Meera Prasannan

Designation : Assistant Professor

Department: English

Email : meerakailas915@gmail.com

Educational Qualification: MA, NET

Experinace: 2 June 2016- 9September 2023: NSS Hindu College Changanacherry

Since- 11 September 2023 : NSS College Cherthala

Area of Research: Postcolonialism, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies, Myths and creative writing

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ATTENDED

  1. One-Week FDP Meaningful Research and Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, January 2024.
  2. Developing Soft Skills and Personality, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, July- September 2023.
  3. Orientation program, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education from 18 May to 17 June 2021
  4. “Techno Pedagogy Tools Towards Digital Era of Teaching” University of Kerala, India from 28 September 2020 to 11 November 2020

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Prasannan, Meera. “The Writer Wife Writes Back: An Appraisal on Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You: Or a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife,” Writing the Female, Contemporary Indian Fiction. Akhand Publishing House, 2023. 978-93-88688-10-9
  1. Prasannan, M., & Mohan, D. “Dynamics of Power: A Foucauldian Analysis of Power in K. R. Meera’s Hangwoman.” Writing Lives Rewriting Times Mapping Women’s Responses from South Asia, 75-84. 2022. Google Scholar https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=xgt0EAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA74&dq=hangwoman+and+k.+R.+meera&ots=Pu9v2Ll_rq&sig=2G-jhT8veNeF_4rE3-SLB1_tzGM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=hangwoman%20and%20k.%20R.%20meera&f=false
  2. Prasannan, Meera. “Distorted Transcription of the Nation: An Analysis Based on the ‘Humoristic’ Elements of the Malayalam sitcom Akkara Kazhchakal,” In Translation: Literature Across the World. Authorspress, 2021.
  1. Prasannan, Meera. “Evincing the Acculturation and Ethos of Malayarayar Tribe in Narayan’s Kocharethi: The Araya Woman,” Tribal Perspectives in India: Critical Responses, AABS Pub. House, 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344333291_Tribal_Perspectives_in_India_Critical_Responses
  2. Prasannan, Meera. “Shifting Identities and Cross-Cultural Conflicts in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Unaccusto med Earth,” Immigration and Estrangement in Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Study, AABS Pub. 2019. https://www.academia.edu/42865092/IMMIGRATION_AND_ESTRANGEMENT_IN_INDIAN_DIASPORA_LITERATURE_A_CRITICAL_STUDY

JOURNAL PUBLICATION

  1. Prasannan, Meera. “Beyond the Gender Lines: A Study of Select works of Paulo Coelho,” Epitome- An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol 9, Issue 10, October 2023. P. 21-33. Impact factor: SJIF- 5.368 (2021)

http://www.epitomejournals.com/VolumeArticles/FullTextPDF/745_RESEARCH_PAPER.pdf

  1. S., Sujatha, & Prasannan, Meera. “Combating the Contagin : A Study of Select films Portraying Pandemic,” Shifting Paradigms in Narratives. NSSHC, 2023; 978-81-96493103
  2. S., Sujatha, & Prasannan, Meera. “A Postcolonial Study of Displaced Identities in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of the Suburbis,” International Journal of All Research Education and Scientific Methods, ISSN: 2455-6211, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Feb. 2022, Impact Factor: 7.429.
  3. S., Sujatha, & Prasannan, Meera. “Multiculturalism in Zadie Smith’s The Embassy of Cambodia,” Bengal, Past and Present. UGC Care G1 Journal, ISSN: 00058807.
  4. Prasannan, Meera. “An Analysis of the Stylistic Techniques in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” Literary Endeavour, International Refeered/ Peer Reviewed Journal of English Language, Literature and Criticism. Vol. X, No. 3, May 2019. P. 322-327. https://www.literaryendeavour.org/files/uhhhe61uteuwyoz2i0gl/2019-05%2065%20An%20Analyses%20of%20the%20Stylistic%20Techniques%20in%20Jonathan%20Safran%20Foer%27s%20Extremely%20Loud%20And%20lncredibly%20Close%20-%20Meera%20Prasannan.pdf
  5. Prasannan, Meera. “Traces of Highbrowed innuendo from the epic: a kaleidoscopic reading of antedated scientific truths in The Mahabharatha,” Research Lines. Vol. XII, No. 1&2, June- December 2019, p. 77- 81.
  6. Prasannan, Meera. “The Retelling of a Myth: Shiva Trilogy as a 20th Century Tribute to Lord Shiva and His Philosophy,” The Quest, A Peer Reviewed Journal of Indian Literature. Vol. 33, No. 2, December 2019
  7. Prasannan, Meera. “Falsifying Feminine Pneuma: A Study of Draupadi in M.T.Vasudevan Nair’s SecondTurn,” TheQuest, A Peer Reviewed Journal of Indian Literature. Vol. 32, No. 2, December 2018, p. 10-23
  8. Prasannan, Meera. “Voicing the Voiceless: Feminist Reading of Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns,” Baselius Researcher, Vol. XIX No. 2, July- December 2018. p. 89-96. 0975-8658
  9. Prasannan, Meera. “Unfolding Trauma through Narration: An Analysis of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” Lapis Lazuli- An International Literary Journal. Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2018. P. 63- 84. http://pintersociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/7-Meera-Prasannan.pdf
  10. Prasannan, Meera. “An Ecocritical Analyses of Coetzee’s Life &Times of Michael K,” Literary Endeavour- A Quarterly International Refeered/ Peer Reviewed Journal of English Language, Literature and Criticism. Vol. IX, Issue 3, July 2018 P.135-139. https://www.literaryendeavour.org/files/ltarqoi0i2fbbrpejgz1/2018-07%2000%20CONTENTS.pdf
  11. Prasannan, Meera. “Fantasy Literature and Tolkien’s Theory on Fantasies,” Epitome- An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Vol 4, Issue 4, April 2018. P. 15-24 Impact factor: 3.656 http://www.epitomejournals.com/VolumeArticles/FullTextPDF/338_Research_Paper_(2).pdf
  12. Prasannan, Meera. “Mythical and Religious Prototypes in Narnia and Middle-Earth: A Study of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lordof the Rings,” Reyono, Journal of Interdisciplinary studies, Vol. 6, Issue 2, July 2017, p. 24-34.
  13. Prasannan, Meera. “Fantasy as Escapism into Reality: Realistic Resonance of the Battles in Lewis’ Narnia and Tolkien’s Middle Earth,” Research Scholar- An International Refeered e-journal of Literary Explorations. Vol. 5 Issue III August 2017. Impact factor: 5.938 (ICIJIF), 2.895 (IIJIF) https://www.academia.edu/77810332/Fantasy_as_Escapism_Into_Reality_Realistic_Resonances_of_the_Battles_in_Lewis_Narnia_and_Tolkiens_Middle_Earth
  14. Prasannan, Meera. “The Hubris of the Hero,” Lux Montis, Peer Reviewed Biannual Journal. Vol. 5, No. 2, July 2017, p. 161-166.
  15. Prasannan, Meera. “Ecocriticism and Literature: A Close Reading,” Research Scholar, Peer Refereed Quarterly Inter Disciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2017, p. 129-132. ISSN 2249-6696
  16. Prasannan, Meera. “The Wives of Henry VIII and The Women of England: A Critical Study,” Lux Montis, Peer Reviewed Biannual Journal. Vol. 4, No. 2, July 2016, p. 11-18. ISSN 2321-8053
  17. Prasannan, Meera. “Dynamics of Power: A Study of Foucauldian Power in The Magic Toy shop,” Sanghashabdam . January- February 2016, p. 57-61. ISSN 2321-9106
  18. Prasannan, Meera. “The Ill- Starred Queen: The Damned Existence of Ann Boleyn,” Baselius Researcher. Vol. XVII, No.1, January- June 2016, p. 1-9.
  19. Prasannan, Meera.”Freudian Psychoanalysis of Lewis Carroll’s Alice Adventures in Wonderland,”Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Research (JET). Vol. 7, 2015, p. 26-32. ISSN 2394-3874
  20. Prasannan, Meera. “Identifying the Self of a Namboothiri Woman: An Analysis of Devaki Nilayamgode’s Antharjanam: Memoirs of a Namboothiri Woman,”Rational Discourse, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Research and Studies. Vol.21, No. 1, March 2015, p. 32- 40 ISSN 0972-2955

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

  • S., Sujatha, & Prasannan, Meera. “Combating the Contagin : A Study of Select films Portraying Pandemic,” at International Seminar on Shifting Paradigms in Narratives in the Age of Pandemic at NSS Hindu College Changanacherry on 6 & 7 April 2022.
  • Prasannan, M. “From Reverence to Destruction: An Eco critical reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide, Resonating the ecological vision regarding the Sundarbans,” Presented at International Seminar on Confronting Disaster From Vulnerability Resilience, at NSS Hindu College on 24 & 25 January 2020 (Seminar Presentation)
  • Prasannan, Meera. “Identity and Memory- A study of Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient,” Presented in National seminar on Memory Studies, at SD College, 20 & 21 November 2020 (seminar presentation)
  • Prasannan, Meera. “Reconciliation and Recognition: Studying love and politics in M?rquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera,” presented in a national seminar Redefining Stereotypes: Re-reading of Text and Contexts at NSS Hindu College, 13- 14 Jan. 2020 (seminar presentation)
  • Prasannan, Meera. “Mapping and Remapping Nations in the Era of Post- Truth: A Reading of Michael Ondaatje’s The English Teacher,” presented in national seminar Post- Truth Literature: New Perspectives On Postmodern Reading at Govt. College, Kottayam, November 18 & 19 2019 (conference Presentation)
  • Prasannan, Meera. “Multiculturalism and Cultural Dislocation: A Study of Diasporic Community in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth,” Presented at international seminar on Multiculturalism in Contemporary Society: Theories and Praxis, Assumption College, 5th and 6th October 2018 (conference presentation)

INVITED TALKS

  • Chaired a session at International Seminar on Ink and Insights: Interdisciplinary Discourses on Health Humanities at SVR NSS College, vazhoor on 14 & 15 Feb. 2024
  • Invited Lecture on RESEARCH METHODOLOGY at Assumption Autonomous College, Kerala, on 20th Nov. 2023
  • Invited talk on EDUCATE YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS on 6th October 2021 as part of five day An Anti-Dowry Campaign organized by the Department of Journalism in association on with the IQAC and the Women Empowerment Cell, St. Albert’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam, Kerala.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

  • Mentor, NPTEL Online certification Course (SWAYAM Platform) “Developing Soft skills and Personality” JUN- DEC. 2023, under IIT Madras
  • Member, question bank preparation/upgradation initiative, of Mahatma Gandhi University, India for MA English (PG CSS) Examination, semesters 3 & 4
  • Member, restructuring of Curriculum/Syllabus of Postgraduate Programme in English PG CSS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
  • Staff Editor of College Magazine, NSS Hindu College Changanacherry: 2017- ’18 & 2021- ‘22
  • Tutor, BA English Language and Literature: 1st year : 2018-2019

2nd year: 2019-2020

3rd year: 2020- 2021