Papers by Shahid Hussain 1030-FLL/BSENG/S13
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Partition of the sub-continent of India in 1947 has been dealt with by many Pakistani and Indian ... more Partition of the sub-continent of India in 1947 has been dealt with by many Pakistani and Indian English language novelists. Partition affected millions of people, changed the map of the sub-continent. The countries of the region still live under its shadows. The present study intended to investigate the portrayal of the Partition by two English language writers from India and Pakistan, Bapsi Sidhwa and Khushwant Singh in their novels, with the objective to focus upon and highlight their respective perspectives on the Partition, mainly, in Ice Candy Man and Train to Pakistan respectively. The study was based upon the exhaustive analysis of the texts, from the two novels in the light of postcolonial theory. The study has shown that Sidhwa has her own individual and independent perspective on Partition, while Singh subscribes to official Indian perspective on it. The study has also shown that the view points of certain Indian and Bangladeshi critics about the portrayal of Partition by Sidhwa are unjustified and unfair.
The Three-fold Purpose of Criticism:
Literature is a powerful tool in the hands of a creative writer to modulate and change the societ... more Literature is a powerful tool in the hands of a creative writer to modulate and change the societal framework, and Bapsi Sidhwa through her extremely absorbing and most important work, Ice-Candy-Man, seeks to contribute to the progress of change that has already started all over the world, involving reconsideration of women's rights and status and a radical restructuring of social thought. Bapsi Sidhwa belongs to that group of women creative writers who have started to depict the determined women, for whom traditional role is inadequate, a woman who wishes to affirm their independence and autonomy and is perfectly capable of assuming new roles and responsibilities. In Ice-Candy-Man, Sidhwa wishes a world free from dominance and hierarchy, a world which is based on the principles of justice and equality and is truly human. In this novel sidhwa represents a series of female characters who have survived in a chaotic time of 1947 in India, which can be registered as a period of worst religious riots in the history of humankind. Emotional turmoil, individual weakness, barbarities of communal riots and brutalities inflicted on women has been faithfully projected by Sidhwa. The whole story has been narrated by Lenny who relates the horrors of violence and her personal observation and reactions. She not only observes but analyses man's lascivious and degrading attentions towards women, voraciousness of male sexual desires, women; as they are reduced to the status of sexual objects and relates the peculiar disadvantages, social and evil, to which they are subjected. Ice-Candy-Man, is a saga of female suppression and marginalization. It projects realistically women's plight and exploitation in the patriarchal society. It exposes how men establish their masculine power and hence fulfill their desires by brutally assaulting women. While as on the other hand, it poignantly depicts how women endure the pain and humiliation enacted upon them.
Impression management, the process by which people control the impressions others form of them, p... more Impression management, the process by which people control the impressions others form of them, plays an important role in interpersonal behavior. This article presents a 2-component model within which the literature regarding impression management is reviewed. This model conceptualizes impression management as being composed of 2 discrete processes. The 1st involves impression motivation-the degree to which people are motivated to control how others see them. Impression motivation is conceptualized as a function of 3 factors: the goal-relevance of the impressions one creates, the value of desired outcomes, and the discrepancy between current and desired images. The 2nd component involves impression construction. Five factors appear to determine the kinds of impressions people try to construct: the self-concept, desired and undesired identity images, role constraints, target's values, and current social image. The 2-component model provides coherence to the literature in the area, addresses controversial issues, and supplies a framework for future research regarding impression management.
Books by Shahid Hussain 1030-FLL/BSENG/S13
A worth reading text for better understanding of Critical Theory .
A well read to understand Literary Theories
Grammar Of Shina Language And Vocabulary
Sociolingustic Survey Of Northern Pakistan-
Languages of Northern Areas
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Papers by Shahid Hussain 1030-FLL/BSENG/S13
Books by Shahid Hussain 1030-FLL/BSENG/S13