EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
BIO NOTE: DR GHOSH IS AN ALUMNI OF VIDYASAGAR METROPOLITAN COLLEGE .HE IS A FACULTY AT RKVM UNIVERSITY BELUR AND A PRACTICING THEATRE DIRECTOR.
NO OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE WORKSHOP: 60
Theatre workshop janardan ghosh 11th april.pdf
DR GHOSH ADDRESSING THE STUDENTS
THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE WORKSHOP
Waiting for and with beckett,arnab banerjee 5th may .pdf
NO OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
YOUTUBE LINK WILL BE UPLOADED SOON,
The Department of English celebrated Literature Day on 20th May. The event was designed to inspire the students to come forward with their ideas on literature by portraying various fictional characters on stage. Students were also encouraged to dress accordingly for the occasion to make the event more vibrant and appealing. Students of all the semesters enacted skits or appeared as solo characters on stage, The teachers of the department also presented a short skit which featured a medley of Shakespearean soliloquies. Number of participants: 70 .
The department hosted Dr Somjyoti Mridha Of North Eastern Hill University for a special lecture entitled “Translations in India, India in Translation: A Literary Perspective” on 2.12.22 through google meet. The online event was streamed for the students on the screen of the College Auditorium(Ishwarchandra Sabhgriha). Dr Mridha spoke the history of translation studies in India and how crucial it was to translate regional texts to English. He also discussed the problems a translator might face in translating a regional text to English owing to the unique inflections and nuances of a language. The talk ended with an interactive session and a vote of thanks.A total of 60 students participated in the seminar.
Dr Debalina Banerjee anchoring the online session.
Dr Somjyoti Mridha addressing the students.
The department organized a lecture by Dr Parjonyo Sen of Deshbandhu College for Girls on 20.12.22.The talk was entitled “ The Himalayas and Herge: The Visual Rendering of Tibet”. Dr Sen focused on the genre of graphic literature and the conventions of the comic book and its visual paradigms before going on to discuss Tintin in Tibet as a singular text in the Tintin series by Herge. The talk was accompanied by a powerpoint presentation which featured valuable pictures from archives and travelogues to further emphasize the geography of Tibet and its unique cultural ethos including the Tibetan belief in the mythical snowman or the yeti which forms a crucial component of the text. The talk was enlivened by a vibrant interactive session. Number of participants in the programme : 50.
Dr Parjanyo Sen addressing the students.
The student participants.
The faculty and the students with the speaker in the College Auditorium.