Name of the Faculty:

Dr. Md. Manirul Islam

Department:

English

Designation

Assistant Professor

Highest Qualification:

PhD

Areas of interest :

African and Caribbean Literatures, Indian Literature in English, Dalit Studies, Subaltern and Postcolonial Studies

Contact Information (E-mail & Mobile No.)

mdmanirulam@gmail.com

Mobile No- 8250270637

Academic Qualifications:

B.A. in English Honours  (University of Calcutta, 1998)

M.A. in English (Rabindra Bharati University, 2001).

B.Ed. (University of Calcutta, 2005)

M.Phil. in English (Rabindra Bharati University, 2007).

Ph.D. in English (Rabindra Bharati University, 2018).

Teaching / Other Experience:

6 Years

Research / Administrative Experience

4 Years

Publications:

Journals (Articles/Papers):-

1. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2014). “Predicament of the Deprived: An Overview of Mulk Raj Anand’s Selected Short Stories”; International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities; ISSN: 2321-7065; Vol. II, Issue-VIII, pp. 166-175.

2. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2014). “Woman’s Struggle for Independent Identity: A Study of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Rajmohan’s Wife and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things”; Research Journal of English Language and Literature; ISSN: 2321-3108; Vol. II, Issue-IV, pp. 152-158.

3. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2014). “Search for Caribbean Identity: A Study of Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain”; The Criterion: An International Journal in English; ISSN: 0976-8165; Vol. V, Issue-VI, pp. 112-116.

4. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2014). “Presentation of Heroes as Victims: A Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease”; Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies; ISSN: 2348-7186; Vol. II, Issue-XII, pp. 107-111.

5. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2014). “Concerns for the Subalterns: Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things”; Edulight: Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed Journal; ISSN: 2278-9545; Vol. III, Issue-VI, 265-268.

6. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2015). “Concerns for the Humiliated and the Deprived: A Study of Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable and Coolie”; Focus: An Annual Multidisciplinary Refereed Journal; ISSN: 2278-1501; Vol. VI, pp. 13-21.

7. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2019). “Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain: A Complicated Presentation of Postcolonial Condition of the West Indians”; New Academia: An International Journal of English Language, Literature and Literary Theory; ISSN: 2347-2073; Vol. VIII, Issue-II, pp. 01-13.

8. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2022). “Dalit Rights to Dignity and Recognition: Voices of Protest in Dalit Autobiographies”; International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature: ISSN: 2321-8878; Vol-10, Issue- 1.

9. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2022). “Śūdraka’s Mrichchhakatika: A Representation of Society and Human Relationships”; Shodhasamhita (UGC Care Journal); ISSN: 2277-7067, Vol-9, Issue-2,pp. 171-178.

10. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2023). “African and Assamese Folklore: A Study of the Selected Works of Chinua Achebe and Jogesh Das”. Anandam, Journal of Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art and Culture (UGC Care Journal). ISSN: 2394-9023, Issue-XXII, pp. 275- 284.

11. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2023). “Kālidāsa’s Abhijñānaśākuntalam: An Ecocritical Analysis”; Dogo Rangsang Research Journal (UGC Care Journal); ISSN: 2347-7180, Vol-X, Issue-XIX, pp. 483-490.

12. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2023). “English Poetry and the Sea: An Ecocritical Analysis of Some Selected Poems”; Wisdom Speaks (UGC Care Journal); ISSN: 2456-5121, Vol-8, 2023.

Books:-

1.Islam, Md. Manirul. (2011). Studies in Select Indian and African Novels: Mulk Raj Anand’s ‘Coolie’ and Chinua Achebe’s ‘No Longer at Ease’; Indian Books View: Kolkata; ISBN: 9781884531613.

2.Islam, Md. Manirul. (2019). Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ and ‘No Longer at Ease’: Critical Perspectives; Lambert Academic Publishing: Germany; ISBN: 9786200483157.

3.Islam, Md. Manirul. (2020). Oppression and Humiliation: A Study of the Selected Works of Mulk Raj Anand, Arundhati Roy and Chinua Achebe; Authorspress: New Delhi; ISBN: 9789389615623.

4. Islam, Md. Manirul. (2020). Derek Walcott’s ‘Dream on Monkey Mountain’: A Critical Appraisal; Lambert Academic Publishing: Germany; ISBN: 9786200537065.

Papers in Seminars/Conferences:-

1.Islam, Md. Manirul. “Folklore, Question of Identity and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart” in National Seminar on Life, Lore and Identity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Folklore, at Central University of Jharkhand, on Aug 19-21, 2019.

2. Islam, Md. Manirul. “Representation of the Marginalized in South Asian English Texts in a Neo-liberalist Regime: A Study of Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man and Kunal Basu’s Kalkatta” in International Conference on English and englishes: Culture, Power, Politics in a Neo-liberalist Regime, at Bankura University, on January 22-23, 2020.

3.Islam, Md. Manirul. “Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go: A Posthumanist Analysis” in a Two-day International Conference-cum-Workshop on Humanities at the Crossroads: Re-Configuring (Post)human Ethics, Aesthetics and Politics, at Bankura University, on February 11-12, 2023.

4.Islam, Md. Manirul. “Gendered Oppression and the Partition of India: An Exploration of Fozia Raja’s Daughters of Partition” in a Two-day National Seminar on Re-visiting, re-reading & Re-imagining Partition Literature, organized by Shri M.D. Shah Mahila College of Arts & Commerce and SNDT Women’s University, on March 20-21, 2023.

Workshops/Short-Term Courses Attended

1. Workshop (One week) on Gender Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University of India), 26^th August – 1^st September, 2020
2. Short Term Course (One week) on E-Content Development at Gujarat University, 18^th January – 24^th January, 2021
3. Short Term Course (One week) on Soft Skill Development at Mizoram University, 23^rd January – 28^th January, 2023

Membership of Learned Societies/Academic Membership

Association for English Studies of India (Membership Id- AM 351/2023)