Evolution of Literature and Literary Genres in English: A Brief History

Dr. Manjot Kaur is an Assistant Professor in the PG Department of English at Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, India. She has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh for five years. She has recently completed her PhD (English) from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her thesis maps the politics of memorialization and re-presentation, with emphasis on how form impacts memorialization vis-a-vis the process of creating and evoking individual and collective traumatic memories. Her area of interest includes Memory Studies, Cultural Studies, Film Theory & Literary Theory. She has presented and published several research papers/articles in national and international seminars/conferences/ journals. She is a passionate lover of the world of art and philosophy and keen to explore the world of literary theory and philosophy for bringing about change in the domain of research and teaching.