Contents Volume VI Issue II (Spring 2021)
| Investigating Integration of Writing Skills in Grade VIII English PTBB Textbook |
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| Abstract: | The present study aimed to explore the integration of writing skills competency in the Grade VIII English
textbook prescribed by the Punjab textbook board. A content analysis was carried out in the backdrop of a
checklist based on the competencies and students' learning outcomes provided in the latest English National
Curriculum (2006), Pakistan. The writing competency was proposed to improve l ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sana Baig : Lecturer, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Fareeha Javed : Assistant Professor, Head of TESOL Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Fasiha Altaf : PhD Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Writing Skills, National English Curriculum, Competency, Student Learning Outcomes, Grade VIII and English Textbook |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).01 |
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| The Organization of Power in Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Foucauldian Reading |
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| Abstract: | The present study aims to highlight the role of power in Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
through the ideas given by Michel Foucault. Roy discusses various power centers present in contemporary Indian
society, which institutionalize the suppression faced by various characters in the novel on the basis of their caste,
religion, social class, or political affiliations. The study i ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Raheela Hameed Laghari : Research Scholar, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Asif Khan : Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Aamer Shaheen : Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Foucault, Hierarchy, Power, Resistance, Suppression |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).02 |
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| Page Nos: | 15-23 |
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| Memory for Text: The Relationship between Form and Meaning |
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| Abstract: | A linguistic sign, according to Saussure (1966), is a combination of a signifier (form) and a signified (meaning).
Form without meaning is just half of the sign. Although in some situations surface forms are excellently retained
in memory over time, in most circumstances, explicit long term memory for the surface details or memory for
forms of long-past linguistic events is poor or non-existent ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Amjad Saleem : Assistant Professor, Department of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Umer : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Islamia College University Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Form, Meaning, Memory, Memorization, Text, Processing |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).03 |
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| Page Nos: | 24-29 |
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| Schooling the Souls of the Savages: Theme of Negative Stereotyping in Native American Play |
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| Abstract: | The present article deals with the theme of negative stereotyping in the backdrop of identity and representation
in Native American drama with special reference to Scott Momaday's The Indolent Boys, The Moon in Two
Windows, and Howe & Gordon's Indian Radio Days. By assuming an explicit postcolonial angle, these plays
consciously subvert the project of negative stereotyping of the natives by emp ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Asma Aftab : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Sadia Akram : Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Eurocentrism, Negative Stereotyping, Native American Plays, Savages |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).04 |
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| Exploring Racism, and Anxieties of Identity in Aslam's Selected Work |
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| Abstract: | The question of identity and sense of displacement is always fundamental for culturally displaced people. The
objective of the Diaspora writings is to explore the construction of new identities in new cultural places and the
painful experiences of migration. The present study aims to explore the issue of identity and racism in selected
fictional works, Season of the Rainbirds (1993) and Maps fo ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sameen Nisar : Scholar, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Mamona Yasmin Khan : Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Aqsa Choudhry : Research Scholar, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Ambiguous, Identity, Immigrants, Marginalization, Minorities, Racism, Stereotypical Attitude |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).05 |
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| Page Nos: | 37-47 |
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| Stereotypical Hijab, Oppressive Forces and Postcolonial Muslim Women: A Critical Analysis of Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri |
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| Abstract: | This research highlights the use of the word Hijab and the position of Muslim women in Sabyn Javeri's Hijabistan.
This study is significant as Hijab is considered important, sacred and respectful in many religions of the world
but is portrayed as a sign of stigma and oppression when associated with Muslim women. It is assumed that
Muslim women used to wear Hijab to hide their negative activitie ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sanniya Sara Batool : Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Nafees Parvez : Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Amna Farooq : Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Hijabistan, Hijab, Ideology, Muslim Women, Oppression, Scar, Sabyn Javeri |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).06 |
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| Page Nos: | 48-55 |
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| The Theatre of Historical Revision: An Analysis of the Native American Drama Tradition |
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| Abstract: | We attempt to analyse the form and content of major Native American plays to discuss their
relationship with the traditional English drama and its content. By looking at plays of key Native
American playwrights, we show that the Native American tradition goes against the English
tradition of drama in its form by challenging the unities of time and place and characterization. It
also brings in ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Amer Akhtar : HoD, Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Rida Rehman : Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.3-Neelum Almas : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan. |
| Keywords: | Native American, Genocide, Drama, Historical Revision |
| DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07 |
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| DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07 |
| Page Nos: | 56-62 |
| Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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