Sir Syed journal of education & social research, Apr 19, 2020
This paper aims to analyze the colonial worldview characteristic of the friendship between the En... more This paper aims to analyze the colonial worldview characteristic of the friendship between the English and the Indians in the early 20th century represented in E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India. The socio-cultural contacts between the British colonizers impersonated in the novel as the British characters and Muslim Indians as the colonized group is studied in detail. Applying Franz Fanon's psycho-political perspective the paper focuses on conflicting situations between two groups of characters in the novel. The paper focuses on the colonial worldview and its effects on the relations described in the novel are represented through the situations of misunderstanding and alienation that result in chaos. The study found that the hostile and discriminate approach of English men toward the Indians never let the relationship flourish. The study however, shows some positive signs, as the author has criticized the attitude of the English. This paper suggests further research into Forster's novels from different literary perspectives to investigate the psyche and its effects on human relationships.
This study critically analyzes intoxicants and their symbolic value with regard to social evil in... more This study critically analyzes intoxicants and their symbolic value with regard to social evil in Anita Shreve's novel, Testimony (2009). It considers an alcohol as an intoxicant and explains how such social practices cast impact on the meanings in which alcohol is used as a dominant ideology and examines how various social evils caused by the overuse of alcohol under the perspective of Critical theory by using Fairclough's (2001) Critical Discourse Analysis Model. It investigated symbolic associations of alcohol used as the powerful discourse of social evil. It also examined the various situations where certain linguistic structures analyzed the various interactions linguistically. The paper found out that the use of intoxicants constructs the social evils which further made human life by risking their honor and self-respect. The study will be contributory to the young scholars as well as an addition to the main bulk of knowledge.
Purpose of the Study: Franz Kafka is a much-debated existential writer who portrays existential t... more Purpose of the Study: Franz Kafka is a much-debated existential writer who portrays existential traumas prevalent in his era. This research unfolds identity-related issues present in an existential journey of characters. Those are usually discussed in terms of existence and being. Identity formation, in an existential narrative, is seen in the process of becoming. Methodology: This paper is an interpretive phenomenological study to unearth the phenomenon of identity. Heidegger's interpretive phenomenology, along with Sartre's ontological framework, will be used to analyze Kafka's two novels, The Trial and The Castle. Yet, his book, Amerika, is left as it is considered unfinished. Findings: The Kafkaesque world pictures the traumas of the existential world, and this study mainly focuses on the phenomenon of identity, which is in constant flux in these ever-changing dimensions of the existential journey. Authentic and inauthentic existence, good and bad faith, is essential...
The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, Jun 10, 2021
This paper aims to unveil the psychological aspects in the character, Darashikoh Shehzad (Daru) o... more This paper aims to unveil the psychological aspects in the character, Darashikoh Shehzad (Daru) of Mohsin Hamid's novel "Moth Smoke" (2000). It uses the story of Daru, a banker who got fired from his job in the bank. He develops infatuation for his friend Aurangzeb's (Ozi) wife, Mumtaz, got indulged into drugs and misdeeds hence living a deceitful and wayward life. Jungian theory is applied on Daru by the help of content analysis, bringing out ameliorated comprehension of his affinity with Mumtaz. It concludes that the image of Mumtaz in the psyche of Daru is of an internal woman, which in Jungian terminology known as "Anima", it is an internal image of a woman imprinted on the psyche of a man. Daru falls for her despite knowing that she is a flare who can extinguish him because if Ozi came to know about their affiliation, it would bring on his indignation on Daru. Mumtaz is irresistible for him as she is his anima and therefore his all efforts to avoid her went futile because once a man finds his anima it is impossible to get rid of her.
Sir Syed journal of education & social research, Apr 19, 2020
This paper aims to analyze the colonial worldview characteristic of the friendship between the En... more This paper aims to analyze the colonial worldview characteristic of the friendship between the English and the Indians in the early 20th century represented in E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India. The socio-cultural contacts between the British colonizers impersonated in the novel as the British characters and Muslim Indians as the colonized group is studied in detail. Applying Franz Fanon's psycho-political perspective the paper focuses on conflicting situations between two groups of characters in the novel. The paper focuses on the colonial worldview and its effects on the relations described in the novel are represented through the situations of misunderstanding and alienation that result in chaos. The study found that the hostile and discriminate approach of English men toward the Indians never let the relationship flourish. The study however, shows some positive signs, as the author has criticized the attitude of the English. This paper suggests further research into Forster's novels from different literary perspectives to investigate the psyche and its effects on human relationships.
This study critically analyzes intoxicants and their symbolic value with regard to social evil in... more This study critically analyzes intoxicants and their symbolic value with regard to social evil in Anita Shreve's novel, Testimony (2009). It considers an alcohol as an intoxicant and explains how such social practices cast impact on the meanings in which alcohol is used as a dominant ideology and examines how various social evils caused by the overuse of alcohol under the perspective of Critical theory by using Fairclough's (2001) Critical Discourse Analysis Model. It investigated symbolic associations of alcohol used as the powerful discourse of social evil. It also examined the various situations where certain linguistic structures analyzed the various interactions linguistically. The paper found out that the use of intoxicants constructs the social evils which further made human life by risking their honor and self-respect. The study will be contributory to the young scholars as well as an addition to the main bulk of knowledge.
Purpose of the Study: Franz Kafka is a much-debated existential writer who portrays existential t... more Purpose of the Study: Franz Kafka is a much-debated existential writer who portrays existential traumas prevalent in his era. This research unfolds identity-related issues present in an existential journey of characters. Those are usually discussed in terms of existence and being. Identity formation, in an existential narrative, is seen in the process of becoming. Methodology: This paper is an interpretive phenomenological study to unearth the phenomenon of identity. Heidegger's interpretive phenomenology, along with Sartre's ontological framework, will be used to analyze Kafka's two novels, The Trial and The Castle. Yet, his book, Amerika, is left as it is considered unfinished. Findings: The Kafkaesque world pictures the traumas of the existential world, and this study mainly focuses on the phenomenon of identity, which is in constant flux in these ever-changing dimensions of the existential journey. Authentic and inauthentic existence, good and bad faith, is essential...
The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, Jun 10, 2021
This paper aims to unveil the psychological aspects in the character, Darashikoh Shehzad (Daru) o... more This paper aims to unveil the psychological aspects in the character, Darashikoh Shehzad (Daru) of Mohsin Hamid's novel "Moth Smoke" (2000). It uses the story of Daru, a banker who got fired from his job in the bank. He develops infatuation for his friend Aurangzeb's (Ozi) wife, Mumtaz, got indulged into drugs and misdeeds hence living a deceitful and wayward life. Jungian theory is applied on Daru by the help of content analysis, bringing out ameliorated comprehension of his affinity with Mumtaz. It concludes that the image of Mumtaz in the psyche of Daru is of an internal woman, which in Jungian terminology known as "Anima", it is an internal image of a woman imprinted on the psyche of a man. Daru falls for her despite knowing that she is a flare who can extinguish him because if Ozi came to know about their affiliation, it would bring on his indignation on Daru. Mumtaz is irresistible for him as she is his anima and therefore his all efforts to avoid her went futile because once a man finds his anima it is impossible to get rid of her.
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