Contents Volume V Issue IV (Fall 2020)
| Tariq Ali's The Book of Saladin: A Khaldunian Study |
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| Abstract: | The Book of Saladin is Ali's metafictional retelling of the conquest of Jerusalem by Salah ad-Din Ayubbi and the rise of the Ayyubid Dynasty. Ali believes that by acquiring the desired social solidarity (Asabiyyah) and displaying the best elements of the Muslim civilization (Umran), Salah ad-Din raised the Ayyubid Dynasty to its grandeur. The fall of Christians and the rise of the Muslims happened ...Read More |
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1-Ahmad Saeed Iqbal: Ph. D Scholar, Department of English Language and Literature, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan2-Muhammad Asif: Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Ibn Khaldun, Cyclic Theory, Civilizations, Saladin, Crusades |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).01 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).01 |
| Page Nos: | 1-10 |
| Volume & Issue: | V-IV |
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| White Women’s Burden: A Postcolonial Study of Paul Scott’s Memsahib in The Tower of Silence |
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| Abstract: | The Raj literature is mostly dominated by
male characters with few negative stereotype
women characters featuring in them. The
Tower of Silence (1971/2005) by Paul Scott
is one such novel which breaks the rule as it
is women-centric, dominated by women
characters of all ages. Unlike the common
notion that Scott is critical of the Raj
machinery, this paper will investigate the
white women' ...Read More |
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1-Safia Siddiqui: Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Ayub Jajja: Professor / Chairman, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Memsahib, White Women, Stereotype, Burden, Post-colonial |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).02 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).02 |
| Page Nos: | 11-18 |
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| Language Travels through Time: Effect of Age and Environment on Linguistics Behavior |
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| Abstract: | Language is also a behavior that depends on
age and environment. Keeping this fact in
mind, the present research investigated the
correlation between two socio-demographic
elements ---age and environment and
linguistic fluctuation. The findings
uncovered a huge relationship between
people's age and environment and their
stylistic features. Prominent differences
were spotted in the selecti ...Read More |
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1-Noor Ul Ain : Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Syed Maqsood Alam: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Abdul Khaliq: Assistant Professor, Department of Social & Allied Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS), Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Linguistic Fluctuation, Socio-Demographic Elements, Stylistic Features, Psychological Insight. |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).03 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).03 |
| Page Nos: | 19-26 |
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| Media, Culture and Indigenous Languages in Pakistan: A Critical Review |
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| Abstract: | This research paper inspected the role of Pakistani media to protect indigenous languages and culture in Pakistan. The study examined the situation; if Pakistani media outpours concern with the native languages or not. The article also checked the media landscape, its language-wise segregation and scenario of literacy in different areas of the country. The outcomes of the study showed that Pakista ...Read More |
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1-Irem Sultana: Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Malik Adnan: Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Muhammad Imran Mehsud: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Media, Culture, Indigenous Languages, Pakistan |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).04 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).04 |
| Page Nos: | 27-33 |
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| Sketching Women: A Corpus-Based Study of Female Protagonist in A Dolls House |
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| Abstract: | The This paper investigates the words used by Henrik Ibsen in his play, A Dolls House, to portray a female character. The use of adjectives for the female protagonist Nora is of primary concern in this research. The play A Dolls House was downloaded from the internet and used for the corpus compilation, which was analyzed using the corpus tools, AntConc 3.5.8 and TagAnt, and explained with the hel ...Read More |
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1-Athar Rashid: Assistant Professor, Department of Governance & Public Policy, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Arshad Ali: Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Shahid Abbas: Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Norwegian Society, A Dolls House, Male Domination, Gender Discrimination |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).05 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).05 |
| Page Nos: | 34-44 |
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| Theorizing Black Power Movement in African American Literature: An Analysis of Morrison's Fiction |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyzes the influence of the
Black Power movement on the AfricanAmerican literary productions; especially in
the fictional works of Toni Morrison. As an
African-American author, Toni Morrison
presents the idea of 'Africanness' in her
novels. Morrison's fiction comments on the
fluid bond amongst the African-American
community, the Black Power and Black
Aesthetics. The works of M ...Read More |
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1-Fayaz Ahmad Kumar: PhD Scholar, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Colette Morrow : Associate Professor, Perdue Northwest University, USA. |
| Keywords: | Trauma, Fiction, History, Memory, Community |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).06 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-IV).06 |
| Page Nos: | 45-53 |
| Volume & Issue: | V-IV |
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