U.G.C. Sponsored Two-Day National Seminar 

ON

The Image of Changing India in Contemporary Fiction and Travel Literature  

on 14-15 September 2015. 

Thrust Areas

• The emergence of late 20th & 21st century India as reflected in recent fiction
• Cultural renaissance and its literary representations
• Travel writing and the ethics of difference
• Changing feminist perspectives in fiction
• Dalit & LGBT consciousness in contemporary writing
• The idea of twenty-first century India
• Regional writing in English translation

Submission Guidelines
Please submit your abstract in the following format:
Last Name, First Name, Designation
Department, Organization/Institutional affiliation
Title of the Paper (in Bold)
Abstract
Times New Roman, Font size 12 point, maximum 300 words. There is no need to include references.
Keywords
Include a 50-word bionote in the same file.
Please follow the format recommended in the latest edition of MLA Handbook.
Abstracts should be submitted via email to the Convener Dr Manoj S. (msree50@hotmail.com) with a copy to the email id:englishseminarfmnc@gmail.com. Please keep ‘Seminar 2015’ in the subject line of the mail.
Important Dates
Last date for the submission of abstract (maximum 300 words): 20 August 2015
Notification of the acceptance/rejection of the abstract: 25 August 2015
Last date for the submission of full paper (3000-4000 words): 3 September 2015
Registration
Delegate: Rs. 500/-
Student/Research Scholar: Rs. 200/-
Registered Participants’ privileges:
a) Lunch on both days
b) Conference kit with abstract booklet
c) Participation/presentation certificate
A book with ISBN number containing the selected papers presented at the Seminar will be published.
For any other query please call or mail to
H.O.D.: Dr Radhika P., Associate Professor of English,
F.M.N.C., Kollam
Mobile: +91 9495630871
Email: radhikapmenon@yahoo.com