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Ecocritical Study of Kalidasa’s Lyrics and Selected Poems of William Wordsworth
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)The present thesis is based on an Ecocritical analysis of the selected poems of Kalidasa and Wordsworth from a comparative perspective. The main focus of the thesis is to explore the ecological consciousness and aesthetics ... -
The Construction of the Mythical Subject in PostColonial Context: A Study of Select Indian Plays
(Central University of Punjab, 2019)The dramatic foundations of postcolonial Indian dramatists are based on the assimilation of colonial dramaturgical practices into the native dramaturgical traditions which have created a new hybrid space. Earlier the native ... -
The Subaltern Speaks: The Construction of Marginal Identities in Selected Films on Partition of India
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Recognising the excruciating pain and trauma the Partition of India has caused to the lives of the millions of people in the Indian sub-continent, the present thesis embarks on to study a hitherto unexplored area concerning ... -
Exploring Dalit Experiences: A Comparative Study of the Autobiographical Narratives of Balbir Madhopuri, Tulsi Ram, Sharankumar Limbale and Siddalingaiah
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Dalits have been regarded and perceived inferior and substandard within the wisely constructed hierarchical society in which caste controls the behaviour pattern of the subjects. This research tries to explore the ... -
REPRESENTATION OF DALIT VOICES IN LITERATURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SHORT STORIES OF OMPRAKASH VALMIKI AND S. R. HARNOT
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Marginalisation of Dalits denotes their wretched conditions in the Indian society. They are socio-economic-cultural and politically exploited for ages. After many years of independence, they are still facing discrimination ... -
VOICING THE SILENCES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF BHARATI MUKHERJEE AND BUSHRA EJAZ
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Women have been viewed and perceived within the constructed patriarchal structure of gender difference. The present research work tries to probe into the silences, subordination and voices of the Third World women in the ... -
VIOLENCE AS A PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISCOURSE IN WOMEN’S WRITING: A STUDY OF SELECTED WRITINGS OF TEHMINA DURRANI, MEENA ALEXANDER AND ANITA NAIR
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)The present research work entitled “Violence as a Psycho social Discourse in Women’s Writing: A Study of Selected Writings of Tehmina Durrani, Meena Alexander and Anita Nair” attempts to explore the theme of violence in ... -
Negotiations between History and Fiction: New Historicist Readings of Shauna Singh Baldwin’s What the Body Remembers and Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)This thesis is an attempt to negotiate between history and fiction with regard to new historicist readings of Shauna Singh Baldwin’s What the Body Remembers and Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? It delves, ... -
Articulating Marginalised Identities of Women: A Critique of the Selected Novels of Shashi Deshpande and Toni Morrison
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The Legacy of the Empire: A New Historicist Study of the Colonial and Postcolonial Agenda in Selected Indian and Western Cinema
(Central University of Punjab, 2020)The term Empire refers to an expansion of territory by including other countries or other continents under the rule of a powerful state. The concept of Empire Cinema is focused on the agenda of using some specific kind of ... -
Towards an Eco-Poetic Vision of the Poetic Works of Agha Shahid Ali and Sylvia Plath: A Comparative Study
(Central University of Punjab, 2019)The environmental problems became of supreme importance with the dawn of twenty first century. These issues which are faced by both biosphere and human life are flourishing at an alarming speed and are posing a threat to ... -
The Patriarchal Perspectives on Female Subjectivities in the Selected Plays of Atamjit and Mahesh Elkunchwar
(Central University of Punjab, 2019)The present research is aimed at critically exploring the selected Marathi and Punjabi plays namely Pooran, Farash Vich Uggya Rukh, Main Tan Ik Sarangi Han by Atamjit and Old Stone Mansion, Garbo and Sonata by Mahesh ... -
Dialectics of South Asian Subjectivity across Borders: A Critical Study of Selected Contemporary English and Vernacular Diasporic Fiction
(Central University of Punjab, 2019)The present thesis examines the dialectics of South Asian subjectivity across borders of nation-state, gender, religion, class, culture and ethnicity through the critical study of eight novels by diasporic writers in English ... -
Exploring Female Identity: A Comparative Study of the Selected Novels of Shashi Deshpande and Mridula Garg
(Central University of Punjab, 2019)Female identity is a very complicated concept in the contemporary era. In addition to that, it becomes more complicated when discussed in reference to gender socialisation, violence, and exploitation. Women have been viewed ... -
NEGOTIATING IDENTITY IN POSTCOLONIAL SPACE: A CRITICAL STUDY OF SELECTED SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORIC FICTION
(Central University of Punjab, 2019)Delineating identity is a very complex phenomenon because identity has many factors contributing to its development that differ from scenario to scenario. Identities are part of history in which they evolve and are subject ... -
The effect of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in L2 learning amongst engineering college students: An investigation
(Boom Lemma Publishers, 2020)The main objective of this study is to investigate the L2 learners intrinsic and extrinsic motivation amongst engineering college students in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu. Through simple random sampling method, 150 ... -
Vocalising the Concerns of South Asian Women: A Gynocentric Critique of the Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa
(Public Knowledge Project, 2015)The present paper through a study of the selected novels of Bapsi Sidhwa tries to vocalise the nature of the subjection of women in postcolonial South Asia, a space marked by a history of gender based violence or exploitation, ... -
An ecological critique of Kalidasa's Meghaduta
(Public Knowledge Project, 2015)Ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and environment.An ecological study is deal with landscapes, plants, animals, and natural resources etc.In literary sphere, approach of ecocriticism focuses ... -
Re-complicating identity in Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist
(Public Knowledge Project, 2015)At the heart of a person's life lies the struggle to define his self, to make sense of who he is? Diaspora represents the settling as well as unsettling process. While redesigning the geopolitical boundaries, cultural ... -
Realistic attributes of punjabi society: A critique of Ajmer Singh Aulakh's plays
(Global English-Oriented Research Journal (GEORJ), 2015)This paper deals with Punjabi Playwright Ajmer Singh Aulakh's plays which illustrate the realistic features of the Punjabi society. Most of his plays are concerned with the period of Green Revolution and present contemporary ...
