Dr. Shalini Infanta L.

Assistant Professor
Area: Postcolonial Literature, American Literature, World Literature, Gender Studies.
Email: shalinil@srmist.edu.in
Affiliation: Department of English and Foreign Languages, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University).

Education

P.hD	English Literature	SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 2021
MA	English Literature	Loyola College (University of Madras),2014
BA	English Literature	Theivanai Ammal College of Women (Thiruvalluvar University),2011

Other Details

Course

Postcolonial Literature, American Literature, World Literature, Gender Studies, Indian Diaspora.

Research Interest

Postcolonial Theory, Gender Studies, Young Adult Fiction.

Selected Publications

“Consciousness in the novels of J. M. Coetzee using Edward Said’s Orientalism”, International Journal of Advanced Research, Volume 4, Issue 6, June 2016. ISSN: 2320-5407.
“Subjectivity n the works of J.M. Coetzee using David J. Chalmers The Theory of Consciousness.”, Research Revolution, Volume 4, Issue 10, July 2016. ISSN: 2319- 300X.
“Existential Consciousness: the existential philosophy in J M Coetzee’s novels using Edward Said’s Orientalism.”, International Journal of English Research, Volume 2, Issue 6, Nov 2016. ISSN: 2455-2186.
“Socio- Cultural Awareness- Guilt f the Individual, Playing a role in the novels of J.M. Coetzee”, Man in India, Serial Publications, Scopus Indexed Journal Volume, 96, Issue 9, 2016, ISSN: 0025 1569, IP: 0.11.
“Absurdity, chaos and weirdness in the novels of J M Coetzee and Virginia Woolf”, Indian Scholar, An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal, Volume 3, Issue 4, June 2017, ISSN: 2350-109X, IF: 2.598).
“Trepidation and Embrace to death, as Phenomena of Human Existence, using the novels of J M Coetzee and Sylvia Plath”, Langlit: An International Peer reviewed Open Access Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, August 2017, IP: 4.23, ISSN: 2349-5189).
“Double Discrimination in the writings of JM Coetzee and Bama: A Comparative study”, smart moves journal IJELLH, Volume 7, Issue 11, p.7, November 2019. ISSN 2582-3574).
“J.M Coetzee’s Disgrace and Waiting for the Barbarian: An Apt Reflection of Edward Said’s Orientalism”, High Technology Letters, Scopus Indexed Journal, Volume 26, Issue 7, October 2020, ISSN: 1006-6748.
Existential Feminism – Absurdity, Existentialism and Feminism in Concoction –a tool to study the novels of J M Coetzee.
“Consciousness Of Subject and Object As A Way To End Crisis: An Analysis Of J.M. Coetzee’s Novels”, Solid state Technology, Scopus Indexed Journal, volume 63, Issue 6, 2020.
“Discourse of Silence - Women Characters in the Novels of Coetzee”, European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, Scopus Indexed Journal, ISSN 2515-8260 Volume 7, Issue 07, 2020.
“Representation of Survival and Women Identity in the Novels of JM Coetzee”, Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, Scopus Indexed Journal, Volume 12, No 11, 2021.
“The Structure of Human Mind – The Cultural Consciousness and the Idea of Marginality Inherent in the Human Brain”, Annals of R.S.C.B, Scopus Indexed Journal, ISSN: 1583 6258, Volume 25, Issue 6,2021.

Papers Presented

Presentation on Research Day in SRM IST, Kattankulathur, Chennai: Existential Consciousness on 8th of February 2016
Presentation on Research Day in SRM IST, Kattankulathur, Chennai: Existential Phenomenology in the Select Works of Virginia Woolf and JM Coetzee on 1st March 2018.
Presentation on Research Day in SRM IST, Kattankulathur, Chennai: The Anatomy of the Human Mind- The Consciousness, Cultural Consciousness and the Existential Consciousness inherent in the Human Brain on September 2019.

Working Papers

Interweaving Language, History, and life in the select novels of J.M Coetzee, 2021

Work in Progress

“Existential Feminism – Existentialism and Feminism in Concoction –a tool to understand Feminism”, 2021

Academic Experience

Teaching Assistant, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 2018

Workshops /Seminars/Conferences

Portrayal of Mythology and the Zeitgeist in the Realms of Literature and Film Studies. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, March 7&8, 2016.
Subaltern Life and Literature. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 24th January 2018.
Perspectives – New Thinking as a source of change in the Field of Literature and Films. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 5th March, 2019.
An Invited talk on the History of English Literature –An overview. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 18th March, 2020.
Theatre Workshop on a Stage Craft-Ventriloquism, SRM Institute of Science and Technology,5th December 2020.
Literature Live Modernism through the tools of Theatricals. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 2nd March, 2020.
What kind of English is Indian English, Loyola college, Nungapakkam, Chennai.
Narrating Short Stories, Marudhar Kesari Jain college for Women, Vaniyambadi, Vellore.