EFL University

Department

English Literature

School

Regional Campus, EFLU, Lucknow

Contact Details

: shyambabue@efluniversity.ac.in

Academic Details

Academic qualifications: S.No.

Degree/Diploma

University

1

Ph.D (English)

2

MA
Brief bio note: Dr Shyam Babu is an Associate Professor since June 2022 at the Regional Campus, EFL University, Lucknow. Erstwhile, he taught at the Department of Indian and World Literatures, EFL U Hyderabad (4th June 2010-18 November 2018). His areas of interest are- Theatre and Performance studies, Dalit Literatures, Subaltern studies, Indian Writings in English, Literary theory and Criticism among others. He has published one book “Brechtian Theory in the Poetics and Plays of Habib Tanvir and Girish Karnad. 2020. He has published about a dozen of papers concerning gender, caste, identity, nation and performance in the journals of national and international repute. Currently, he is working on project on the conflicts of nation and caste. He can be reached at shyambabueflu@gmail.com
Thrust areas of interest and research: My research interests are, Indian Theatre and Drama, Performance studies, Literary Theory and Criticism, Dalit and Tribal Literatures, Postcolonial Literatures, Indian Writings in English, Translation and Bhasha Literature among others.
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no.: ⚽ “Magaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and An Untold Tale of Subjugation and Eschatological Reality” in Dialogue : a journal devoted to literary appreciation. Vol. XVIII, No. 2. December 2022. ISSN: 0974-5556

⚽ “The Performative Power of Bathukamma: Gender, Representation and the Real” in Dialog: Vol. No. 39, (spring, 2022): an online journal by the Dept. of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University. ISSN: 0975-4881

⚽ “Tribal Folk Cultures and Performativity: A Study of JaniShikar and Murma Jatra” (C0-authored) in Theatre Street Journal: a peer reviewed journal of theatre arts in India. Vol.VI. ISSN: 2456-554X

⚽ “An Appraisal of Habib Tanvir’s Theatre: Intersection of the Folk and the Political” in The Literary Criterion. Dhwanyaloka. Vol. 1/2, 2019 0024 452X , pp: 25-38

⚽ “Experiment With Folktales: A Critical Perspective in Karnad‟s Naga-Mandala” in Lokaratna-Online Journal. Vol. XI (2), 2018. ISSN: 2347-6427

⚽ “Habib Tanvrir’s Folk Play and Performativity” in Literary Insight. Vol.9, Issue-2. July 2018. ISSN” 0975-6248.

⚽ “Dalit Women-self and M(other)India: A Critique of Hindu Nationalism” in World Journal of Gender & Literature (WJGL): a referred bi-annual. Edited by Lata Mishra. Vol. 4, No. 1. June 2017. ISSN: 2349-1620

⚽ “Relocating „Self‟ and Identity in the South Asian (Con) text: A Study of Divakaruni‟s The Palace of Illusions in Dialogue: a journal devoted to literary appreciation. Vol. X, No. II. June 2017. ISSN: 0974-5556

⚽ “Brechtian Conceptualization of the „Dual Subject‟ and Karnad‟s Hayavadana Reflection on Self and Identity” in APPERCEPTIONS: Journal of Department of English & Other Euro. Languages, Visva Bharati University, Kolkata. June 2017. ISSN: 978-81-7522-491-9

⚽ The Dialectics of Caste and Nation in Hindi Dalit Writers Autobiography: Position and Propositions” in Literary Oracle (a peer reviewed international journal of literary insight) Ed. Shruti Das. New Delhi. Author press, Vol.2 I& II 2015.

⚽ Conceptualization of the Multiple Selves or Duality in the Subject: Shakespeare’s Macbeth” in Theater International. Vol.VI "Shakespeare Special Issue‟ a referee journal Avant-garde Press, 2014 ISSN: 2278-2036.
Books authored, edited, chapters in books with ISBN no.: ⚽ Babu, Shyam. Brechtian Theory in the Poetics and Plays of Habib Tanvir and Girish Karnad. Adhyayan Publishers, 2020. ISBN: 978- 93-88804-53-0

Chapters in books with ISBN no.

⚽ “The Dalit Feminist Theatre and Identity in Contemporary Theatreand Performances” in Indian Folk Literature: Forms, Perspectives and Appropriations. Edited by Sudheer Chnadra Hajela. YKing Books, 2021. ISNB: 978-81-951711-4-9

⚽ Co-authored. Dalit Women’s Assertion. A Critique of Dominant Narrative in Bama’s Sangati in Dalit Assertion and its Space in Literature. YASh Publishers, 2018. ISBN: 978- 93-84633- 67-7

⚽ Co-authored. “Caste, Gender, and Sexuality in Ghasiram Kotwal” in Critical Essays on Indian English Poetry and Drama. Ed. Arvind N.Nawale. Author Press, 2011. ISBN 978-81-72-73-562
Research projects (ongoing and completed): ⚽
Administrative responsibilities: ⚽ In-charge of The Lucknow Campus in the Months of February, March, April and May (2023) whenever, the Director was on Leave.

⚽ Coordinator BA (Hons) English at EFL-U Lucknow Campus, July 2019-July 2021.

⚽ Chairperson, Merit-cum-Scholarship at EFL University, Lucknow Campus (Aug2019-July 2020, 2022-2023.

⚽ Academic Coordination for the International Training Programme (ITP) at Intermediate Levels, since Sept.2013 to Sept 2014 at EFLU, Hyderabad.

⚽ Academic Coordination for the International Training Programme (ITP) at Advance level, EFL U Hyderabad (Aug 2012- August 2013)
Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,): ⚽ Life member of FCT (Forum on Contemporary Theory) Varoda, Gujarat, a Literary Association, since November 2014.

⚽ Member of IACLAL (Indian Association of commonwealth Literature and Languages), New Delhi.
Awards and recognitions: ⚽