EFL University

Prof. Thoty Subramanyam

Department

Indian and World Literatures

School

Literary Studies

Contact Details

: thotysubramanyam@efluniversity.ac.in

Academic Details

Academic qualifications: S.No.

Degree/Diploma

University

1

Ph.D

2

M.Phil

3

M.A.
Brief bio note: I worked as a Junior Lecturer in English (temporary) in Govt. Model Residential Polytechnic for five years as well as Govt. Junior College for Girls at Madanapalle, in Andhra Pradesh. I also worked as Lecturer in English (temporary) for one academic year in the First Grade College at KGF. I Joined as Lecturer in English (BOA) at ICC&CE, University of Mysore in 1994 which is now known as Karnataka State Open University for five years and then in 1999, I was appointed as Reader in English (BOA) in the Department of Studies in English, University of Mysore for eleven years till I joined as Associate Professor at the English and Foreign Languages University in 2010. I got Professorship in 2017 (under CAS). From 1994 till date, I rendered 29 years of service in teaching and research in three different universities.
Thrust areas of interest and research: I did my MPhil on Edward Albee, an American Playwright and my Doctoral thesis was on Harold Pinter, British playwright who got the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. I teach several courses on drama and theatre for MA students, which includes: Post-War as well as Contemporary British drama and American drama, Postcolonial drama, Continental drama, World drama, Theatre of Genocide, Political drama, etc.
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no.: ⚽ ‘Modern Drama and its Revolution”, published in Writing Today: An International Journal Studies in English, Volume:1, Issue: 3, June 2015, pp100-108, ISSN: 2230-8466.

⚽ “Interventionist Agenda in Post-War Drama”, published in Deccan Literary Journal: A Peer Reviewed and Referred International Journal, Volume:5, Issue:9, July 2015, pp5-12, ISSN: 2249-1910.

⚽ ‘Harold Pinter: An Actor-Playwright-Activist”, published in Contemporary Discourse: A Peer Reviewed International Journal, VoLUME-6, Issue:2, July 2015, pp165-174, ISSN: 0976-3686.

⚽ “Scrutinizing Britain in John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger”, published in Deccan Literary Journal: A Peer Reviewed and Referred International Journal, Volume: 5, Issue:10, January 2016, pp25-35, ISSN: 2249-1910.

⚽ “Righting the Wrongs of Racist America in Amiri Baraka’s The Motion of History”, published in Indian Chronical of English Literature: An Annual Peer Reviewed and Referred International Journal in Critical and Creative Works, Volume;3, Issue:6, June 2016, pp55-66, ISSN: 2321-0818.
Books authored, edited, chapters in books with ISBN no.: Books authored, edited.

Chapters in books with ISBN no.
Research projects (ongoing and completed): ⚽
Administrative responsibilities: ⚽ served as the Head, Dept. of Indian and World Literatures from 2017-2020.

⚽ Member, Board of Studies, Dept of Indian and World Literatures

⚽ Member, Academic Council
Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,): ⚽ Member, British Council Library, Bangalore and Hyderabad (now closed- down)

⚽ Life Member, Osmania University Center for International Programmes, (formerly known as ASRC)

⚽ Member on the Editorial Board: Alteritas: EFL-Journal of Literary Enquiry, Issue:1, Volume:1, 2019
Awards and recognitions: ⚽