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Dr. Sangeetha Puthiyedath
Assistant Professor

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Materials Development, Testing & Evaluation

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English Language Education

Contact Details

: sangeetha@efluniversity.ac.in
Academic Details

Academic qualificationschevron_right
S.No.
Degree/Diploma
University
1
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The EFL University, Hyderabad
2
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in English Language and Literature
Pondicherry Central University
3
MA (Political Science)
University of Madras.
4
MA (English Language and Literature)
Calicut University
Brief bio note chevron_right
I am from Calicut, Kerala. It was my deep interest in literature that prompted me to study English language and literature. I enjoy writing and teaching academic and creative writing. I am also interested in vernacular and indigenous literatures and translation.
Thrust areas of interest and research chevron_right
  1. Didactics
  2. Language and Culture
  3. Subaltern Aesthetics and Folk Performances
  4. Philosophy and History of Religion
  5. Twentieth-Century European Fiction in Translation
  6. Gender Studies
  7. Ecofeminism
  8. Anthropocene.
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no. chevron_right
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Using Children’s Literature to teach Reading and Writing: Strategies to counter Matthew Effect.” Lokaratna. Vol. XV(1), December 2022: 172-178. ISSN No.2347-6427. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370843835_Using_Children's_Literature_to_teach_Reading_and_Writing_Strategies_to_counter_Matthew_Effect
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Unravelling an Alternate Sexual Ethic: A Study of Vadakkan Pattukal” Nidãn (South Africa) Volume 1, No 7, July 2022. 1-16. ISSN. 2414-8636. doi.org/10.36886/nidan.2022.7.1.1 https://journals.co.za/doi/10.36886/nidan.2022.7.1.1
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Masks of the Feminine: Carnivalesque Performativity in Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride.” The EFL Journal Vol:13.2 (January 2022). 31-45. ISSN 0976-660.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Empowering Women Through Education: A Reading of Anne Bronte’s works” Journal of Literary and Cultural Analysis Vol. 1 No.1 Jan-June 2021. 68-78. ISSN: 2582 8827. https://www.thebrontes.net/links5-3
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Unmuting Women's Bodies: A comparative study of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Lalitambika Antharjanam's 'Revenge Goddess’” Trivium: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Humanities. Volume 4 Number 2 September 2020. 1-14. ISSN 2583-0422. https://trivium-journal.in/inventory/articles/ART_04_02_04
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Sleight of Hand: Confession and Deception in Atwood’s The Blind Assassin. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature: Volume 11 – Number 1 – January 2020. 21-30. ISSN: 0975-8828. https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/51
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Exteriorizing the Interior – Diseased Minds, Diseased Bodies: Illness as a Trope in Margaret Atwood’s Bodily Harm” DUJES Vol 28. March 2020. 10-15 ISSN 0975- 5659. https://www.dujes.co.in/p/sangeetha-puthiyedath-dujes-volume-28.html
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Signification of Specular Surfaces in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman & Surfacing.” The EFL Journal. Vol 10 No 2 June 2019. 59- 77. ISSN 0976-660.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Exploiting Heterogeneity: Cultural Awareness and The EFL Classroom” The Journal of English Language Teaching (India) Vol. 61/4 July-Aug 2019. 10-15. ISSN 0973-5208. http://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jelt/article/view/JELT610403
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Obesity as Grotesque: The Inscribed Female Body in Atwood’s Lady Oracle.” The Common-wealth Review Vol. 26, No.1 2018. 164 -171. ISSN:0974-0473.
JOURNAL ARTICLES (CO-AUTHOR)
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha., Sreedharan Thoyakkat. “Aesthetics and Ethics: Convergence and Divergence in Plato and Aristotle.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics Vol. 44, No. 1, Spring 2020-2021. 238-247. ISSN: 0252 81691. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/articles/edsgac__edsgac.A655104020
⚽  Thoyakkat, Sreedharan., Sangeetha Puthiyedath. “Pandemic as Divine Retribution: Religious Symbolism in Albert Camus’ The Plague.” Journal of Literature & Aesthetics. July-December 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 2). 37-48. ISSN 2278-523X. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362468015_Pandemic_as_Divine_Retribution_Religious_Symbolism_in_Albert_Camus'_The_Plague
Books authored, edited, chapters in books with ISBN no. chevron_right
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha., ed. Teaching English Literature in India: Pedagogy and Practice. Hyderabad: The English and Foreign Languages University, 2023. ISBN: 978-93-80425-04-7.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. Santa’s Bag of Stories. Kottayam: DC Books, 2019. ISBN: 987-93-5390-168-4
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. The English Express: Course Book, Kottayam: DC Book, 2016 ISBN: 9788126442577.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. The English Express: Workbook, Kottayam: DC Book, 2016. ISBN: 9788126442584.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. The English Express: Handbook for Teachers. Kottayam: DC Book, 2016 ISBN: 9788126442614
CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “MaddAddam: Reading Atwood’s Trilogy as Anthropocene Narrative,” Reflections on Ecotextuality from India: Greening Literature Anew. Ed. Jibu Mathew George and Mathew John Kokkatt. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 1-5275-0446-2
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Kairos and Chronos in Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain” Time and Temporality in the Asian and European Modernity. Ed. Burghart Schmidt, Mathew John Kokkatt and Anu Pande. Hamburg: DoBu-Verlag Drebber. 2023. ISBN 3-934632-53-X
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Sacralising the Mundane: Theyyam and Hinduism” in De Natura Fidei: Rethinking Religion across Disciplinary Boundaries. Ed Jibu Mathew (Volume II) New Delhi: Authors Press. 2021. 356-382. ISBN 978-93-5529-075-5.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Politically Suspect: Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg and the nature of German Identity” Twentieth Century German Fiction: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation. Ed. Mathew John K et al. Bodhi Tree Books. 2022. 41- 53. ISBN 978-81-942668-77.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. “Sexism and Naturism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.” Eco-logical Imagination and Gender Studies: A South Asian Perspective. Ed. Manoj Kumar, Swati Kumari. Yking books. 2018. 31-43. ISBN 9789387945258.
⚽  Puthiyedath, Sangeetha. 8. “Resisting Dispossession: A Praxis Perspective;” Fourth World Literatures Ed. Raja Sekhar Patteti. New Delhi: Prestige Books. 2016. 229-241. ISBN 9788178510811.
CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES (CO-AUTHOR)
⚽  Iya. Palmo R. and Sangeetha Puthiyedath. “Bathala Comes Back: Finding the New From The Old” De Natura Fidei: Rethinking Religion across Disciplinary Boundaries. Ed Jibu Mathew (Volume II) New Delhi: Authors Press. 2021. 304-326. ISBN 978-93-5529-075-5.
⚽  Iya. Palmo R. and Sangeetha Puthiyedath. “Who Made Rizal The Philippine ‘Christ’ and Why?”. De Natura Fidei: Rethinking Religion across Disciplinary Boundaries. Ed Jibu Mathew (Volume II) New Delhi: Authors Press. 2021. 82-101. ISBN 978-93-5529-075-5.
Research projects (ongoing and completed) chevron_right
⚽  I am working on a book (along with Dr Sreedharan T) entitled Narratives in the Upanishads: A Philosophical Study which will be developed into materials for teaching at tertiary Level.
Administrative responsibilities chevron_right
⚽  Pre-Publication Reviewer, Pursuits ISSN 0974-7400 (Kerala, India), 2020–
⚽  Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Literary and cultural Analysis. ISSN: 2582 8827,
⚽  Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Linguistics and English Language Teaching. ISSN: 25828959, 2021–
⚽  Member, Research Cluster – Integrative Humanities, EFL-U, Hyderabad, 2021–
⚽  Academic Coordinator, International Training Programme (2010 – 2014, 2016, 2019 - 2020).
⚽  Coordinator, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Programme, EFL-U, 2016–2017.
Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,) chevron_right
⚽  Member, The English Language Teachers Association of India (ELTAI)
⚽ Member, American Comparative Literary Association (ACLA)
⚽ Member, American English Educators (AEE)
Awards and recognitions chevron_right
⚽  RSRI Woman Researcher Award (2022) for the best woman researcher.
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