Assistant Professor
Alwin Alexander has been teaching in Union Christian College since 2010. He has taught at various levels of Collegiate and Higher Secondary Education since 2004. He publishes articles regularly in Popular Malayalam journals like Madhyamam, Samakalika Malayalam etc. His research articles have appeared in journals published by Kerala Sahitya Academy, Kerala Chalachitra Academy, Kerala Bhasha Institute, Samyukta etc.
● Occult Studies
● Psychoanalytic Theory
● Critical Theory/Thinking
● Hindu Studies (Mahabharata, Ramayana, & Bhagavad Gita)
● Books:
Feminine Spirituality: Reflections and Discourses. Trans. CSS Books 2014.
Liberative Reflections: Cross, Culture, Politics. CSS Books, 2017.
Renaissance in Kerala. Trans. CSS Books, 2019.
Ecocriticism in Malayalam. Trans. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.
Narratives of Love and Friendship. Ed. Macmillan 2024 – Course Textbook
Sports, Literature and Cinema. Ed. mainSpring, 2024 – Course Textbook
Literature, Technology, and AI. Ed. MGU 2025 -Course Textbook
Literature and Law. Ed. Infogate 2025 – Course Textbook
Reading Culture: Literature and Fine Arts. Ed. (Burlington 2026) – Course
Textbook
● Articles in Books
—. Alexander, Alwin. “Swathwa Nirmithiyude Roopakangal.” Veenapoovu: Veezhathapoovinte Samarotsuka Sancharam. Editor. N. Jayakrishnan. Thiruvananthapuram: Bhasha Institute, 2008. 273-283.
—. “Vanyathakalude Ithihasam: Parisdhithimanovignaneeyam Khasakinte Ithihasathil.” Ithihasangalude Khasak. Editor. N. Jayakrishnan. Thiruvananthapuram: Bhasha Institute, 2011. 548-556.
—. “Aalahayude Pennmakkalil Zelofehadinte Puthrimare Adayalappeduthumpol” Sthrainaathmeeyatha: Vicharangal Vishakalanangal . Editor.Dr.Mini Alice.Thiruvalla:C.S.S.,2012. 137-145.
—. “Ooranubhavangalude Uriyaattangal”. Pandu Saattu Kalichappol. Sibu Modayil. Thiruvananthapuram: Parithi Publications, 2013.
—. “Introduction”. Reverent Reminiscences. Dr. A. M. Chacko. Thiruvalla: CSS, 2013.
—. ‘Udalinte Punarakhyanangal’. Nashtapetta Naanayam ed. Sr. Dr. Noel Rose Published by SPCS, Kottayam. 2014.
—. ‘Dialogising Didactics: Bakhtinian Concepts as Templates for Pedagogy’. Innovations in ELT in the Changing Context eds. Prashant Mishra & G. A. Ghanashyam Published by Sarup Books, New Delhi 2014.
—.‘What’s Cooking? – Decoding the Table in Malayalam Movies’. Re-tracking the Celluloid: History, Politics and Popular Culture in Films eds. Dr. J Anjana & Renjith Krishnan K R. 2014.
—. “Marking the Daughters of Zelophehad in The Daughter’s of Aalaha”. Feminine Spirituality: Reflections and Discourses ed. Dr. Mini Alice. CSS Books. Thiruvalla. 2014.
—. “Albert Camus: Sannigdhaavasthakalile Manushyan”. Manushya Darsanam Asthitva Chinthayil ed. Dr. Bosco Correya. Jyotir Dharma Publications, Kalamassery. 2018.
—. “Foreword: Renaissance Self-Fashioning of a Community”. Renaissance in Kerala. George K. Alex. Thiruvalla: CSS, 2019.
—. “Daivarajyathinte Asamanya Samanyatha”. Kanal Vazhikalil Kathiraniyum Kaalam ed. Rev. Abraham C. Pulinthitta. Kottayam-Kochi Diocese, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, 2022.
“(A)Bhaavangalude Rashtreeyavum Sareera Bhashayum”. Bala Paadangal ed. K. P. Jayakumar. Kerala State Chalachithra Academy, 2022.
“Baliyaadujeevitham: Aparangalude Kaazhchapperukkam”. Aadujeevitham: Athijeevanathinte Chalachithrasanjaarangal. Athma Books. 2025
യു. സിയുടെ “കെ.സി”: ഓർമയുടെ (അ)ഭാവങ്ങൾ”. U.C.College Centenary Commemoration Volume (2025)
● Research Papers in Journals/Seminar Proceedings
A. Research Papers in Journals:
—. Alexander, Alwin. “The Quest for Selfhood: A Study of Rajalakshmi’s Njan Enna Bhavam.” Samyukta 8.2 (2008): 215 – 221.
—. “Issues of Representation and Nationalism in ‘Dhirendu Majumddar’s Mother’.“ Malayalam Literary Survey 29.3 (2008): 96-100.
—. “Wole Soyinka: Africayude Viswakalakaran.” Vijnjaanakairali 41.3 (2010): 21-24.
—. “Deseeyathayum Prathinidhanangalum ‘Gandhijikku Sesham’ Enna Kadayil.” Vijnjaanakairali 41.10 (2010): 29-33.
—. “Demythologising Meta-Narratives: A Study of Sarah Joseph’s Ooru Kaval.” Malayalam Literary Survey 31.1 (2010): 13-20.
—. “The Omnipresent Look: Lacanian Gaze in Kadamanitta’s The Kannur Fort.” TJES 3.1 (2011): 15-20.
—. “Colonial Signs: A Semiotic Survey of the Imperial Presence in R. K. Narayan’s Swami and Friends.” Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature 1.2 (2012): 135-137.
—. “Contretemps with the Hegemon(y): The Self/Other Conundrum and Hegemony in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.” Contemporary Research in India 2.4 (2012): 12-15.
—. “Dialogic Resignification: A Bakhtinian Exegesis of the Magdalene Discourse in Christ Recrucified.” Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature 1.1 (2012): 133-137.
—. “Carnivalising the Sacred: A Bakhtinian Approach to Nikos Kazantzakis’ Christ Recrucified.” TJELLS 2.1 (2012): 89 – 98.
—.“Feminine Spirituality: Essays on Soliloquies of the Feminine Soul”. Malayalam Literary Survey. 31.4 -33.2 (2013): 69-70. (Review).
—. “Carnivalising the Grey Friar: A Bakhtinian Survey of Eco-Spirituality in God’s Pauper”. Labyrinth. 4.2 (2013): 132-136.
—. “Framing the Dalit: The Subaltern Subject in Sadgati”. TJES 5.1 (2013): 15-20.
—. ”Deseeyathayude Vyavahaarangal”. Sahitya Lokam. 41.1-3 (2013) :
56-59.
—. ”Translating the Subaltern : The Vulnerable Subject in C. Ayyappan’s ’Ghost-Speech’”. Baselius Researcher 14.1 (2013) : 25-30.
—. “Consumptive Matter: Food as an Apparatus in The Edible Woman.” Journal of Indo-Canadian Studies 6.1&2 (2014): 5-9.
—.”Existence as Carnival: Scouting Basheer with Bakhtinian Tropes“. TJES 6.1 (2014): 73 – 80.
—. ‘Albert Camus: Sannigdhaavasthakalile Manushyan’. Mathavum Chinthayum: Manushya Darsanam ed. Dr. Bosco Correya. Pontifical Institute, Aluva: May-June 2015
—. ‘Dialogising Life and Death: The Messianic Impulse in Kazantzakis’ Christ Recrucified‘. TJES 8.1 (2016): 23 – 28.
—. “Evental Perception: Zizek, the REAL and ‘The Cry’”. Albertian Review of Literature 4.1 (2017): 13 – 16.
—. “Colonianantharathayude (Bhauthika) Sheshippukal: Jeevichirikkunnavarkkuvendiyulla Oppees inte Oru Vaayana”. Bhoomi Malayalam – Coloniananthara Vaadam: Veekshanangalum Prayoga Saadhyathakalum 10.1 (2018): 207 – 211.
—. “Jaivavilaapangal: Malayala Novelile Asaadhyathayude Thurassukal”. Bhoomi Malayalam – Malayala Novel: Samakaalika Vaayanayum Vicharavum 11.1 (2019): 219 – 224.
—. “Vasthu(tha) Bhramsam/ Bhramam: Malayala Cinimayile Bhauthika Vyavahaaram gal”. Bhoomi Malayalam – Cinima: Kalayum Rashtreeyavum 12.1 (2020): 154-158.
—. “Beyond Meaning: Train Metaphors in ONV Poems”. Malayalam Literary Survey 42.1 (2022): 7-14. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil Eapen).
—. “Himsayude Bramaathmaka Vyavahaarangal”. Bhashasaahithi 45.2 (2022): 102-110. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil Eapen)
—. “Aayiththeeralukalude Mruga Bhaavanakal: Thiranjedutha Malayalam Cimimakalude Deleuzo-Guattarian Visakalanam”. Bhashasaahithi 45.3 (2022): 77 -87. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil Eapen)
—. “Cyber Idangalum Malayala Pariprekhyangalum”. Malayala Pacha 2.1 (2023): 103 – 118. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil Eapen)
—. “Charithrathinte Samskaarika Vikendreekaranangal”. Chalachithra Sameeksha 5.56 (2023): 64 – 71. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil Eapen)
“Anthropocene/Chthulucene Appraisals: The Politics of Ecology in Unni R’s Literary Works”. Malayalam Literary Survey. 44.3 (2024): 15-21. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil Eapen)
“Kadhayile Sangeethavazhikal”. Bhoomi Malayalam – Sageethathinte Varthamanagal. 17.1 (2025): 211-218. B. Research Papers in Seminar Proceedings (ISBN):
Alexander, Alwin. “Carnivalised Scripture: A Bakhtinian Reading of Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis.” Revisitations: The Politics of Rewriting Old Texts. Irinjalakkuda: PG Dept. of English, St. Joseph’s College, 2011. 67-74.
—. “Franciscan Carnival: A Dialogic Study of Eco-Spirituality in God’s Pauper.” Green Perceptions: Ecology and Texts. Kalamassery: Dept. of English, St. Paul’s College, 2011. 58-63.
—. “The Search for Self: A Bakhtinian Approach to the Self/Other Dialogue in Lalithambika Antharjanam’s Agnisakshi.” Deconstructing Foundations: Postmodern Perspectives in Writing. Changannur: Dept. of English, Christian College, 2011. 20-26.
—. “Nature Unfinalized: A Bakhtinian Reading of Literary Ecology in Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadyaya’s Aranyak.” Indian Literary Historiography andCounter Currents in Postcoloniality. Eds. Asha Susan Jacob and Tom Thomas. Kozhencherry: PG Dept. of English, St. Thomas College, 2012. 34-
42.
—. “Emerging (Cyber)Spaces: Paradigms of Transformed Sensibilities in Mukundan’s Nrutham.” Remapping of Reality Through Visual Technology: Interdisciplinary Engagements. Ed. Dr. Tessy Anthony C. Cochin: Dept. of English and Centre for Research, St. Teresa’s College, 2012. 79-84.
—. “Dialogising Didactics: Reckoning Pedagogy with Reader-Response Theory and Bakhtinian Templates”. Global Dimensions of English. Ed. Dr. S. Stephen Jebanesan. Chennai: Research & PG Dept. of English, Madras Christian College, 2013. 15-25
—. “Narrativising the Subaltern: The Site/Sight of the Couple in Kamala Das’ Poetry.” Portrayal of Family in Indian Writing in English – Seminar Proceedings – UGC National Seminar Organised by Dept. of English NMSS Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai on the 15 th of March 2013.
—. “The Scent of Bare Life: Reading Sarah Joseph with Agamben” UGC Sponsored National Seminar Proceedingss – Negotiating Marginalities: Gender, Class and Race in Women’s Writing – Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla. 28-29 January, 2016
—. “Translating the Event: A Zizekian Reading of “The Cry” by N. S. Madhavan” UGC Sponsored National Seminar Proceedings – Scope and Challenges in Translation – MES College, Edathala. 18-19 February, 2016. (no ISBN)
● Articles in Popular Journals
“Swathanthriathilekkulla Paatha.” Kavimozhi 7.4 (2007): 6,14.
“Vazhiyakalangal.” ORA Masika 26.7 (2008): 25-27.
“Kambola Samskarathile Vyakti Vishesha(na)ngal.” ORA Masika 26.10 (2009): 19-20.
“Swathwasrushtiyude Tharangangal.” ORA Masika 26.12 (2009): 19-20. 13-14.
“Syoonyathayude Kaavyaparisarangal.” ORA Masika 27.3 (2009): 8.
‘Vidyabhyasam, Vimochanam, Dauthyam : Chila Chinthakal’. Amalolbhava Masika. 31.7 (2016): 26 – 27.
“Kurissu, Samskaaram, Raashtreeyam: Chila Vichinthanangal”. ORA Masika. 5.9 (2017): 26 – 29.
“(Abhi)Ruchiyude Rashtreeyam” .ORA 7.7 (2019): 6 -9.
“Aasaante Adheesathwa Virodham Laavanyaananthara Chinthakalum”. ORA 7.12 (2019): 26-27, 30.
“Pinneyum Kurup: Akhyana Maathrukakalum Paadangalum”. Samakaalika Malayalam Varika 25.27 (2021): 44-47. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Churuli: Samskarika Vyavahaaravum Rashtreeyavum”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 24.1242 (2021): 58-63. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Maanavaanantharakaalaththe Athimaaanusha Bhramam”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 25. 1249 (2022): 44-49. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“(A)Saamaanyathayude Prathyayasasthravum Darsanavum CBI Cinemakalil”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 25. 1254 (2022): 60-65. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Sambodhanakalude Samskarika Rashtreeyam”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu
1270 (2022): 16-23. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Naam Enthu Dharikkanam?”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 25. 1287 (2022):10-19. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Mayakkathinte Rashtreeyam: Nanpakal Neraththe Darsanika Prasnangal”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 26. 1303 (2023): 44-51. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Adhikaarabhramayugam”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 27.1358 (66-71). (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Baliyaadujeevitham: Aparangalude Kaazhchapperukkam”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 27. 1363 (2023): 52-57. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
“Start, Action, Cut’: Sreeni Cinimakalile Samskarika Rashtreeyavum Drusyabhashayum”. Madhyamam Azhchapathippu 28. 1453 (2023): 16-23. (with Dr. Sibu Modayil).
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