B.A English

LITERARY CLUB

• Inauguration of Literary Club on 14 August 2023. Dr. Santhalakshmi, Asst Prof in English, MGR Janaki College was the guest. Release of Blossom 5.0 during the Literary Club Valediction. Valediction of Literary Club on 26 March 2024. Ms. Cynthia George, Asst Prof of French, Providence College, Coonoor was the guest.

DRAMA CLUB

• Enactment of Six short monologues on 27 March 2024

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

• Book Club Inauguration on 31 August 2023. Dr. Arul, Asst Prof & Head, Dept of English, Partician College was the guest.
• CC Spark Academy
• Guest Lecture on Literary Theory was organised on 17 August 2023.
• Shivaraman, Associate Prof, Presidency College was the Resource person. Inauguartion of Atlantis – Intercollegiate Literary festival – Dr. Aparna Srinivas, Emerald Dove Learning was the guest on 15 September 2023.
• Special Book Club meeting on Reading & Discussion of Mixed Media – A collection of Poetry. Dr. Sugi, Asst.Prof of English, Stella Maris College was the guest on 6 February 2024
• The second batch of Content Writing Certificate Course with Spark Academy

STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

• S Annapoorni presented a paper on ‘Reframing gender’ at CTTE College on 20 Feb 2024.
• S. Annapoorni attended Online Webinar
• S. Annapoorni performed a play on 10 July 2023
• S. Annapoorni Translation of News article on Kanjivaram Saris
• Anand Kumar, Asst Prof in English published an article on Cultural Identuity in Chitra Banerjee’s Sister of My Heart in Bodhi journal

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

• BA English Students won II prize in Creative Imterpretation at Stella Maris College Novella
• Charumathi, II BA won II Prize in Drawing Competition from nehru Yuva Kendra
• Pongal celebration Winners for Kolam
• Pongal Celebrations Winners for Karumbu

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

BOOK CLUB

• Inaugural & Investiture ceremony of Book Club on 10 January 2023. Reading and Discussion of ‘Dialogues of Different kind and other poems’ on 25 March,2023  Annam Ragamalika, Assistant Professor in English, Loyola College was the Resource person. Reading and Discussion of ‘The Alchemist on 14 February 2022

DRAMA CLUB

Enactment of the Play ‘Trifles’ on 18 March 2023.

LITERARY CLUB

• Literary Club – Debate Competition on 23 January 2023.
• Literary Club – Short Story Writing Competition on 23 January 2023.
• Literary Club Inaugural Invite
• Literary Club Inaugural on 21 January  2023

Atlantis

The Department organizes Atlantis, an Inter-Collegiate Literary Festival as a co-curricular activity, intended as a platform for the students’ creative and intellectual talents. The event also encourages the students to organise and manage event on their own and ensure the holistic development of the students. The open environment of the event encourages enthusiastic participation and healthy competition among the participants and fosters friendships across institutions.

Blossoms – Hand-written Magazine

The hand-written magazine is a special project of the department offering the students an opportunity to create and collate their creative outputs including poems, stories, art works, book reviews, critical writings, etc. The collection is completely co-ordinated by the students with an editorial board and a faculty to assist them with the logistics.

Club Activities

The Quiz Club regularly conducts literary quiz competitions, organised by the students for the students. The topics cover the UG course syllabus.

The Movie Club coordinates the screening of documentaries and short films on topics decided by the student co-ordinators. They cover a range of topics within and outside the syllabus. The screenings are followed by discussions and debates on the issues in the texts.

Workshop

The Department has a tradition of organising workshops on topics that are related to the UG Degree Programme. The sessions which are open to faculty and students from other colleges offer an open environment where participants are encouraged to work in groups and where every one learns together. The workshops invite senior academics as resource persons to incorporate practical learning strategies into coursework. The topics for workshops include Practical Writing Strategies, Theatre, Translations and Postcolonialism.

Guest Lecture

Guest lectures for the students are regularly organized on topics related to their Course of study. Eminent academicians are invited as resource persons for the sessions that provide an overview of the subject of study. The students are invited to offer their understanding of the topic and seek any clarifications from the experts.

Exhibition

The Literary Exhibition offers a platform for the students to exhibit their creative talents, and innovative vigour. The students create models, charts and games that display a wider understanding of the prescribed texts and the non-literary contexts of their subjects of study. They are also encouraged to make presentations of their projects.