Dr. Sahel Md Delabul Hossain, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Coordinator, School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University was invited as an expert speaker at the National Webinar on “Narrative Space in Literature: Theoretical Perspectives” held on 30th July 2021. The National Webinar was conducted by the Department of Humanities, Midnapore City College, West Bengal.
The focus of his talk was on the “Narrative Space in Fiction: A Postcolonial Exploration.” His talk outlined how Narrative, Space, and Narrative-Space are separate conceptual nodes, and how the authors interplay the role-space in-between the chasm (space) to create content. He also discussed the control and contours of narratives, variation of chronicles (from the authors’ and the readers’ perspective), and the narrative space of the readers’ interpretation of the events within their respective landscapes to shape the story. The lecture was appreciated by the participants and the organizers.