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The confluence in the contemporary art world of literature and postmodern visual arts in jeff vande zande�s landscape with fragmented figures
(Aesthetics Media Services, 2020-12-07)The American poet, novelist and editor, Jeff Vande Zande�s Landscape with Fragmented Figures (2009) is a novel that deals with the contemporary world of art, which brings forth the intricacies of the art forms such as ... -
Beyond laughter and smiles: analytical paradigms in social media COVID-19 humour studies
(Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies, 2023-08-28)Amid the deluge of serious social media posts regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, humorous posts brought users much-needed respite. This article reviews studies on social media-based COVID-19 humour in 42 research articles ... -
Corpus Analysis for Literary Studies: Application and Relevance
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-08-28)The use of corpus tools for the teaching-learning and research of literary texts is not widespread. The present study attempts to explore the possibility of the use of corpus tools in literature classrooms. It involves the ... -
Revisiting Cultural Theory Through Baiga Dance-Songs
(Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2023-09-16)Cultural theory is assumed to be a tool or set of ideas to explain, interpret or analyse cultures or cultural realities. The realisation of embracing and internalising theory as a kind of transcendental signifier, within ... -
Critical Discourse in Punjabi
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-08-29)This volume forms a part of the Critical Discourses in South Asia series which deals with schools, movements and discursive practices in major South Asian languages. It offers crucial insights into the making of the Punjabi ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...