Undergrad Seminar On Neoclassical Sensibilities

 UNDERGRAD SEMINAR ON NEOCLASSICAL SENSIBILITIES

Belletristic, the literary society of the Department of English, Shoolini University organised an Undergrad seminar on “Neo-Classical Sensibilities” (18th century English literature). The focus of the seminar was on the writers of the 18th century in England.

Final year students from different colleges presented papers on writers, works and themes of the 18th century England.

Dr. Harneet Kaur, Associate Professor at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh, was the chairperson for the session.

Sukriti Pahwa from Guru Gobind Singh College for women, Chandigarh presented her paper titled “Neo-Classical Sensibilities- 18th Century English Literature”. Rutvi Shah from Christ College, Gujarat, presented her paper on “Digging a romantic grave for Neo- Classical Sensibility - A Study of the Paradigm Shift in 18th Century Poetry”. Ajay Kumar from NRS Govt College, Rohtak, presented his paper titled, “Classical age or 18th century English literature”.  Shramana Mukherjee from Benares Hindu College presented a paper on “The Age of Reason”. Najamus Saqib from Shoolini University read a paper on “18th century as an age of prose of reason”.  Vaishali Thakur from Shoolini University on “The periodical essay and it's popularity in the 18th century”,  Aanay Bhatt from Christ College, Rajkot, Gujarat, on “Subservience VS. Independent Spirit: A Comparative Study of Pope and Dryden as Satirists”. Priyanka Kumari Zala from Christ College, Rajkot, Gujarat presented her paper titled, “Locating the Anthropos in the Great Chain: Reading Pope's Essay on Man through the Enlightenment Philosophy”. Yotasha from Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh presented a paper titled, “The Rape of The Lock as a Social Satire” and Avi from the same College spoke on “The Politics of Satire  in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels”. 

Dr. Harneet Kaur, congratulated the department and the university for organizing the seminar, and praised the performance of the participants. Prof. Tej Nath Dhar also shared his valuable insights with the participants and the audience.  Sakshi Sundaram and Neeraj Pizar, faculty members from Shoolini, congratulated the presenters and concluded the session. 

The next Belletristic session will be held on 21st May 2021. It will be a talk on Salman Rushdie with special reference to his works “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” and “Midnight’s Children”.

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