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Irina Schulzki deposited Психопоэтика меланхолии в романе Михаила Шишкина “Записки Ларионова” [Psychopoetics of Melancholy in Mikhail Shishkin’s Novel ‘Notes of Larionov’] in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks agoСommenting on “Notes of Larionov”, Mikhail Shishkin defined his own authorial role in it as follows: «A novel is a means of finding the way to that very primordial love. The author for the characters is similar to God». One can extrapolate this by saying that the author is not only and not as much God to the fictional characters as a ps…[Read more]
Muhammad Naeem deposited SOCIAL MOBILITY, ECONOMICS AND HUMAN AGENCY: A Study of Shahid-e-Råna in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months agoTo determine the social status of a person, Sorokin coined the idea of Social space. This theme is useful in analyzing the relative position of a person in one’s group and one’s horizontal or vertical movement within and to other groups. Novel is a symbolic space, which makes possible for writers to construct the relative social status of…[Read more]
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Muhammad Naeem deposited Mirat-ul-Uroos: Female Agency and Male Reform in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months agoIn this article, much discussed and popular novel of Nazir Ahmad, Miratul Uroos is analyzed in gender perspective. With the analysis of its main character Asghari, it is argued that novelistic fiction brings about in Urdu literature possibilities of human Agency, especially for the hitherto silenced voices of oppressed gender. This character also…[Read more]
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Muhammad Naeem deposited Sorat-e Hal and Willful Modernism in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months agoUrdu literature saw a “Reform boom” in the second half of nineteenth century. Most of the literati were engaged in understanding, and presenting their views on, the rapidly changing world around them. This article analyses a text produced in 1893 by Shad Azeemabadi, enhancing the need for reform in the Zenana. By underscoring the relationship of…[Read more]
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Muhammad Naeem deposited Ayyama: Emancipation and Narrative in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months agoNazir Ahmad, often considered to be the first Urdu novelist, used narratives for understanding the quickly changing world around him, and in his work, shaped expanding possibilities and new roles for Muslim ashrāf women. Although he is usually thought of as a cleric who had a traditional approach towards society and new forms of knowledge, in…[Read more]
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Muhammad Naeem deposited Culture, Colonialsim and Curriculum: Normalization in Majalis un-Nisa in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months agoThis article explores the normalization of Ashraf Culture and Colonizers in Majalis un-Nisa. It is argued that the colonial authorities tried at their capacity to keep themselves at length from the colonized physically and disseminated the discourse of colonial difference to present themselves as role models symbolically. While preparing the…[Read more]
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Muhammad Naeem deposited Meena Bazar: Religious Construction of History in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months agoIdentity is a cultural construction. Literary genres also take part in this process. In novel, characters’ particular traits are selected and their actions’ interpreted by the writer in their cultural context. Even the historical novel is no exception. While presenting the historical persons the selection and interpretation are derived from…[Read more]
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