Thesis Chapters by Zannati Zumara
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Home has always been a persisting topic in literature from the Early Victorian time to the presen... more Home has always been a persisting topic in literature from the Early Victorian time to the present postmodern time. In literature ‘home’ has always occupied a central position be it as setting, symbol or metaphor, or to denote politics surrounding home or to establish community and gender relationships. The word ‘home’ remains same but the connotations and representation of home changes in these literatures. In addition, the present situation of ‘homelessness” or “unhomely” feeling among the refugees, immigrants, ethnic and minority groups, North Korean defectors etc. have made it more important than ever to look at the idea of home and its changing process from a fresh perspective. Perhaps postcolonial literature is still the most powerful space to ask questions about the idea of home. A great change in the idea of ‘home’ is witnessed in the postcolonial context. Hence, this thesis is an enquiry in two well-established postcolonial novels titled A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul and Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie to interpret the idea of ‘home’. My major concern will be to scrutinize the reasons and the triggering factors behind the process of changing ‘home’ and how it creates a desire for owning a house” in one novels and becomes an ‘unhomely’ space in another novels in postcolonial context. Also, I will slightly reflect upon the female experience of this changed ‘home’ in both the novels. Apart from these two novels as primary resources, I will use scholarly journals, articles and other relevance books as secondary resources.
Drafts by Zannati Zumara
For centuries, Muslim trajectories have been intricately intertwined with European history. In th... more For centuries, Muslim trajectories have been intricately intertwined with European history. In the post-colonial era, however, a new transnational chapter opened with a great number of Muslims migrating to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, to whom Britain was initially welcoming, luring the Muslims to a better life in its multicultural premises. To Britain’s limitation, the country could not ensure equality for Muslims in terms of protecting their religious rights and freedom in post-immigration situation which Muslims faced due to ‘Islamophobia”. Britain could only think of two emerging issues regarding British immigrants’ which are “color racism” and “ethnic discrimination”, and discrimination or Islamophobic attacks or religious hate-crimes is considered as ‘war against ideologies’ which again do not fall under any lawfully considered legislation for protecting immigrants. As a result, when problems surrounding Muslims started arising in the 1980s as West waged “war against Islam” either directly or by supporting the states purportedly waging the war, namely Israel, Russia, Iran, and so on, resulting in wars and political unrest in Iraq, Palestine, Chechniya, Afghanistan, the Gulf war, Iranian revolution as well as the Rushdie affair in 1988. Britain’s multicultural ground fell apart and a structural “Islamophobia” emerged. Shortly, the world witnessed the emergence of some extremist groups like Hijbullah (1985), Al-Qaeda (1988), Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (1990), Tal-e-ban (1994) and Islamic State or Daesh (1999) who apparently claimed to bring back “Islamic Shariah”, while announcing wars against the non-Muslims and whoever were against Islam. The extremist activities of these handful of groups around the world soon augmented Islamophobia”, which further evoked the sense of belonging to “the global Muslim ummah” among the Muslims worldwide as Muslims as a whole were being persecuted and criticized due to ‘Islamophobia”, especially in the West. Unfortunately, political laws and policies in the West even in Britain are also not in favor of the Muslims in case of their victimization from “Islamophobic” attacks or harassments. They are also placed into a “limbo” state to opt between “Muslim” and “British” identities in search of belonging and acceptance either among British majority or Muslim community in so-called “multicultural” space of Britain. Consequently, some Muslims immigrating to the Western space start adapting with the aforementioned phenomena in western societies through various negotiations with their religious identities, either by being “moderate” or “extremist” or “westoxified”. Simultaneously, a new kind of Muslims emerges who are called “cultural Muslims”, which might play an important role in the debate between moderate and extremist Muslims. Hence, this thesis is an enquiry of imposed negotiations of religious identity of the British Muslims in the established postcolonial short story titled “My Son the Fanatic” (1994) by Hanif Kureishi, and two other novels titled Brick Lane (2003) by Monica Ali and Home Fire (2017) by Kamila Shamsie. This thesis is primarily concerned with scrutinizing the reasons and the triggering factors behind the process of negotiations of religious identity, and in order to discover whether it is possible to be both “Muslim” and “British” in Britain. My quest also focuses on the question, “why are these Muslims choosing to self-designate as “cultural Muslims”? Apart from these three literary works as primary resources, I have used scholarly journals, articles, newspaper articles, and other relevant books as secondary resources.
In literary works, it is observed that female bodies are endangered because of their male counter... more In literary works, it is observed that female bodies are endangered because of their male counterparts’ obsession with perfection. This is what we see in Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark” and Browning’s dramatic monologue “My Last Duchess”. Though both the literary works are from different genre, these works share a common theme where the female figures are the subjects of their husband’s obsession and embracing death as the consequence of obsession. Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American author of 19th century who has incorporated the theme of obsession in his short story “The Birthmark” and showed how Aylmer’s obsession with perfection in physical beauty ultimately causes Georgiana’s death. On the other hand, Browning is a Victorian poet who has demonstrated the endangerment of female figure and marital violence during Victorian era toward the Duchess due to the Duke’s obsession with reputation and possessiveness in “My Last Duchess”.
In my paper, I will discuss the theme of obsession and how female bodies are endangered due to their male counterparts’ obsession in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and Browning’s “My Last Duchess”. Additionally, I will have psychoanalytic and feminism study to discuss the psyche of Aylmer and the Duke as well as to understand the inferior position of Georgiana and the Duchess.
Tale of an Invisible Shadow A weird kind of numbness and fear just crawled down my spine as soon ... more Tale of an Invisible Shadow A weird kind of numbness and fear just crawled down my spine as soon as I opened my eyes. Every limbs of my body seemed to have lost its effectiveness of feeling any kind of human emotions. A niggling pain in my chest was all I could perceive but I could not feel the pain as my neurons seem to be stiff and dull. It took me quite some time to settle myself and my memories to understand what actually happened to me. So far I could remember that I was in an upside down position on the barbwire constantly asking for water, and then it all merged into the silence of darkness. I could remember the last few minutes while hanging on the barbwire with an inhuman pains all over my body. I could remember the whispers around me and the heavy footsteps of soldiers wearing boots around the barbwire. I could hear the rustlings of dry leaves and the forceful ghastly winds sweeping over the leaves. I felt like to cry out loud but not a single sound I could make as I was already too exhausted and giving up on my life. Even at that moment, I didn't feel pity for myself but I felt immensely pained thinking about my parents, my younger sister Rokhsana and other acquaintances of my village whom I was leaving behind. Because I know my sufferings would end but what about them! Oh yes! My memories seemed to be in a stable condition as I could recall my name with a story of its own. Romela, my mother used to tell me how I was born after such a hard struggles causing sufferings to her. There was no doctor or hospital where she could go for abortion or delivery,
Papers by Zannati Zumara
Home has always been a persisting topic in literature from the Early Victorian time to the presen... more Home has always been a persisting topic in literature from the Early Victorian time to the present postmodern time. In literature ‘home’ has always occupied a central position be it as setting, symbol or metaphor, or to denote politics surrounding home or to establish community and gender relationships. The word ‘home’ remains same but the connotations and representation of home changes in these literatures. In addition, the present situation of ‘homelessness” or “unhomely” feeling among the refugees, immigrants, ethnic and minority groups, North Korean defectors etc. have made it more important than ever to look at the idea of home and its changing process from a fresh perspective. Perhaps postcolonial literature is still the most powerful space to ask questions about the idea of home. A great change in the idea of ‘home’ is witnessed in the postcolonial context. Hence, this thesis is an enquiry of ‘home’ in two well-established postcolonial novels titled A House for Mr. Biswas by ...
My paper endeavors to closely examine “urban space” which in this case New York and Brussels as t... more My paper endeavors to closely examine “urban space” which in this case New York and Brussels as transnational “contact zone” in reference to the novel Open City by Teju Cole. Before delving into my main discussion, I would like to discuss “urban space” in relation to “transnationalism” and “contact zone” in general. To support my arguments, I will incorporate literary theories and concepts borrowed from “transnationalism”, “geocriticism” and “contact zone” in my discussion.
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Thesis Chapters by Zannati Zumara
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In my paper, I will discuss the theme of obsession and how female bodies are endangered due to their male counterparts’ obsession in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and Browning’s “My Last Duchess”. Additionally, I will have psychoanalytic and feminism study to discuss the psyche of Aylmer and the Duke as well as to understand the inferior position of Georgiana and the Duchess.
Papers by Zannati Zumara
In my paper, I will discuss the theme of obsession and how female bodies are endangered due to their male counterparts’ obsession in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and Browning’s “My Last Duchess”. Additionally, I will have psychoanalytic and feminism study to discuss the psyche of Aylmer and the Duke as well as to understand the inferior position of Georgiana and the Duchess.