Prof K. Purushotham
Prof K. Purushotham
Department of English
KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY, Warangal, India
Contact Numbers: 0870-2542038 Mobile: 083414 40035
present posItion
Professor and Chairman, BOS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
22 years
FORMAL EDUCATION
Ph. D. Osmania University, Hyderabad
M. Phil. Osmania University, Hyderabad
P.G.D.T.E. EFL University, Hyderabad
M. A. Osmania University, Hyderabad
B. A. Kakatiya University, Warangal
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Inclusive Pedagogy, Anti-caste Writing, Translations
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
1. English for Fluency. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2013. ISBN: 978 81 250 5224 1.
2. Black Lilies: Telugu Dalit Poetry, Ed. and Trans. New Delhi: Critical Quest, 2013. ISBN: 978 81 89524 91 3.
3. Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing, co-ed. (in Press).
4. Immigrant Experience in Daniel Fuchs’ Fiction, Hyderabad: New Vision Publications, 2008.
5. English Literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Ed. Warangal: SDLCE, 2007.
6. Objective English Literature, Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 1996. ISBN 978-81-7977-398-7.
7. Anthara: Introspection, Ed. and Trans. (Poetry of Raamaa Chandramouli). Karimnagar: Sopathi Publications, 2013. ISBN: 978 81 922056 9 4.
GUEST EDITOR/EDITOR
1. Guest Editor, Special Issue on ‘Dalit Aesthetics: Alternative Literary Strategies,’ Creative Forum, Vol. 26 No. 1 (Jan-Jun 2013).
2. Consultant Editor, Special Issue on ‘Indian Dalit Literature,’ Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Vol. 9 No. 1&2 (Jan-Dec 2009).
3. Guest Editor, Special Issue on ‘Telugu Literature,’ Revaluations, Vol. 2 No. 2 (Autumn 1996).
4. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 26 (2007-08). ISSN 0971-8877.
5. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 27 (2009). ISSN 0971-8877.
6. Member, Advisory Board, Literary Vibes. Vol. II: No. 1 (Jan 2013). ISSN: 2320-6896.
PAPERS/CHAPTERS/SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS
1. “Telugu Reserch in English: A Bibliographic Survey.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 32 (2013): 64-74. ISSN 0971-8877.
2. “Speakerly Text: Caste, Language and Dalit Writing.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 32 (2013): 64-74. ISSN 0971-8877. Reprinted in Creative Forum, Vol. 26 No. 1 (Jan-Jun 2013).
3. “Introduction.” Black Lilies: Telugu Dalit Poetry. Ed. K. Purushotham. New Delhi: New Delhi, 2013. ISBN: 978-81-89524-91-3: 1-7.
4. “Telangana, Land, Dalits: A Literary Perspective,” in Ed. Akut, The Idea of Telangana, Warangal: Akut, 2013.
5. “Telugu Dalit Short Fiction: Shift from Elite to Mud-House Narrative,” Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature. Vol. 2: No 3 (2012): 59 to 72. ISSN No 2249-9792, a peer reviewed journal. Reprinted in D. Pulla Rao, Ed. Empowering Marginalised Categories in India: Problems and Prospects. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2012.
6. “The Problematic of Telugu Dalit Writing,” Voice of Dalit. Vol. 5: No 2 (July-Dec 2012): 163-71. ISSN No. 0974-3545; e-ISSN No. 0976-3929, a peer reviewed journal.
7. "Love, Betrayal, Deceit: Deshpande’s In the Country of Deceit,” SVU Journal of English Studies. Vol. 11 (June 2012): 9-13. ISSN 2230-7923.
8. "Foreword,” in Dalits and Social Marginalisation, ed. J. Bheemaiah. Jaipur: Avishkar Publishers, 2012: i-viii.
9. “‘Our Exit from the left was the Beginning of Dalit Literature,’” an interview reprinted in Ed. J. Bheemaiah, Dalits and Social Marginalisation. Jaipur: Avishkar Publishers, 2012: rpt. 201-212.
10. “Centering the Margins: Vemula Yellaiah’s Kakka,” in J. Bheemaiah. Ed. Dalits and Social Marginalisation. Jaipur: Avishkar Publishers, 2012: 1-9.
11. “The Rise of Telugu Novel: A Dalit Critique,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 31 (2012): 64-74. ISSN 0971-8877.
12. “C.P. Brown and Telugu Renaissance,” Triveni. Vol. 81 No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2012): 12-14.
13. “Prosifying Poesy: A Dalit Critique of Modernisation of Telugu,” South India Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. IX No. 2 (December 2011): 40-48. ISSN 0972 8945, a peer reviewed journal.
14. “Movement Literature in Telugu: A Dalit Critique,” in B. Krishnaiah, Ed. Dalit Movements and Literature. New Delhi: Prestige, 2011: 123-37. ISBN 978-81-922089-6-1.
15. “Social Movements and Identity Formation: A Study in Historical Outline,” in B. Krishnaiah, Ed. Dalit Movements and Literature. New Delhi: Prestige, 2011: 58-66. ISBN 978-81-922089-6-1.
16. “Gendering Caste: Emergence of Dalit Feminism,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 30 (2011): 43-48. ISSN 0971-8877.
17. “Two Sari-Ends in Two Telugu Poems: An Anti-Generic Critique of Feminism,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 30 (2011): 114-23. ISSN 0971-8877.
18. “Insurgency as History in Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 29 (2010): 83-86. ISSN 0971-8877.
19. “Evolution of Telugu Dalit Writing,” Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. ZLV No. 22 (May 29, 2010): 55-63.
20. “Writing the Self in Telugu Dalit Literature, Journal of Literature and Aesthetics. Vol. 9 No. 1&2 (Jan-Dec 2009): 277-88.
21. “Telugu Dalit Poetry: An Overview,” Triveni. Vol. 78 No. 2 (April-June, 2009): 53-56.
22. “Kalyana Rao’s Untouchable Spring: A Conformist Dalit Novel,” in Ed. D. Murali Manohar, Dalits and Religion. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2009, rpt: 111-20. ISBN 978-81-269-1267-4.
23. “‘Our Exit from the left was the Beginning of Dalit Literature,’” Journal of Literature and Aesthetics. Vol. 9 Nos. 1&2 (Jan-Dec 2009): 337-45, an interview.
24. “Social Justice and Empowerment through English Education,” in Ed. Ghanta Chakrapani, Education and Social Empowerment in India. New Delhi: Milind Books, 2008: 277-82.
25. “Creolisation as Social Empowerment: Towards a Postcolonial Pedagogy,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 28 (2008-09): 25-32. ISSN 0971-8877.
26. “Black Masks and Red Writing: A Reading of Kalyana Rao’s Untouchable Spring,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 27 (2007-08): 63-71. ISSN 0971-8877.
27. “Sociology of Literature: Defiance in Telugu Dalit Writings,” Sociologist. Vol. 1 No. 2 (2007): 406-14.
28. “Telugu Dalit Poetry: an Overview,” www.museindia.com, issue 16 (2007).
29. “Phonological Features of the Influence of Telugu on English Sounds,” ELTA Journal. Vol.2 No. 2 (2004): 23-28.
30. “Learning to Use and Using to Learn: A Two-Way Approach to Communicative Skills,” Teaching Communication Skills: Proceedings of an UGC Sponsored Seminar held at Government Degree College, Jammikunta, Karimnagar (2004): 28-30.
31. “The Great Depression and American Literature,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 24 (2004): 27-31. ISSN 0971-8877.
32. “Tamburlaine in 1935: Aspirations and Reality in Homage to Blenholt, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol.23 (2003): 131-40. ISSN 0971-8877.
33. ‘“First’ World Within the ‘Third World’: The Universalist Fallacy in Criticism,” in Ed. P. Mallikarjuna Rao et al. Postcolonial Theory and Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers (2003), rpt: 44-53. ISBN 81-69-0230-2.
34. “Ambivalence in Summer in Williamsburg,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 22 (2002): 22-27. ISSN 0971-8877.
35. “Resisting Assimilation: A Reading of Daniel Fuchs’ Summer in Williamsburg,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 21 (2001): 177-83. ISSN 0971-8877.
36. “Shifting Centeredness from Teacher to Learner Through Self Instructional Material” IN Ed. Satish Rastogi in Educational Technology for Distance Education. New Delhi: Rawat Publications (2000).
37. “Jewish Assimilation in Daniel Fuchs’ Summer in Williamsburg” (co-authored with M. Naveen), Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol.19 (1999): 138-43. ISSN 0971-8877.
38. “Rushdie’s Image of Bharatiya Nari in Midnight’s Children,” rpt. in Ed. P. Mallikarjuna Rao and M. Rajeshwar, Indian Fiction in English. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers (1999).
39. “Six Hundred-and-Thirty-Five-Day-Long-Midnight’: Rushdie’s Representation of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency,” rpt. in Ed. R.A. Singh and V.L.V.N. Narendra Kumar, Critical Studies on Indian Fiction in English. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers (1999), rept: 64-75.
40. “’First’ World Within the ‘Third World’: The Universalist Fallacy in Criticism,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol.18 (1998): 25-33. ISSN 0971-8877.
41. “Translating Anti-Hegemonic Writings,” a review article in Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol.18 (1998). ISSN 0971-8877.
42. “Six Hundred-and-Thirty-Five-Day-Long-Midnight’: Rushdie’s Representation of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency,” Revaluations. Vol. 3 No.1 (1997): 25-38.
43. “The Case for Nativism in Literary Criticism,” New Quest. Vol. 116 (1996) 126-28.
44. “Metaphor as a Stylistic Discourse in Rushdie: Inadequacies in Decoding,” Revaluations. Vol. 1 No. 3 (1995) 80-85.
45. “ESL Materials: Syntactic Dislocations and Implications for Pedagogy,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. xiv (1994): 91-96. ISSN 0971-8877.
46. “Rushdie’s Image of Bharatiya Nari in Midnight’s Children,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. xiii (1993): 90-103. ISSN 0971-8877.
TRANSLATIONS
SHORT STORIES
1. G. Kalyana Rao, "Untouchable Spring.” English for Fluency. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2013: 79-80. ISBN: 978 81 250 5224 1.
2. Raama Chandra Mouli, “Lament of the Land,” Ed. C.L.L. Jayaprada and P. Jayalaxmi, Beauty of Grotesque. Bengaluru: Prism Books, 2013: 33-45. ISBN: 81-7286-766-2.
3. Gumpula Venkateswarlu, “Byagarollu,” Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing. New Delhi: OUP India, forthcoming.
4. Kannaram Jhansi, “Revenge with Marbles,” Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing. New Delhi: OUP India, forthcoming.
5. Vemula Yellaiah, “She Fastened her Chastity with a Hearty Hope,” Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Special Issue on Indian Dalit Literature, Vol. 9, Nos. 1 & 2 (Jan-Dec, 2009): 293-99.
6. M.M. Vinodini, “Black Ink,” Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Special Issue on Indian Dalit Literature. Vol. 9 Nos. 1 & 2 (Jan-Dec, 2009): 315-20.
7. Chilukuri Devaputra, “Gurudakshina,” (Teacher’s Fees), Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Special Issue on Indian Dalit Literature. Vol. 9 Nos. 1 & 2 (Jan-Dec, 2009): 321-25.
8. Raama Chandra Mouli, “The Disease,” Triveni. Vol. 77 No. 3 (July-Sep, 2008). Reprinted in Beauty of Grotesque. Bengaluru: Prism Books, 2013: 81-92. ISBN: 81-7286-766-2.
9. P.V. Narasimha Rao, “Golla Ramavva” The Quest. Vol. 22 No. 1 (June 2008): 20-34.
10. Madduri Nageshbabu, “Mosquito Net,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies. Vol. 19 (1999): 40-44. ISSN 0971-8877.
11. Volga, “A Political Story,” in Triveni. Vol. 65 No. 1 (Jan-March, 1996).
POETRY
A list of 36 Telugu poems of Raama Chandra Mouli, translated and published in English anthologies:
When You Have Departed
Reminiscences of a Father
The Same Soil
The Addictive Agriculture
When You Penned me a Letter
The Slumber
Your Own Feet
The Enlivening Memories
An Attack on Her
A Lion is Asleep
Where are these…in this Country?
A Hearty Language
The Daydream of a Maid Servant
The World Bank
A Piece of Paper in the Whirlwind
The Discreet War
The Augmenting Progeny
A Flood of Memories
Behind the Closed Doors
Existence
The Flute is Unseen, but Tunes Heard
The Question
An Indian on the Platform
The Inseparable Bond
He is in a Train that is within Himself
The Empty Man
An Inspiration to Reach the Goal
A Red Signal in the Rain
Something is Lost Somewhere
The Trodden Pathway
An Empty Boat on the Bank
An Ocean in the Bedroom
A list of 58 Telugu dalit poems translated and posted in www.museindia.com Issue 16 (2007):
The Flag Kids’ Craving
The Turn Throw Open the Door
Colourless Apologies
The Black Lily The Index Finger
Motherly A Corpse that Awoke
I will Conquer the World The Humans
I was Murdered Come and Rape us’ If You Can
History in Progress Come Let’s Bathe
Hey Lord, Descend as a Dalit Strange Shit
What if You have so many Dalit Dharma
A Dalit Song The Rug
The Elephant Apple It’s me who Lost Everything
Untouchable Verse Public Proclamation
Our Hut Away from me
To Hang the Execution Beware of Maoism
They My Hereditary Rights
The Burning Huts A Dalit Manifesto
Panchama Veda A Dalit Love Letter
Awareness of an Era Rainbow in a Rice-bowl
A Bare Hut Weapons
Destitutes we are A Fly in the Cog
Womanhood Shambhuka’s Era
Sobbing Khairlanji The Curse of a Heavenly Voice
Footprints The Mole
Muddy Hands The Unfertilised Ovum
The Mould Begaronni
What was my Caste? Come into the Verse as a Pioneer
A feathered Crown Those that Don’t Accompany us
Unabashed Sharpness
I am Within You
PRODUCTION OF COURSE MATERIAL
COORDINATED MATERIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING COURSES
English Literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature
Nineteenth Century Literature
Twentieth Century Literature
English Phonetics
Literary Criticism
Indian Writing in English
Regional Literatures in Translation
Methods and Approaches to Language Teaching
Classroom Applications
General English Paper I (Under-Graduation)
General English Paper II (Under-Graduation)
COURSE MATERIAL EDITED
· English Literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Warangal: SDLCE, 2007.
COURSE MATERIAL AUTHORED
Authored 63 lessons in SIM mode on English literature, Indian Writing in English, literary criticism, ELT, spoken English and communication skills for the School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education (SDLCE), K.U. on the following topics:
Longinus’ On the Sublime
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prologue to Canterbury Tales
Edmund Spenser’s The Fairy Queen
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Twelfth Night I, Henry IV Part I
T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Journey of the Magi, The Waste Land
W.B. Yeats’ Poetry
Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway
Salmon Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence
Teaching of Poetry
Teaching of Reading Skills
Teaching of Writing Skills
Management of Large Classes
Teaching Mixed Groups
English Language Teaching: Terms and History
History of E L T
Theories of Language Learning: Behaviorist Theory, Cognitive Theory, Practical Application
Grammar Translation Method
Direct Method
Pronunciation I: Letters, Sounds and Symbols (UG)
Phonetic Transcription (UG)
Historical Survey, Methods and Approaches (for PT Univ.)
INVITED LECTUReS, CHAIR, SEMINARS
INVITED LECTURES, CHAIR
1. Chaired Valedictory Session, “Contesting Tribal Subalternity: Social and Economic Challenges in India.” Orgsnised by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, July 29-30, 2013.
2. Chaired Technical session III in ‘National seminar on Bhakti Literature and Social Reform’ organised by Department of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal under SAP-DRS-1 during 20-21 march 2013.
3. Plenary talk on “Sub-National Realism: Dalit Autobiography as a Challenge to Hegemony” in the International Conference on Negotiating Margins: African, American and Dalit Writings, organised by Osmnia University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP), Osmnia University, Hyderabad—Dec 18, 2012.
4. Plenary talk on “Reverse Influences: The Poetics of Little Literatures” in the National Seminar on Comparative Aesthetics in Bhasha Literatures, organised by the Centre for Comparative Literature, University ofHyderabad—Nov 9-10, 2012.