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Dr. Rayson K. Alex

Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Teaching Contributions

Courses Taught

At Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University, USA

     1. Indian Films, Environmental Justice, and the Subaltern (5 credits)

At Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

  1. Ecocriticism (3 credits)
  2. Philosophy of Aesthetics (3 credits)
  3. Literary Criticism (3 credits)
  4. Technical Report Writing (2 credits)

 

At Central University of Tamil Nadu

     1. British Literature I (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     2. Introduction to Dravidian Literature (M.A. English Studies  - 2 Credits)

     3. Introduction to Comparative Literature (M.A. English Studies  - 3 Credits)

     4. Literary Criticism (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     5. American Literature II (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     6. British Literature III (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     7. Language and Media (M.A. English Studies  - 3 Credits)

     8. New Literatures I (M.A. English Studies  - 3 Credits)

     9. Theory and Cultural Criticism (M.A. English Studies  - 5 Credits)

     10. Ecocriticism (Integrated M.Sc. - 2 Credits)

Contribution to Academics

Syllabi Framing

At Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University, USA

     1. Indian Films, Environmental Justice, and the Subaltern (5 credits)

At Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

  1. Ecocriticism (Elective introduced in 2013)
  2. Philosophy of Aesthetics (Elective Introduced in 2016)
  3. Introduction to Video Games (Elective Introduced in 2016)
  4. Video Games - Technology and Social Impacts (Elective for WILP, introduced in 2024) (along with Prof. Pranesh Bhargava, BITS Hyderabad)

At Central University of Tamil Nadu

     1. Introduction to Dravidian Literature (along with Dr. Nirmal Selvamony)

     2. Introduction to Comparative Literature (along with Dr. T. Jayaraman)

     3. Language and Media

     4. Theory and Cultural Criticism (along with Dr. T. Jayaraman)

     5. Ecocriticism for Integrated Sciences (along with Dr. S. Susan Deborah)

My Essays and other works included in Syllabi:

     1. “Towards Green Education” introduced in the Undergraduate course on Ecopoetics at Women’s Christian College, Chennai

     2. The Story of Mudugar (Video-documentary made as part of my Ph.D. dissertation included in the Ecocriticism syllabus at Central University of Tamil  Nadu, Thiruvarur

     3. Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations taught as part of Green Studies course in Madras Christian College

     4. Prepared the syllabus titled “Green Studies” for the newly introduced PG Programme in English at the Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous) along with Dr. S. Susan Deborah in the academic year 2018-2019