Faculty Member

Sukla Basu (Sen)
Professor in English
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Department
English & OMEL

Areas of Specialisation
Shakespeare

Renaissance Drama

American Literature

African American Drama

Date of Birth 17th September, 1951
Qualification
Year Degree College/University
1971 B.A.
Presidency College, Calcutta
1973 M.A. Calcutta University
Research Projects, Papers and Books
Research Project with Partial finance assistance, "From Roots to Routes : The Classical Heritage" April 2003
Publication :
COMEDY : The Aristophanic, Shakespearear & Shairan Modes Compared" - NBU REVIEW
"Shylock as pharmakos : A study in innocence & giull - NBU REVIEW, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 1985
" A Few observations on The Character-Types in Shakespearear Comedy - "NBU REVIEW", Vol. 7, No. 1, June 1986
"The Praise of Folly and Shakespeare's Fools" - DSA OCCASIONAL PAPERS - Nos. 7-10, resp. of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1995
"Ashapurna Debi : An Assessment of Her Major Fiction"- INDIAN WOMEN NOVELISTS, ed. R.K. Dhawan, PRESTIGE BOOKS, N. Delhi, 1995
"Rosalind in Arden: The eutrapelos as comic arbiter" - Indian Thoughtson Shakespeare, ed. Goutam Ghosal, School of Sri Aurobindo Studies, Calcutta 1998
Loiraine Hauberref's Plays : The Coming of Age in African American Drama", Bulletin of the Dept. of English,  Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta 2001
"The literary Renaissance in England : A Short Note", The Renaissance Notes and Papers, G.Ghosal, Subarnarekha, Calcutta, 2001
"Rowlinger Rupkatha"( Bengali ), Eeekshan Sharad Sankhya, ed. Pronob Nayek, Calcutta, 2001
"Rowlinger Rupkatha"( Bengali ), Eeekshan Boi Mela Sankhya, ed. Pronob Nayek, Calcutta, 2002
Translated Dr. Sutapa Bhattacharyya's papers on "Changing Paradigm of Women Studies History NBU, 2001,  Changing concept of Freedom in the writings of Bengali women
Teaching Experience
9 years in Visva-Bharati
2 and 1/2 years in Jhargram Raj College
10 years in Siliguri College
1 year in Lady Brabourne College
3 ½ years in Bhairab Ganguly College
Other Co-curricular Interests
Acting, Directing, Play reading