Activities of Department of English

Title: - A Special Class by an alumnus of the Department, Dr. Uttam Boruah
Start Date - 2021-12-10   End Date - 2021-12-10   Duration - 1 days.
Nature of the Activity: - Academic Activity
Summary: -
For a special class on December 10, 2021, the English department of C.K.B. College, Teok invites Mr. Uttam Boruah, an alumnus of the department who currently serves as an assistant professor in the English department at Sivasagar College, Joysagar. The subject of psychoanalytic literary criticism was covered in class. Using PPT, Mr. Boruah gives his students a presentation on the subject. He defines psychoanalysis as a literary approach that tries to include some psychoanalytical tools into the analysis of literary works. Mr. Baruah draws attention to the fact that Sigmund Freud primarily formulated the psychological ideas that are used in psychoanalytic literary criticism. Mr. Boruah explains that literary works, like dreams, reveal the author’s hidden underlying desires and anxieties. Through the use of a few literary works as examples, he demonstrates psychoanalytic approaches to literature and the use of psychological theory as a yardstick for interpreting and assessing literary works. The lecture was lively and exciting as Mr. Boruah gave clear explanations of the subject so that students could quickly understand the fundamental presumptions of psychoanalytic literary criticism. During the interactive session, he also responded to the students’ questions.
Dr. Uttam Boruah during his lecture