 01.12.2023
Open Defence on 30.10.2024
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Amritha Vydoori S P
Title of Thesis: Inscriptions of the Third Space: An Exploration of Select Contemporary Narratives
Date of Joining: 26/09/2017
Status: Thesis submitted on 24.07.2023.
Open Defence on 23.07.2024
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Soumya
Title of Thesis: Paradigms of Dissentand Resistance: Malayalam Poetry of the 1970s
Date of Joining: 30.06.2016
Status: On Going
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K.R. Ragi
Title of Thesis: Gendering Madness: Female Insanity inSelect Malayalam Narratives
Date of Joining: 17/11/2016
Status : Ongoing
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Jaseela P
Title of Thesis:Masculinities at Play: A Study of Contemporary Popular Culture and Social Media in Kerala
Date of Joining: 20/01/2017
Status : Ongoing
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Roshna V
Title of Thesis:Written in Blood: A Study of menstrual Narratives in Contemporary Contexts
Date of Joining: 17/11/2016
Status: Thesis submitted on 16.11.2021
Open defence held on: 10.11.2022
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Hema k S
Title of Thesis:DEIFYING SUBVERSIONS: SUBALTERN IDENTITIES IN THE PERFORMANCES OF POTTAN THEYYAM
Date of Joining: 06/09/2016
Status : Ongoing
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Aparna Raveendran C
Title of Thesis:THE WOUND AND THE WORD : AN ANALYSIS OF SELECT TRAUMA NARRATIVES.
Date of Joining: 06/09/2016
Status: Thesis submitted on 31.12.2022
Open defence held on: 11.10.2023
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Aswathi M P
Title of Thesis: Multiple Ramayanas: A Study of select Ramayana Narratives in Malayalam Literature
Date of Joining: 30/06/2016
Status: Thesis submitted on 27.03.2023
Open defence held on: 18.09.2023
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Nila P
Title of Thesis: Beyond the Closet: Construction of Identity in select Queer Narratives
Date of Joining: 30/06/2016
Status : Ongoing |
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Reshma Sankar
Title of Thesis:Engendering Space: Geographies of Kerala Modernity
Date of Joining: 02/06/2016
Status : Ongoing |
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Tintu thomas
Title of Thesis:The Politics of Sexual Difference: A Study of Queer Discourses in Kerala
Date of Joining: 07.04.2016
Status : Ongoing
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Anita Ann Thomas
Title of Thesis:Interpellation and Individuation in Ethnic Autobiographies: A Survey
Date of Joining: 04.05.2015.
Thesis submitted: 18.05.2020
Status: PhD awarded: 13.10.2020
Open defence held on: 13.10.2020
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Mariyumma V K
Title of Thesis: Acts of Intolerance: Tropes of Honour and Shame in Select Literary Texts
Date of Joining: 31/03/2014
Status : Ongoing
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Anargha P
Title of Thesis:Power and Resistance as Central Themes in the select texts of Margaret Atwood
Date of Joining: 01/02/2014
Status: Thesis submitted on 30.06.2022
Open Defence/Viva on 10.12.2022
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Unaisa T
Title of Thesis:Recycling Images: Representationof India in Contemporary Indian English Fiction
Date of Joining: 17/1/2014
Status: registration cancelled
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Nasma K
Title of Thesis: Tales of Bondage: A Comparative study of Dalit & Afro-American Autobiographies
Date of Joining: 15/01/2014
Status: On Going
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Shihabudheen C
Title of Thesis:9/11 and Western Imagination: A Study of selected Novels
Date of Joining: 15/01/2014
Status: Thesis submitted on 13.10.2021
Open Defence/Viva on 02.06.2022
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Muhammed Asif
Title of Thesis:The Dynamics of Identity and Difference: A Survey of Western Muslim Diasporic Writings
Date of Joining: 15/01/2014
Status: On Going
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Haridasan A
Title of Thesis:Emerging Dalit Consciousness: Expressions of Rejection Resistance and Identity in conemporary Malayalam Dalit Writing
Date of Joining: 13/01/2014
Status: Thesis submitted on 30.12.2021.
Open defence held on: 17.02.2023
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Remya Krishnan A V
Title of Thesis: The Body Behind: Gendered Discourse of the female body in select Indian English fiction
Date of Joining: 24/06/2013
Status: On Going
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Sangeetha Damodaran
Title of Thesis: Gendering Travel: A Reading of selected Travalogues by Indian Women
Date of Joining: 24/06/2013
Status: Thesis submitted on 20.12.2023.
Open Defence on 09.01.2025
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V S Anita
Title of Thesis : BORN IN THE WRONG BODY: A STUDY OF SELECT CONTEMPORARY TRANSGENDER LIFE WRITINGS
Date of Joining: 24/06/2013
Status: Thesis submitted on 24.12.2020
Open Defence/Viva on 23.07.2022
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Aathira Nandan Title of Thesis: Gender As in Performance: Textual Negotiatins in Kathakali Date of Joining: 05/11/2012
pre submission seminar 12.9.2018
Thesis submission 24.10.2018
Status: PhD awarded open defence on 07.01.2021
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Aparna B
Title of Thesis:Woman becoming a subject: An inquiry on selected texts based on the conceptual categories of Alain Badiou
Date of Joining: 17/11/2012.
Thesis submitted 30.10.2019
Status: PhD awarded open defence on 08.01.2021
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Sameera Haneef
Title of Thesis:Let Her sing the Ishal-An analysis of female sensibility in Mapila Pattu
Date of Joining: 05/11/2012. Thesis submitted 27.1.2020
Status: PhD awarded open defence on 10.12.2020
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Srividya S
Title of Thesis: The Personal and the Political Rhetorical Constructs in Politics, Gender and Religion
Date of Joining: 05/11/2012. Thesis submitted 24.1.2019
Status: Open defence held on 09.06.2020 via video conferencing. PhD awarded
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Sheeba K
Title of Thesis: Images on the Reel: Mapping a Muslim subject in Post September 11 Movies
Date of Joining: 05/11/2012
pre submission seminar 7.8.2019, Thesis submitted 10.10.2019
Status: PhD awarded open defence on 29.01.2020
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Limna P
Title of Thesis: Struggles for representation: Deciphering Tribal Ethos based on selected Literary Works
Date of Joining: 23/07/2012. thesis submitted 22.7.2019
Status: PhD awarded
Open defence held on 20.10.2020 via google meet
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Ameera V U
Title of Thesis:Stolen Innocence: A Diagnostic analysis of Traumatics childhood, and its aftermaths based on selected literary works
Date of Joining: 04/02/2012
Status: Thesis submitted on 1.2.2019. Open defence held on 13.07.2020 via video conferencing.PhD awarded
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Indulekha K R
Title of Thesis:Constructivist Paradigm in Second Language Learning : The Kerala Experience
Date of Joining: 13/01/2012, pre submission seminar 27.3.2018
submission 01.11.2018
Status: Open Defence 29.10.2019. PhD awarded
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Mahima K
Title of Thesis:Imagined Cities: A Psychogeographical Study of Indian Cities in Cinema
Date of Joining: 11/01/2012. Thesis submitted on 10.1.2019
Status: PhD awarded open defence on 11.11.2020
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Shameema T
Title of Thesis:Carnival Beyond Borders: Roth, Ellison, Bama, Basheer and Carter”
Date of Joining: 10/01/2012
pre submission seminar 7.6.2017, Thesis submitted on 6.7.2017
Status: open defence on 04.2.2019 PhD awarded
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Shanthi Vijayan
Title of Thesis:Towards a New Paradigm of Renaissance: A Study of the Select Works of Arundhati Roy and Sarah Joseph
Date of Joining: 18/11/2011
pre submission seminar 8.11.2017, thesis submission 30.11.2017
Status: open defence on 14.1.2019 PhD awarded
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Rajesh James
Title of Thesis:Mementos of (Un) Reality: Metamorphosing Subjectivity in Christopher Nolan’s Films
Date of Joining: 17/11/2011
pre submission seminar 9.11.2017, thesis submitted 16.2.2018
Status: Open Defence: 19.12.2018 PhD awarded
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Divya N
Title of Thesis: My World, My Space: Characterisation and Narration is Select Postcolonial Fiction
Date of Joining: 25/08/2011
Thesis submitted 23.8.2018
Status:Open defence on 17.06.2019 PhD awarded
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Sony Augustine
Title of Thesis:Revisiting Theology: A hermenenti study of Christological Themes in selected fiction and Films
Date of Joining: 28/12/2010. Thesis submitted 5.8.2019
Status: PhD awarded open defence on 10.11.2020
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Muhammed Noufal K
Title of Thesis:Conflicts and Synthesis: A Study on the Cultural Heterogeneity and Hybridity in Select Works of Orhan Pamuk
Date of Joining: 30/11/2010
Status: pre submission seminar 20.09.2017, thesis submitted 27.11.2017
Open Defence: 10.05.2019 PhD awarded
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Jayaprakash A
Title of Thesis: The Political Sage: Postcolonial Critique, Nation and Cultural Identity in Sri Aurobindo
Date of Joining:20/09/2002
Status:PhD awarded . Thesis submitted 25.7.2018
Open defence held on 22.06.2020 via video conferencing
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Department of English
University of Calicut
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Malappuram - 673635 PIN
Phone:0494-2407397
E-mail: enghod@uoc.ac.in, englishcalicut@gmail.com
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