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Prof. Ajay Kumar Shukla

Professor and Head, Department of English
Ph.D.
S.NO.ExamSpecialityInstitute/UniversityYear
1 M.A.EnglishLucknow University1995
2 PhDAfrican- American FictionLucknow University2002
  • African-American Fiction
  • Indian English Literature
  • Literary Theory
S.NO.DesignationCollege/InstituteFromToTotal Exp.
1 ProfessorDDU, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur14/10/1998 03/12/2023 (Till) 25 Years 2 Months

Teaching

UG Experience: 24 Year(s)
Courses
  • British Poetry
  • Literary Movements

PG Experience: 24 Year(s)
Courses
  • British Poetry and Drama
  • Indian English Literature
  • Popular Literatures in English

Research

Total Research Experience: 19 Years
  • African-American Fiction
  • Indian English Literature
  • Literary Theory
 
1 Member, Editorial Board, POORVA, Souvenir, Convocation, 2006 D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
2 Member, Editorial Board, Parispand, Souvenir,30thConvocation,Sep.21,2011,
D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
3 Member, Editorial Board (English) Humanities and Social Sciences, Inter disciplinary Approach: A Half Yearly Multilingual Research Journal (ISSN 0975-7090)
4 Member, Editorial Board, Parispand, Souvenir, 31st Convocation, October, 2012, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
5 Member, Editorial Board, Souvenir ,87th All India Vice Chancellors' Meet.
6 Member, Editorial Board ,OasisISSN 0975-4334)
7 Member, Editorial Board ,Ruminations(ISSN 2229-6751)
8 Member, Advisory Board ,Critical Paradigm(ISSN 2249-5665)
9 Member, Advisory Board, Indian Research Spectrum(ISSN 0976-5964) 
10 Editor ,Souvenir, Abhyuday,  Gorakhpur Mahotsav
( 11-13 January, 2018).
11 Member college development Council Dr. RML Awadh university. 
12 External member, Board of studies, Dr. R.M.L. Awadh university, Faizabad.
13 External member, Board of studies, CSJM University, Kanpur.
14 External member, RDC, Dr. R.M.L. Awadh University, Faizabad
15 External member, RDC, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.
16 External member, RDC, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia
17 External member, RDC,Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, MP
18 Editor, Souvenir, Abhyuday,  Gorakhpur Mahotsav ( 12-13 January, 2021).
19 External member, Board of studies, Central University of Gujrat.
20 External member, Board of studies, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, MP
21 Member,Board of studies, Dept. of English, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
  • Currently Enrolled: 5
  • Awarded:              11

S.NO.Scholar NameThesis TitleYear of Award
1 Diwakar Tiwari“From Subservience to Militancy: A Critical Perspective on the Theme of Racial Discrimination and Racial Violence in the fiction of Richard Wright”.2008
2 Sneha Lata PandeyThe Image of Black Woman in the novels of Toni Morrison2008
3 Namrata Pandey“The Integration of Social, Political and National Crises in the novels of Nayantara Sahgal”.2010
4 Sandeep Rao Gautam“Portrayal of Indian Social Life in the novels Kamala Markandaya”2013
5 Raj Kumar Mishra“Socio-Political Themes in the Selected Plays of Vijay Tendulkar”2013
6 Bhardwaj Shukla“Cultural Dilemmas and Displacements in the Fictional Writings of Jhumpa Lahiri”2013
7 Kushhar Sahani“Myth, History and, Folklore in the Selected Plays of Girish Karnad”2014
8 Tulika Tripathi“Things Falling Apart: Culture and Colonialism in the novels of Chinua Achebe”2016
9 Bajrangi Lal Gupta“Marriage, Tradition and Autonomy: Women's Odyssey of Liberation in Manju Kapur's Novels”2017
10 Shilpi Chaudhari“Social Realism in the novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee”2018

Administrative Responsibility

S.NO.DescriptionFromToYear & Month
1 President, Athletic Association04/07/202006/08/20211 Year 1 Month
2 Public Relations Officer(PRO)18/11/201804/07/20202 Year 4 Month
3 NC Hostel Warden10/12/201806/06/20213 Year 6 Month
4 Coordinator, National Service Scheme(NSS)26/11/201229/06/20175 Year 5 Month
5 Coordinator , Classes for preparation for UGC-NET05/09/201125/11/20121 Year 2 Month

Awards & Fellowships

S.NO.TitleDescriptionAwarding Institute/BodyAward Date
1 Best Coordinator NSSStateHigher Education Department , UP11/07/2019
2 National Award for immense contribution in the field of AcademicsNationalNews Ink Media Group18/07/2016
3 Immense contribution in the field of higher education and National Education Policy 2020 Implementation StateGovernment of Uttar Pradesh05/09/2021
4 Exemplary work in Voter Awareness ProgramStateElection Commission of India25/01/2014
5 Exemplary and outstanding contribution in Voter Awareness ProgramStateElection Commission of India25/01/2016
6 Remarkable contribution in SVEEP activitiesStateElection Commission of India25/10/2017

Study Materials for Students

S.NO.Document NameCourseSubCode
1 Paper II. Introduction to the Poet( William Shakespeare) B.A.- I YearENGLISH
2 Paper II Introduction to the poem "To His Love" B.A.- I YearENGLISH
3 Paper II Reading of the Poem "To His Love" B.A.- I YearENGLISH
4 Romanticism( Introduction) B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
5 Main Characteristics of Romanticism B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
6 Neo-Classical Literature and Prominent Literary Figures B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
7 Pre-Raphaelite Poetry B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
8 Paper III Main Characteristics of the Neo-Classical Age B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
9 Paper III Objective Correlative B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
10 Paper III Dissociation of Sensibility, Unification of sensibility B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
11 Paper III Periods of English Literature B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
12 Paper III New Criticism Affective Fallacy, Intentional fallacy B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
13 Paper III Neo Classical Literature B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
14 Paper III RENAISSANCE B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
15 Paper III Introduction to Neo Classicism B.A.- III YearENGLISH LITERATURE
16 Introduction to the Poem( To His Coy Mistress) M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
17 Reading of the poem "To His Coy Mistress M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
18 Geoffrey Chaucer PROLOGUE M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
19 Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue Historical and Literary tendencies M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
20 Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue Contemporaries of Chaucer M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
21 Geoffrey Chaucer ,Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Introduction M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
22 Geoffrey Chaucer French, Italian and English Periods M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
23 Geoffrey Chaucer ,Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Characters M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
24 JOHN DONNE M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
25 Popular Literature( Introduction) M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - V (B)
26 Introduction do the poem Valediction forbidding mourning M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
27 Reading of the poem Valediction forbidding mourning M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
28 Detailed Analysis of the poem Valediction Forbidding Mourning M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
29 The Rape of the Lock( Introduction) M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
30 The Immortals of Meluha (Introduction) M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - V (B)
31 Detailed Analysis of the Poem " To His Coy Mistress" M. A. ( English ) I SemesterPaper - I
32 Critical Analysis of The Shadow Lines M. A. ( English ) III SemesterPaper - III
33 Bye-Bye Black Bird (Part 1) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
34 Bye-Bye Black Bird (Part 2) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
35 Bye Bye Black Bird (Part III) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
36 The Dark Holds no Terrors( Part 1) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
37 The Dark Holds no Terrors(Part 2) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
38 The Dark Holds no Terrors ( Part 3) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
39 The Dark Holds no Terrors (Part IV) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
40 Amitav Ghosh(Introduction) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
41 The Shadow Lines (Introduction) M. A. ( English ) III SemesterIndian English Literature : Prose And Fiction
42 Jayant Mahapatra (Part I) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
43 Dawn at Puri by Jayant Mahapatra (Part II) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
44 Indian Summer : by Jayant Mahapatra (Part III) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
45 George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (Part I) M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
46 George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (Part II) M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
47 George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (Part III) M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
48 George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (Part IV) M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
49 George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (Part VI) M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
50 George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (Part V) M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
51 Kamala Das (Part I) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
52 Kamala Das (Part II) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
53 Kamala Das (Part III) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
54 Kamala Das (Part IV) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
55 Kamala Das (Part V) M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
56 “Punishment” by Seamus Heaney M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
57 “Digging” by Seamus Heaney M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
58 Refusal to mourn.... by Dylan Thomas M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
59 Dylan Thomas M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
60 “Poem in October” by Dylan Thomas M. A. ( English ) II Semester 
61 Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House by A. K. Ramanujan M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 
62 Background Casually by Nissim Ezekiel M. A. ( English ) IV Semester 


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