Dr.Sumy S joined the Department of English in June 2019. She has over 1 3 years of experience in teaching and research in various colleges of Tamil Nadu. She obtained her doctorate in Cultural Studies/Postcolonial Studies from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli in 2015 for the thesis entitled Cultural Impact in the Select Fiction of Amitav Ghosh and Anita Nair: A Psycho-Social Perspective. She has published extensively in various National and International journals, presented papers in Na tional and International Conferences and edited magazines for colleges.
Research/Specialisation/Interest
- Bio-Politicsin Literature Cultural Studies
- Post-Colonial Literature
- Historicism& Anthropology
“Library as a political space in Fantasy Fiction”.International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation (IJELR),Dec 2022.Vol 9,Issue 4 ISSN:2395- 2628(Print):2349-9451(Online)Impact Factor 5.9745 ICI
“Biopolitical invasion and Climatic Derangement: The Quest for Survival”. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation (IJELR), May 2021.117-119. ISSN:2395-2628(Print):2349-9451(Online)Impact Factor 5.9745 ICI
“The Bio Politics of Postmodern Bodies and the Power over Life: A Reference on Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air”. Kala:Journal of Indian Art History Congress, Nov 2020. UGC CARE LIST
“Ecological Assassination via Globalisation: A Cultural Study.” International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation (IJELR), Nov 2018.58-60 ISSN:2455-0302 Impact Factor 5.9745
“Linguistic Translation in the Socio-Cultural System: A Post-Colonial Overview.” International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL), Feb 2016.79-81 ISSN (P):2249-6912 Impact Factor (JCC):4.5629
“Cultural Hybridism in the fictions of Rushdie: A Pluralistic Approach.” Crossian Resonance A Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Dec 2015. 56-60 (ISSN 0976-5417)
“Eurocentrism as a Mode of Cultural Transformation: A Study on the Novels of Amitav Ghosh.” Roots International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, October 2015.86-89 (ISSN 2349-8684)
“Socio-cultural Ethos in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh and Anita Nair: A Linguistic Approach.” Crossian Resonance A Multidisciplinary Research Journal, June 2015.7- 11 (ISSN 0976-5417)
“Myth and Culture: A Critical Study of Anita Nair’s Lessons in Forgetting.” South Indian Folklorist, Feb 2015.246-49 (ISSN:2249-2925)
“Cultural Consequences in the Treatment of subalterns: A Comparative Study of Amitav Ghosh and Anita Nair.” Collected Papers: Second International Conference of KAAS, Sep 2013. 115-19 (ISBN 978-93-81658-07-9)
“History and Globalization in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke: A Social Perspective.” Crossian Resonance A Multidisciplinary Research Journal, June 2013.17-21
“Cultural Hybridism Vs Multiculturalism in Select Novels of Rushdie: A Diasporic Approach.” Diaspora Cultures in Literatures in English, Dec 2013.89-94
“Ghosh as a Postmodernist Writer: An Analysis.” Crossian Resonance A Multidisciplinary Resarch Journal, Dec 2012. 12-16 (ISSN 0976-5417)
“Cultural Impact in the Treatment of Subalterns in Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies and Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe.” Proceedings of Sixth All India Conference of KAAS, Vol.I Languages, Dec 2010. 6-10 (ISBN 978-81-909710-8-9)
“Interrogating the Institution of Marriage in Anita Nair’s Mistress – An Androgynous Perspective.” Proceedings of the National Seminar –On Battling for their Legitimate Space: Interaction with Contemporary Indian Woman Writers and Critics, Jan 21-22,2010. 110-15
“Pragmatic Reinvention of Culture in Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason – A Subaltern Perspective.” Crossian Resonance A Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol.1 No.1, June 2010. 1-6 (ISSN 0976-5417)
“The Dynamics of Displacement in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide: A Postcolonial Study.” Proceedings of the VII All India Conference of Scott Research Forum, Vol.1 Arts, March 2010. 35-38
“Culture, Imperialism and Diaspora in Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason – A Subaltern Perspective.” Proceedings of Fifth All India Conference of KAAS, Vol.I Languages, Dec 2009. 58-61(ISBN-978-81-909710-0-3)
“Ecofeminist Discourse in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe.” Collected Research Papers: Eighth All India Conference of BCRC, May 2009. 8-17
“A Psychoanalytic Survey of Flora Rheta Schreiber’s Sybil.” Research Papers: First International Conference of KAAS, Dec 2008.137-39
BOOKS PUBLISHED
“Cultural Catastrophic Convergence: A Study on Amitav Ghosh” published in November 2017 with ISBN-10: 1948147971
Authored a chapter 8 of a book titled “Voice of Voiceless: Dalit Literature” published
in January 2019 with ISBN 9789388332521