Thursday, July 16, 2015


International Conference & Workshop ‘LITFEST – 2015′

International Conference & Workshop ‘LITFEST – 2015′ September 2015, Chennai

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 15th July through e-mail to the addressliteraryseminary@drmgrdu.ac.in
  3. Detailed papers not exceeding 7 pages should be submitted by 14th 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.

  Important Dates to Remember:
  1.  15th July :  Submission of Abstracts through e-mail with all details.
  2. 25th July : Intimation of acceptance of Abstracts.
  3. 14th August : Submission of the paper with full details, both  soft copy and hard copy with the registration fee.

 Publication:
Selected peer reviewed papers will be published either in Scopus Indexed Journal or Internationally reputed Journal with ISSN No.
Please note: Separate charges will be collected from the candidates based upon selection of the Journal.

 Workshop
Delegates are invited to attend the workshop alone on payment of Rs.1000.
Highlights of the workshop
1)Done by experts to open a new avenue of literature which is popular in Western culture.
2)Related to the Indian culture through stories like Amar Chitra Katha and Indrajal comics.
Interested candidates can send the registration form duly filled in with the registration fees in favour of Dr.MGR Educational and Research Institute Madhuravoyal, Chennai-95.
note:closing date for registration 26th August.

Internal Resource Persons and Panelists:
Dr. Ganesh, Prof. of English & HoD, Madras Christian College                                    Conference Advisor
Dr. Padma Ravindran,Former Prof. of English & HoD  Ethiraj College                        Conference Advisor
Dr. R. Pushkala, Prof. of English & HoD, Dr. M.G.R. ERI University                              Faculty Advisor

 Conference Organising  Committee:
Conference Convener: Dr. S. Padmasani Kannan, Convener, The Literary Seminary
Email: literaryseminary@drmgrdu.ac.in
Student Convener: Mr. Libin Roy Thomas
Email: libinroythomas@gmail.com or literaryseminary@gmail.com.
For more information, please visit literaryseminary.org/litfest-15.

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