Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (APC College)

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College

Govt. Sponsored | NAAC Accredited A Grade College with CGPA 3.23

Affiliated to West Bengal State University

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (APC College)

Dr. Milton Sarkar

M.A., Ph.D. (English)

Contact Details:

Assistant Professor
Department of English
Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131 West Bengal, India

Research areas and Proficiencies

Area of Research:

  • in particular: the poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes
  • in general: Post-Fifties British Poetry

Title of the dissertation: “Responding to the Post-imperial Space: A Study of the Poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes”

Awards: Three National Scholarships, one non-Govt. Scholarship, State-JRF, thirty two academic & other distinctions

Publications:

  • Englishness and Post-Imperial Space: The Poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes, a book published by Cambridge Scholars, United Kingdom. ISBN: 978-1-4438-8598-0
  • “Macbeth: A Linguistic Tragedy” in Periodic Research (a Multi-Disciplinary International Research Journal - ISSN No. 2231-0045)(VOL.-II, ISSUE-III, FEBRUARY-2014) [Impact Factor SJIF 2012 = 3.474]
  • “Brute Force in Ted Hughes: Assertion of Identity in Post-Fifties British Poetry” in Post-Fifties British Literature: An Anthology of Critical Essays (Department of English, MUC Women’s College, Budwan publication-ISBN: 978-93-5196-723-1) (2014)
  • “Philip Larkin: Death of a Novelist?” – in the journal of the Dept. of English – The University of Burdwan - ISBN: 81-87259-54-X (Vol-XV-2007)
  • “Ted Hughes: Healer in the Post-1950s British Poetry” in Asian Resonance (a Peer-Reviewed Multi-Disciplinary International Research Journal - ISSN No. 0976-8602)(VOL.-II, ISSUE-IV, OCTOBER-2013)
  • “The Urban Larkin” – in Literature and Criticism (the journal of the Literary Society of India, Kolkata; Vol-5, 2005-06)
  • “Silence: A Gyno-Centric Play Directing its Barbs against Urban Middle Class” – in an SRS College, Kamarpukur publication (2005)
  • “Macbeth: A Positional Tragedy” – in Heteroglossia (Vol-II, 2004) (a Nistarini College, Purulia publication)
  • Translation of Philip Larkin’s poem “Going” – in Samparka – a professional journal (2006)
  • “Ted Hughes: a non-human perspective” in Anirvan (Vol-II, 2012) (a Patrasayer College, Bankura publication)

Papers presented in International/National Seminars/Symposia/Conferences:

  • “Philip Larkin’s Poetry: A Post-Imperial Reading,” a special lecture to the faculty members under the Faculty Enrichment Programme on 01.02.2016 in the Department of English, SreeChaitanya College, Habra.
  • “The Poetry of Philip Larkin: A Post-Imperial Perspective” in the National Seminar on Colonialism, PostColonialism and Beyond at Ramananda College, Bishnupur, Bankura, 2013.
  • “Brute Force in Ted Hughes: Assertion of Identity in Post-Fifties British Poetry” in the National Seminar on Post-Fifties British Literature: Texts and Contexts at the Department of English, M.U.C. Women’s College, Burdwan, 2013.
  • “Philip Larkin in the Post-imperial Space” in the National Seminar on Heterotopologies: Re-defining Space and Cultural Imaginaries at the Department of English, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 2011.
  • “Macbeth: A Linguistic Tragedy” in the 5th World Shakespeare Conference (International Shakespeare Scholars’ Meet), Kolkata, 2008.
  • “Voices in Browning’s Dramatic Monologues: A Dialogic Approach” in the National Seminar on Nineteenth-Century British literature: Text and Context at the Dept. of English, the University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 2007.

Membership(s):

  • The Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Kolkata
  • The Literary Society of India, Kolkata
  • The British Council, Kolkata

Participations:

International

  • World Shakespeare Conference 2008: International Shakespeare Scholars’ Meet organized by the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India in collaboration with Shakespeare Centre for Advanced Research, RabindraBharati University, Kolkata. 2008
  • International Seminar on “Writing Across Cultures” organized by the Department of English, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 2006
  • International Seminar entitled “Other Voices, Other Cultures: Rereading Orientalism” organized under the UGC-CAS Programme of the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 2004
  • Globalizing Culture –A discussion by Forum for UK-South Asia Culture Studies organized by The British Council, Kolkata. 2004
  • World Shakespeare Conference 2004: International Shakespeare Scholars’ Meet organized by the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India in collaboration with Tagore-Gandhi Institute for Culture Studies & Service-Learning, The British Council and Loreto College, Kolkata. 2004

National

  • National Seminar on “Society and Culture in Ancient Literature: A Retrospective Enquiry” organized by the Department of Sanskrit, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 2014
  • National Seminar on “Colonialism, PostColonialism and Beyond” at Ramananda College, Bishnupur, Bankura, 2013
  • National Seminar on “Post-Fifties British Literature: Texts and Contexts” at the Department of English, M.U.C. Women’s College, Burdwan, 2013
  • National Seminar on “Heterotopologies: Re-defining Space and Cultural Imaginaries” organized by the Department of English, The University ofBurdwan, Burdwan. 2011
  • National Seminar on “Multiculturalism and Literature of Asian Diaspora” organized by the Department of English, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 2008
  • UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on “Search for Root and Nation in Post-Independence Indian English Fictions” organized by the Department of English (P.G. & U.G.), Bankura Christian College, Bankura. 2008
  • UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “From Raj to Swaraj: Perspectives on Indian English Writings” organized by the Department of English, Arambagh Girls’ College, Arambagh, Hooghly. 2008
  • UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Reconstructing Culture: Postcolonial Problematics” organized by the Department of English, MUC Women’s College, Burdwan. 2008
  • National Seminar on “Nineteenth-Century British Literature: Text and Context” organized by the Department of English, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 2007
  • UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Literary Theory: Spectre and Aura” organized by the Department of English, MUC Women’s College, Burdwan. 2007
  • National Seminar on “Cultural Memory and Globalisation” organized by the Department of English, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 2004

State level/Regional

  • Seminar on “New Literatures in English: Issues and Responses” by The Literary Society of India, Kolkata. 2007
  • UGC Sponsored Seminar on “Empowerment of Women” organized by MUC Women’s College, Burdwan. 2005
  • UGC Sponsored Seminar and Workshop on “20th Century English Poetry & 20th Century Critical Theories” organized by the Department of English (P.G. & U.G.), Bankura Christian College, Bankura. 2004
  • UGC Sponsored Seminar on Neo-Colonialism organized by Sri RamkrishnaSaradaVidyaMahapitha, Kamarpukur, Hooghly.2004
  • UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar, “Nature Needs Proper Feed Back” organized byRabindraMahavidyalaya, Champadanga, Hooghly.2004
  • UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on “Human Rights and Human Development in India” organized by NetajiMahavidyalaya, Arambagh, Hooghly. 2004
  • Seminar on Communicative English organized by the Department of English, Sri RamkrishnaSaradaVidyaMahapitha, Kamarpukur, Hooghly.2004