Two Day National Seminar on Interpreting Short Stories of the Post 1950s
18-19th November 2016
Mumbai
Janseva
Samiti SanchalitShri
M.D. Shah Mahila College of Arts & CommerceMalad
(west), MumbaiDepartment of English presents"Interpreting
Short Stories of the Post 1950s" 18th
19th November 2016
About Us
Shri. M.D. Shah Mahila College is
an evolving institution offering women's education to the largest number of
girl students in the entire western suburbs of Mumbai.It is affiliated to
SNDT Women's University and patronized by the Janseva Samiti. The College is
conveniently located at Malad (West), on B.J. Patel Road which is at a
walkable distance from the closest station 'Malad' on the Western Railways.
The college offer courses in the faculties of Arts and Commerce with various
discipline components. Besides, it also runs several professional courses
like BMS, BCA, BMM & BAFI and Certificate Courses in Interior Designing,
Fashion Designing, etc. Established in 1968, the college today offers
Post-graduation Degrees in Economics and Hindi as well as M.Com. The
Management is thus oriented towards making higher education accessible to the
girl-child irrespective of any prevalent social or economic problems. The
institution is pro-actively engaged in curtailing several limitations that a
girl child faces in contemporary society in her attempts to educate
herself.
Awards
& Achievements
- Best College Award by SNDT
Women's University
- NAAC Re-Accredited 'A' Grade
(Third cycle)
- ØPerformance Excellence Trophy
in IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award
- Awarded at University and
District level by Government of Maharashtra in Jagar Janivacha Campaign
- Seven time winners of 'Best
Educational Quality Enhancement Team Award by NCQM'
Department
of English
Our college offers English
language as a compulsory subject to all the students in the B.A., B.Com.,
B.M.S., and B.C.A degree courses, practically making each and every student
of the college, a student of the department. The compulsory component English
at all the degree courses is aimed at imparting and enhancing the basic
language skills of the students. Keeping in mind our university’s mandate of
women’s education, the texts used in the compulsory component English subject
deal with women’s issues.
Keeping in mind the need of the students and the ever-growing demand of human
resources, specially trained in English, the department started the B.A. in
English special. As per the University curriculum a student of B.A. in
English has to study 20 papers in different areas of English Literature and
language, over a six semester period.
The last UGC Sponsored National
level seminar conducted by the Department was in the year 2012 on Children's
Literature in India: "Reading Children:Children's Literature in
India" 05th & 06th October 2012. It was a successful seminar which
resulted in a publication of an edited book in 2014 containing the revised
papers of the seminar Apart from this the Department has a tradition various
University level workshops & seminars.
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About the Seminar / Call
for Papers
Narrative literature dates back to
oral storytelling traditions. As long as people have told stories, there have
been short works of prose and occasionally poetic fiction being published.
Such works are categorized as short stories, and their modern form was devised
during the 19th century. Short stories differ from the novel as they tend to
be less complex than novels and focus on one incident; have a single plot, a
single setting, fewer characters and a short time frame. The endings at times
are abrupt or open and may or may not suggest a moral or practical lesson.
Their myriad characteristics and brevity of length makes it a favored form in
the language classroom for language acquisition. The short story has evolved
in its approach, purpose, reach and popularity over the years. From Chaucer
to Boccaccio and later E. A. Poe, the short story has transformed
dramatically. Indian writers of the English language have worked extensively
with this genre. Due to its flexibility, adaptability and huge popularity,
the short story will long continue to meet the needs of readers and authors
and find new material for its special purposes in a constantly changing
world. The usability and malleable quality of this form makes it an
interesting area for experimentation and research.
Objectives
of the seminar
- Develop Innovative ways of
teaching English through short stories
- Provide better understanding
of the genre of short stories
- Initiate discussions on the
themes of short stories
- Explore theoretical aspects
of the form of the short story
- Investigate new trends in
short stories
Sub-themes
- Theorizing the Short
story
- Short stories in
translation
- Short story in the new media
- Narratological analysis of
short stories
- Short story as protest
- Use of short stories in the
language classroom
- Thematic analysis of the
short stories
- Significance of short stories
as a genre of literature
- Short story as an art
form
- Use of myth in short
story
Papers on all the above themes are
invited. The list of topics is indicative and not exhaustive. All other
topics which fall under the wider title of "Short Stories of post
1950" are welcome. Kindly send a 200-250 word abstract as an email attachment.
The abstracts will be scrutinized and selected for presentation by a peer
team. All the selected papers will feature in the proceedings of the seminar
which will be published with an ISBN number. Abstract & paper
format:Font: Times New Roman 12 size. The paper must follow MLA 2007 Kindly
send the abstract, paper and any query to englishseminar.mdshah@gmail.com
sujitchandak@gmail.com or to the Convener & Head of the Department
of English Ms Shubha Acharya shubz67@gmail.com
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Important Dates
- Submission of Abstract: 16th
August 2016
- Confirmation of Abstract:20th
August 2016
- Submission of full paper:
25th September 2016
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Registration
Paper presenters and participants have to fill up the
following form and send it by email to
Registration fees of Rs 500/- will cover
the conference kit, proceedings, breakfast, lunch & tea for 2 days.
Outstation participants have to arrange for their own
accommodation. However, our organizing committee will assist in finding
suitable & comfortable accommodation, near to the college for the
outstation participants. T A will be provided to outstation participants only.
For assistance in finding accommodation please contact
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Mr. Sujit Chandak (sujitchandak@gmail.com,
9819378548)
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Dr. Tamasha
Acharya (jits3@rediffmail.com, 9867330870)
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Ms. Sheena Soman (sheenasajit@yahoo.co.in
9820687325)
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