Brief Profile
Prof. Asha S. is currently working in the Department of English & Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. She was awarded Ph.D. in 2004 by the University of Kerala on the topic ‘Purdah in the Sub-continental Novel in English’. She undertook two UGC Minor Research Projects in 2006 and 2009 on the topics - ‘Literary Representations of the Middle Eastern Muslim Woman: Realities and Stereotypes’ and ‘Islamist Construction of Muslim Femininity in Post 9/11 Malayalam Periodicals’. She has published research papers in peer reviewed national and international journals and co-authored a book Introducing Literature, currently prescribed for study in the core course of the 1 year BA English programme of the University of Calicut.
Education
| Degree | College Name | Year Of Passing |
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| Ph.D. | University of Kerala | 2004 |
Teaching & Research Guidance
| Level Of Teaching | Subjects |
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| Post Graduate | Fiction, Indian Writing in English, Research Methodology, Arab Spring Narratives, Syrian Refugee Narratives, Postsecular Feminism |
| Research Guidance | Kerala Modernities, Disability Studies, Matrilineal Studies, Graphic Narratives |
Recent and Major Publications
- Scaria, Subin & Asha S. (2023). "Branding the Saint: The Representations of
St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara in the Marketplace in Kerala". The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, 18.2 pp.131-51
- S.,Asha (2021). "Conflicting Empathies: Arab Spring in Benyamin’s Jasmine Days and Al-Arabian Novel Factory". Littcrit, 47.1 pp/120-131
- S., Asha (2019). "Critiquing Camus, Denouncing Islamism: Kamel Daoud’s The Mersault Investigation as Double Edged Postcolonial Re-writing". Literary Endeavour, X.2 pp. 261-268
- S., Asha (2019). "Reconfiguring Faith, Redifining Agency: Post 9/11 Muslim Women’s Diasporic Dilemma". Littcrit, 45.1 pp.41-50
- S., Asha (2018). "(ഇസ്ലാമിക) ) സ്ത്രീവാദം മുസ്ലിം സംഘടനകളുടെ പരിപ്രേക്ഷ്യത്തില്". Malayalam Research Journal, 11. 3 pp. 4358-4371
- S., Asha (2017). "Contending Patriarchy,
Confronting Civilization:
The Mother as the
Doughty Rebel in Driss
Chraibi’s Mother Comes
of Age". The Criterion: An International Journal in English, 8.3 pp. 988-993
- S., Asha (2015). "The Politics of
Spotlighting on Afghan
Women’s Plight in Khaled
Hosseini’s A Thousand
Splendid Suns". The Criterion: An International Journal in English, 6.5 pp. 149-153
- S., Asha (2015). "In the Throes of
Transition: Muslim
Women in Ahmed Ali’s
Twilight in Delhi and
Zeenuth Futehally’s
Zohra". International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, 2.3 pp. 108-115
- S., Asha (2015). "Muslim Feminist
Consciousness in Indian English Fiction in the Nationalist Era". The Criterion: An International Journal in English, 6.4 pp. 007-015
- S., Asha (2012). "The Intersection of the Personal and the Political: Huda Shaarawi’s Harem Years and Leila Ahmed’s A Border Passage". Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 7.2 pp. 31-38
- S., Asha (2011). "Norma Khouri’s
Forbidden Love: A Case
of Textual Violence
Against Women". Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 6.3 pp. 56-60
- S., Asha (2011). "Perceptions on the Indian
Muslim Woman in
Colonial and Reformist
Discourses". Littcrit, 37.1 pp. 3-11
- S., Asha (2010). "Battered by Poverty:
Women in Shaukat
Osman’s Janani and The
State Witness". Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 5.3 pp. 40-44
- S., Asha (2010). "Aiding Imperialism: Popular Iranian Women’s
Memoirs". Littcrit, 36.1 pp. 32-43
- S., Asha (2009). "Muslim Society at the
Crossroads: Mumtaz Shah
Nawaz’ The Heart
Divided as a Chronicle ofFemale and Community
Identities in the Making". Littcrit, 35. 1& 2 pp. 32-39
- S., Asha (2009). "Reading Lolita in Tehran: Rehashing Orientalist Stereotypes". Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 4.1 pp. 47-53
- S., Asha (2008). "Narrative Discourses on Purdah in the Subcontinent". Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 3.2 pp. 41-51
Research Projects Undertaken
| Project Title | Project Type | Commencement Year | Completion Year | Funding Agency |
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| Islamist Construction of Muslim Femininity in post
9/11 Malayalam Periodicals | Minor Research Project | 2011 | 2012 | UGC |
Books / Chapters
Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2021). Postmodern Voices in Indian English Literature, Authorspress, New Delhi, 13 : 9789390588060Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2012). Various Cultures, Variant Readings, Creative Books, New Delhi, 81-8043-093-6Book - Co-Author, (2018). Introducing Literature, Publication Division, Calicut University, 9788177482126
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