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Item Effects of Trauma on Language: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of ―Terrorist‖ by John Updike(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2020) Ayesha Rani; CIIT/SP19-REL-007/LHR; Dr. Muhammad Ayub; LHR TP 6530e current research is a psycholinguistic analysis conducted on Updike‘s novel, ―Terrorist” (2006). This study has explored the element of trauma, its depiction and its effects on the language of its victim Ahmad, the protagonist of the selected novel. For this purpose, the researcher has applied Cathy Caruth‘s trauma theory as given in her book ―Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History” (1996) as a theoretical framework for this study. Unspeakability, latency and repetition are the basic tropes of Caruthian stance of trauma. The study has followed the qualitative research paradigm by employing Catherine Belsey‘s (2005) research method of ―textual analysis‖ for the interpretation and analysis of the text with the help of extra textual knowledge. The researcher has used the close reading technique to collect textual excerpts spoken by Ahmad during his different psychological states referred as pre-trauma phase, trauma phase and post-trauma phase in order to measure the effects of trauma on Ahmad‘s linguistic pattern. The findings of this research attest that Updike‘s ―Terrorist‖ is a trauma novel and that trauma leaves chaotic effects on the linguistic standard of its victim, Ahmad. The researcher has found that Updike has used figurative language and trauma lexis to deal with trauma. This research work is significant as an interdisciplinary venture has linked fields of literature, linguistics and psychology.Item Lexical Depiction of Trauma in Modern Fiction: A Study of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2020) Muhammad Aqib; FA18-REL-010; Dr. Muhammad Ayub; LHR TP 6005In the present study, Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West has been explored as a trauma narrative in order to analyze the lexical depiction of trauma. The study aims to explore how the author has dealt with the traumatic conditions of the characters’ lives and how such context have affected the linguistic patterns of the characters. The researcher has employed Cathy Crauth’s Unclaimed Experience and Michael Hoey’s Lexical Priming Priming as the theoretical framework for this study. Unspeakability, speakability, latency, repetition and testimony are the tropes of Crauthian theory and Lexical Priming refers to study the role of individual lexis in fictional and creative contexts. The purpose of this research is to explore how Mohsin Hamid uses lexical items to depict the trauma and how does he construct the meaning of trauma in Exit West. The study has followed a qualitative approach while the frequency of the sample of trauma lexis used in the novel has been checked through MS Word. The results attest that Exit West is a trauma narrative of Crauthian strain and the author has used lexical markers for trauma tropes. Trauma has been observed through the negation of non-trauma situation and trauma exemplification. The narration of the novel is about trauma and the study of disturbed meanings and grammars of lexical items has revealed that the narration is also traumatized.Item An Ecofeministic analysis of Alice Walker‘s ―The Color Purple(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2020) Kanwal Majeed; FA18-REL-005; Dr. Muhammad Ayub; LHR TP 6001The present research study aims to explore an English novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker from an ecofeminist perspective. Ecofeminism provides a new and broader vision for understanding the situation of human and nature by placing women‘s sufferings and environmental deterioration in systems of oppression. Alice Walker has a profound ecofeminist sense, which is displayed in her preoccupation with the plight of the black people, their relationship with the white people in a patriarchal and dualized society, and the bonds between human beings and nonhuman nature. Although, Walker uses the word ―Womanism‖ to show her unremitting concern with the lives and rights of black women; her efforts in revealing the oppression of the black and her love for nonhuman nature leads her further into disclosing the link between the destruction of nonhuman nature and oppression of women. The popularity of The Color Purple lies to a large extent in the ecofeminist sense that Walker demonstrates in her writing. An ecofeminist reading of this novel means a better understanding of the relationship between men and women as well as people of different races and backgrounds, and the relationship between humans and nonhuman nature. The present study explores the theme of woman domination and subjugation by the males of that society and the premise is being evaluated through textual examples from the novel derived through close reading technique.Item A Journey to Self- Realization in Forty Rules of Love(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2020) Hafiza Aroosa Sahibzadi; FA18-REL-009; Dr. Muhammad Ayub; LHR TP 6004This research is conducted on the spiritual journey of two leading characters Ella and Rumi from the novel Forty Rules of Love written by Elif Shafak. It presents a comparative study of both journeys that in which way they are similar or different. Their journeys to self-realization are described in the light of Rumi‟s seven stages on the path to truth. Textual analysis has been used as a research method to interpret and analyze the text with the help of extra textual knowledge. Freud‟s psychoanalysis theory of id, ego and superego is used to show the transformation of Ella and Rumi. The study revealed that love and true companionship has the power of transformation. On the way to truth, one has to face a lot of criticism but we need to be steadfast to achieve our goal. Ella and Rumi chose to lead a life for others to make them happy.Item The Study of Deconstructing Social Disparities in Moni Mohsin‘s The Diary of a Social Butterfly(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2020) Aqsa Riaz; FA18-REL-003; Dr. Muhammad Ayub; LHR TP 5999The present research study has been carried on the novel, The Diary of a Social Butterfly by Moni Mohsin. The research intends to look at the way the narrator has depicted social disparities through different socio and political events happening in the novel. The writer has tried to deliver the account of the problematic state of Pakistan. The researcher used narrative analysis to analyze and interpret the text. However, narrative analysis is used to analyze any text that is based on a story or an event. It is also helpful to perceive what the narrator had in his mind while writing the story. The theoretical framework of Marxism has been used to construct and carry out the research. The Marxism approach criticizes the socio- political problems going on in society hence it is used to show how social and political events can lead to social crises or disparities. The text in the novel gave an impression that the novel only talks about the lifestyle of Butterfly, who is a spoiled brat and a shopaholic. On the other hand, the novel not only discusses Butterfly‟s standard of living only but it also portrays the protagonist's life in problematic scenarios such as war, terrorism and earthquake, etc. Also, the research identifies how these issues of social instability create constant conflict between privileged and deprived.