Sr. Dr. Fancy Paul

Profile:

Research interests include Gender Studies, Feminist Literary Criticism, Women’s Writing, and Psychoanalysis, with a focus on gender, identity, representation, women’s voices, and psychological approaches to literary texts.

 

Qualifications

 

M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., and M.Sc. in Counselling

Publications

  1. “Quest for Identity and Exploration of Feminine Psyche in The Shadow Lines.” IJR Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2019.
  2. George, Thejimol and Dr. Sr. Fancy Paul. “Writing the Self: Nomadic Subjectivity and Creative Agency in Rebekah Taussig’s Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body”. Literary Cognizance, (Online) VI. 3, December 2025, pp.11-19, www. literarycognizance. com.
  3. Jose, Reshma, and Fancy Paul.“Gendered Dis-abilities: A Probe into the Intersections of Menstruation, Disability and the Discourse of Discrimination.” Ishal Paithrkam 38 (2024). Web.

International Presentations:

  1. The Divine Bleeding: Celebrating Menstrual Goddesses in Medieval India.” International Medieval Congress (IMC), 1–4 July 2024, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
  2. “Women Writing Survival, Men Scripting Hope: Gendered Approaches to Suicide Prevention in Literature.” International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality, Berlin, Germany, 8–10 Aug. 2025.

Orientation Programmes& FDP

 

  1. Tālamāna and Rasa: Proportion, Emotion, and Knowledge in Indian Art Practices, National 10-Day Faculty Development Programme, Nucleus of Learning and Development, 3–13 Feb. 2026.
  2. Post-Truth Narratives: Contemporary Literature, Media, and the Politics of Belief, National Short-Term Course, B.R.B. College of Commerce, Raichur, in collaboration with Nucleus of Learning and Development, 29 Jan.–4 Feb. 2026.
  3. NEP 2020 and Going Beyond Syllabus: Challenges, Choices, and Classrooms, National Level Faculty Development Programme, Nucleus of Learning and Development, 29 Jan.–4 Feb. 2026

  4. UGC-Sponsored Orientation Programme (Grade A+), Kannur University HRDC, 9–29 Jan. 2020.

  5. Faculty Development Programme, SNMV College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, 8–15 June 2020.

  6. The Role of Edutech in Classroom Teaching and Learning, One Week Online International Faculty Development Programme, Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Annamalai University, 5–11 June 2020

  7. Advanced Concepts for Developing MOOCs, Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme, Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 2–17 July 2020.

Papers Presented:

  1. “Intersecting Narratives: Gender, Caste, and Religion in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema.” International Conference on Navigating Inequality, Development, and Sustainability in the Global South (ICNIDS 2024), School of Social Sciences and Humanities, VIT-AP University, Andhra Pradesh, India, 13–14 Sept. 2024. Conference Paper.

  2. “Assessment and Accreditation in the Light of NEP 2020.” NAAC Sponsored Online National Seminar, organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, Kerala, 17–18 Feb. 2022. Certificate of Participation/Presentation.

  3. “Gender Perspective.” National Seminar at Mother Teresa Women’s University, Saint Claret College, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 11 Nov. 2019. Conference Paper.

  4. “Escapist Ideology Behind Women Writers’ Suicide: A Reading.” Paper presented at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar Women in Literature, organized by the PG Department of English, Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women Autonomous, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu, 23 Feb. 2019.

  5. “In Pursuit of an Identity: A Feminist Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines.” Paper presented at the International Conference Innovation in English Language, Literature and Culture, organized by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 29 Jan. 2019.

  6. “Atwood Novels: Harmony in the Context of Multicultural Co-Existence.” Paper presented at the Golden Jubilee International Conference Harmony: Interface of Cosmic, Ethical and Religious Orders, organized by CHRIST (Deemed to be University) and Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, Karnataka, 9–12 Jan. 2019.

  7. “Shakespeare’s Gendered Chaos: Male Dominance and Female Exploitation.” Paper presented at the National Seminar Shakespeare – An Enigma, organized by the PG Department of English, Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women Autonomous, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu, 14 Feb. 2017.

  8. “Trends in Modern Indian Literature.” International Conference on Indian Writing in English: Current Critical Approaches, Sri Venkateswara College of Education, Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India, 15 Mar. 2014. Conference Paper.

  9. “Female Subjectivity in Select Works of Arundhati Roy, Vandana Shiva, and Manju Kapur: A Comparative Study.” National Conference on Emerging Trends in Indian Writing in English, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for Women, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India, 11–12 Feb. 2014. Conference Paper.

  10. “Reflection of Depressed Life in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.” Presented at International Seminar on Women Novelists in English, Kodaikanal, Jan. 2014.

  11. “Bounds of Ethics in a Globalised World.” Presented at International Conference, Bangalore, Jan. 2014.

  12. “Trends in Modern Indian Literature.” International Conference on Bounds of Ethics in a Globalized World, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 6–9 Jan. 2014. Conference Paper.

  13. “Comparative Study of Female Subjectivity in Select Works of M. T. Vasudevan Nair and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.” Presented at Emerging Trends in Indian Writing in English, Perambalur, Feb. 2014.

  14. “Migration: A Quest for Self-Identity in V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas.” National Seminar on Diaspora and Culture: Exploring the Works of Expatriate Writers, Periyar E. V. R. College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, 27 Dec. 2013. Conference Paper.

  15. “The Suicide Perpetuated in Writers’ Life and Literature.” Presented at International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, Vijayawada, Nov. 2013.

  16. “Stifling of Female Sexuality in the Novel The Awakening.” Presented at Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, Vijayawada, Nov. 2013.

  17. “Suppression of Female Identity in Bama’s Karukku and Sangathi.” Presented at International Conference on New Dimensions in Contemporary Commonwealth Literature, New Delhi, Apr. 2013.

  18. “A Study of the Significance of Domestic Violence Prevention Act.” Presented at Violence against Women and Children: Reforms and Remedies, Kodaikanal, Mar. 2013.

  19. “An Eco-Feminist Reading of Wordsworth’s Poetry.” Presented at Green World for World: Eco Consciousness in Literature, Coimbatore, Feb. 2013.

  20. “A Perspective of Traditional Indian Womanhood in The God of Small Things and Mistress.” Presented at Indian English Fiction of the New Millennium, Gandhigram, Feb. 2013.

  21. “Homeland through Diasporic Eyes: By a Diasporic Writer: V. S. Naipaul.” International Conference on Postcolonial Aesthetics in Modern Indian Fiction (ICPAMIF 13), Sri Vasavi College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, 24–25 Jan. 2013. Conference Paper.

  22. “Home Land through Diasporic Eyes.” Presented at Post Colonial Aesthetics in Modern Indian Fiction, Kodaikanal, Jan. 2013.

  23. “A Quest for Woman Identity in the Poems of Sylvia Plath.” International Conference on World Women Writers in English, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli, 30 Mar. 2012. Conference Paper.

  24. “A Study of Tagore’s The Home and the World and Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.” International Conference on The Influence of Rabindranath Tagore on Indian Literature, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, 2–3 Mar. 2012. Conference Paper.

  25. “A Semiotic Analysis in the Select Plays of Girish Karnad.” UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on Vision and Performance: Commonwealth Plays in English, Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars’ Senthikumara Nadar College, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India, 1–2 Mar. 2012. Conference Paper.

  26. “Do Multimedia Tools Actually Enhance and Promote English Language Teaching?” One-Day Conference on Reflections and Innovations in Teaching English at the Tertiary Level, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, 24 Feb. 2012. Conference Paper.

  27. “Do Multimedia Tools Actually Enhance and Promote English Language Teaching.” Presented at RITETL, Tiruchirappalli, Feb. 2012.

  28. “Comic Vision and Pathos in A. K. Ramanujan’s ‘Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House.’” Presented on Indian Poetry in English, Gandhigram, Feb. 2012.

  29. “The Death Perpetuated in Sylvia Plath’s Life and Literature.” Presented, Feb. 2012.

  30. “Quest for Female Identity in Kamala Das’ Poetry and Beyond.” National Conference on Culture and Consciousness: A Study on the Novels of Indian Writers in English of the 21st Century (NCCC 2012), Sri Vasavi College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, 20 Jan. 2012. Conference Paper.

  31. “Quest for Female Identity in Kamala Das: Poetry and Beyond.” Presented at Culture and Consciousness: A Study on the Novels of Indian Writers in English of 21st Century, Kodaikanal, Jan. 2012.

  32. “Needs and Challenges for Online English Language Teaching.” Presented at New Career Options in English: Prospects and Problems, Arachalur, Jan. 2012.

  33. “A Quest for Women Identity in the Poems of Sylvia Plath.” Presented at World Women Writers in English, Tirunelveli, Mar. 2012.

  34. “Teaching Language through Literature.” 7th International Congress on English Grammar (ICEG 2011), Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu, India, 28–30 Dec. 2011. Conference Paper.

  35. “A Semiotic Analysis in the Select Plays of Girish Karnad.” Presented at Vision and Performance: Commonwealth Plays in English, Virudhunagar, Mar. 2012.

  36. “The Construction of Imaginary Homelands in V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas.” Presented at Commonwealth Literature, Pasumalai, Sept. 2011.

  37. “Gender Perspective Across Disciplines.” Presented at Mother Teresa University, Arunachal Pradesh, Nov. 2011.

  38. “International Seminar on Media as a Reflection of Society.” Presented at International Seminar, Bangalore, Feb. 2009.

Academic Leadership and Event Coordination:

  • Coordinator. International Conference Literary Research: Emerging Paradigms and Perspectives, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, Kerala, India, 26–28 June 2025.

  • Coordinator. One Day Workshop on Research Methodology, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, Kerala, India, 16 Apr. 2024.

  • Joint Coordinator and Session Chair. International Conference The Millennial Woman and the Question of Inclusion, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, Kerala, India, 6–8 Mar. 2024.

  • Coordinator and Session Chair. International Conference Re-Imagining the Menstrualscape, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, Kerala, India, 8–10 Feb. 2023.

  • Contributor. Question Bank Upgradation Initiative for Fourth Semester PG CSS Examination, organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 14 July 2021.

  • Paper Presenter and Session Chair. International Seminar on Contemporary South Asian Literature: Gender and Environment, organized by the Department of English, CH S D St Theresa’s College for Women, Eluru, in collaboration with Adikavi Nannaya University, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India, 24–25 Jan. 2019.

  • Resource Person. “Shakespeare’s Gendered Chaos: Male vs Female.” National Seminar at Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu, India, 14 Feb. 2017.

  • Organizer. Kino Pravda Short Film Festival and Photography Exhibition, Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India, 12 Jan. 2015.

  • Chair. State Level Seminar on Themes in Literature, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, 28 Feb. 2013.

Research Fellowship:-

IWID Fellowship for Young Scholars for Women’s Empowerment, Initiatives: Women in Development (IWID), Chennai, Feb.–May 2011. Research project titled “Women Suicides in View of Domestic Violence: Problems and Reasons.”

Workshops and Seminars Attended:-

 

  • Participant. National Webinar Series on Gender Sensitization and Women Empowerment, Deva Matha College, 18–21 Sept. 2020.

  • Participant. National Seminar From Macaulay to Globalisation, CHRIST University, Bengaluru, 10–11 Nov. 2017.

  • Participant. National Seminar on Diaspora Reimagined: The Politics of Representation, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 11–13 Oct. 2017.

  • Participant. Workshop on Technical and Academic Writing, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, 2–3 Aug. 2013.

  • Participant. Caucus on Literary Theories and Research Methodology, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, 16 Mar. 2013.

  • Participant. Indo-American Perspectives on Women, Fatima College, Madurai, India, 9 Jan. 2012.

  • Participant. Workshop on Communicative English in the IT World, Palani, Tamil Nadu, India, 6 Jan. 2012.

  • Participant. British Council Professional Development Workshop for Teachers of English, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India, 3 Dec. 2011.

  • Participant. UGC-Sponsored Workshop on Research Methodology, Gandhigram Rural Institute, 27–28 Sept. 2011.

  • Participant. International Seminar on Media as a Reflection of Society, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India, 6 Feb. 2009.

Books Chapters &Journals

 

  • “Comparative Study of Select Works: Female Subjectivity in M. T. Vasudevan Nair and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.” Emerging Trends in Indian Writing in English, ed. Dr. T. Jayakumar and Dr. A. C. Chandra Sekar, 2014.

  • “Quest for Self-Identity in V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas.” Ed. Dr. T. Jayakumar, Today Publishers, Chennai, 2013.

  • “Home Land through Diasporic Eyes by a Diasporic Writer: V. S. Naipaul.” ICPAMIF 2013, 2013.

  • “Suppression of Female Identity in Bama’s Karukku and Sangathi.” Women on the Margins: Indian Literature Today, ed. R. K. Dhawan and M. Dharmraj, Prestige, New Delhi, 2013.

  • “An Exploration of Mythical and Ideological Representations of Indian Motherhood in the Fiction of Anita Desai.” Post-Colonial Polemics, ed. Dr. S. Sivaraja, 2013.

  • “Suppression of Female Identity in Bama’s Karukku and Sangathi.” The Commonwealth Review, Vol. XXI, 2013.

  • “Feminist Language and Feminist Imagery in the Novel The Awakening.” Literary Innovations, Vol. II, 2013.

  • “Stifling of Female Sexuality in the Novel The Awakening.” IMRF Journals, Vol. 1, 2013.

  • “The Suicide Perpetuated in Writers’ Life and Literature.” IMRF Journals, Vol. 1, 2013.

  • “Do Multimedia Tools Actually Enhance and Promote ELT?” Pedagogue, Vol. 1, 2012.

  • “Quest for Female Identity in Kamala Das: Poetry and Beyond.” The Journal of Indian Writing in English, ed. G. S. Balarama Gupta, Vol. 40, 2012.

  • “A Semiotic Analysis in the Select Plays of Girish Karnad.” Dramatic Discourses, Vol. 1, 2012.

  • “A Study of Tagore’s The Home and the World and Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.” The Influence of Rabindranath Tagore on Indian Literature, ed. Dr. S. Subbiah and Dr. M. Solayan, Universal, 2012.

  • “The Paradigm of Women Writers’ Suicide.” Gender and Progress, Vol. 2, Kodaikanal.

 

Devamatha College

Sr. Dr. Fancy Paul

Assistant Professor
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
srfancy.paul@devamatha.ac.in
9496271373
Experience : 10 years

Department of English