Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (SR/CN)
Mangalore, Aug 17: Two lecturers of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Alwyn V D'Sa Charles Furtado have been awarded PhD degrees by Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore.
Dr Alwyn D'Sa Dr Charles Furtado
Coincidentally, both lecturers did research under the guidance of Dr Nirmala C Prakash, professor and chairperson of the department of English, KSOU, Mysore. Their theses are said to be pioneering works in the field of American nature writing.
Dr Alwyn V D’Sa has been awarded doctorate for a thesis on ‘Emerging Perceptions of Nature in Contemporary American Narratives: A Study of the Literary Works of Annie Dillard and Wendell Berry.’
Dr Charles V Furtado from St Aloysius Evening College did his thesis on ‘Writer as Insider Critic: A Study of the Writings of Edward Abbey’.