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Department :: Comparative Literature
 
The Department of Comparative Literature (Comp. Lit.) was started in the year 1956 and enjoys the reputation of a distinguished department to offer a subject which is distinct not only in India, but also in Asia. For the last two decades, the department has widened its sphere of learning to all-important Indian languages for comparative studies. It also exerts special emphases on African, Latin American and Australian Literature that are otherwise neglected in the taught programmes of the major departments of the Indian Universities.

The Department of Comp. Lit. is renowned for its originality nationwide and serves as an exemplary model for other Universities as well. It seeks to incorporate a wide range of subjects and issues under its purview, an approach which is highly conducive for a multi- lingual, pluri-religious country like India.

The faculty members of this department has had the presence of such personalities like Buddhadev Bose, Sudhindranath Dutta, Naresh Guha, Alokeranjan DasGupta, Pranabandhu DasGupta, Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Amiya Dev, Subir Roychowdhury and Nabaneeta DevSen. The department attracted educationists from abroad like Father Robert Antoine, Father Pierre Fallon of the Society of the Jesuits and David J. McCutchion, who have proved themselves as prolific Bengali scholars. The department has widened its area of interest to include African Literature, Latin American Literature, Canadian Literature and Literature of Bangladesh.
Head Of The Department : Dr. Sucheta Bhattacharya
Phone: +91-33-2414-6690
Fax: 91-33-2414-6008
Extn: 2457-2223/2158
Email:hod@comlit.jdvu.ac.in

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Faculty Summary
Full Time
No. of teachers with Ph.D / D.Sc. as the highest qualification 8
No. of teachers with First class Master Degree as the highest qualification 4
Professors
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. /  Email ID Specialization
Ipshita Chanda
Ph.D.
pixy_chan00@yahoo.com		 Comparative Literature Methodology, Literary and Oral Cultures, Popular and ‘Classical’; Focus Areas: India and Africa.
Kavita Panjabi
Ph.D.
kavitapanjabi@gmail.com		 Latin American Literatures, Gender Studies, Comparative Indian Literature, Oral Narratives, Testimonial Literatures
Kunal Chattopadhyay
Ph.D.
kunal.chattopadhyay@gmail.com		 European Socialist Movements/ Russian and Soviet Studies/ Radical Politics in India/ Social History of Science and Technology/ Gender Studies
SUBHA CHAKRABORTY DASGUPTA
Suchorita Chattopadhyay
Ph.D.
suchoritachattopadhyay@yahoo.com		 Canadian Literature, Diasporic Literature, Southeast Asian Literature, Translation Studies, European Literature
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Associate Professor
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. / Email ID Specialization
Samantak Das
Ph.D.		 09434212841
kokopeli@gmail.com, samantak@complit.jdvu.ac.in
Sucheta Bhattacharya
Ph.D.		 09831123613
sucheta.b@complit.jdvu.ac.in , sucheta.bhattacharya@gmail.com		 Victorian literature
translation studies
19th century Bangla literature
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Assistant Professor
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. / Email ID Specialization
Aveek Majumdar
M.A.
aveekmster@gmail.com		 Bangla Sahitya, Translation Studies, Indian Aesthetics, Kabita, Literatures of the Third World
Debashree Dattaray
Ph.D.
debashreedattaray@gmail.com		 Comparative Literature Methodology, Canadian Studies, Indigenous studies, Oratures
Epsita Halder
epsita.halder@gmail.com		 Narratology, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies
Parthasarathi Bhaumik
M.A.		 9434210081
bhaumikps@gmail.com		 English Literature, Nineteenth-Century Bangla Literature
Sayantan Dasgupta
Ph.D.
dasgupta.sayantan@gmail.com		 Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Modern South Asian Literature and Culture
Sujit Kumar Mandal
M.A.		 9432661243
sujitkumar.mandal@gmail.com		 Tagore and Translation, Oratures,European Literatures
Sumit Kumar Barua
M.A.
baruasumit3@gmail.com		 Tagore Studies, Adhunik Bangla Sahitya, Narrative, Literature of Bangladesh
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Degrees Offered/Intake
  Degrees Offered Intake Capacity
B.A.50
M.A. (Day)65
MPhil15
Ph.D - Vacancy to be declare at the time of admission
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Specialization (Subject) Offered In P.G. Level
Specialization
Latin American Literatures
Literature of Bangladesh
Canadian Literature
African Literatures
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Syllabus & Curriculum For UG Level
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (Extra Departmental Course)
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Syllabus & Curriculum For PG Level
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Research Activities
The manuscript of Annotated Bibliography of Epics in Ancient India
The project on the compilation of core texts on Historiography, Genology, and Thematology
Project on Bibliography of Historics of Indian Literature
Project on the annotated bibliography of different forms of Katha and akhyayika in early Indian literature.
Project on the Oral History of the IPTA
Project on the Reception of Bangla Literature in Assam
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Thrust Area
Indian literatures
Inter-Indian Translation
Preparation of Course material
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library
No. of books: 7776 + gift books 1635 = 9411
Journals-National:6
International:5
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Departmental Site
complitju.org
www.cas-cl.org
ccs.complitju.org
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Book Published
Year Number
20113
20102
20074
20061
20052
20034
20021
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Awards and Honours
Year Number
20112
20102
20092
20071
20001
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PHD Thesis Completed
Year Number
20081
7
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