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THE ENGLISH ACADEMY

Tirthankar Sengupta (Secretary)

After the Shakespeare Film Festival and some small events mostly concerning literature last year, The English Academy started the session with an aim to include more and more students of all departments in its activities. There was also an endeavor to establish the inter connection of other arts which share an inseparable relationship with Literature. The Academy organized it’s inter college annual event LITERARIA on 22nd September 2010.

The event this time was bigger and better. The events included competitions on Creative Writing and Turn Quote Debate. The selections to choose the participants who would represent the college was open to all departments and students of almost ten departments, from arts and science alike, turned out for the selections. It is a happy coincidence that ultimately the participants who represented the college and who went on to secure 1st prizes belonged to departments other than English. The events were judged by eminent personalities like Sri Dibbendu Plit, Pro R. Guho Neyogi, Sri Jagganath Basu and Mrs Urmimala Bau. The highlight of Literaria this time was the range and variety of events. During the inauguration the students of 2nd and 3rd years performed a dance programme “ALANKRITA” based on the theme of ‘romanticism’ fusing Eastern and Western music and poetry. A group of English Department students innovatively contextualized and enacted a part of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The screening of the movie “RASHOMON” followed—Prof Amitava Roy introduced the students to the themes of the movie through an enlightening lecture. The final event included a musical programme by three students of third year based on a script fusing poetry, music and philosophy.

The English Academy plans include another intra college event this year to include all departments, and are considering the publication of a departmental magazine. The aim is to gradually guide the junior members of the academy take over the reins through endeavours like a CREATIVE CORNER where students may express their artistic talents.