Papers by Shazir Hassan
This research is an attempt to understand the phenomena behind the women's construction of identi... more This research is an attempt to understand the phenomena behind the women's construction of identity who have suffered from sexual violence and now are choosing to talk about it either by opening up in front of family, social media platforms or legal platforms. No specific group of age was focused in the study so that the study population is not restricted. Also, the number of cases that have been put forth of sexual violence does not specify any group of age, education, race, or gender. Therefore, one of the ways this topic was approached was to be open towards any possibility; there was no certainty of the accounts, the form of narratives, the nature of participant, the language and the responses. The research aimed to specifically focus on the use of discursive resources that are available to these women and how they choose to use these resources to construct and reconstruct their identities, especially after they have come forward with their stories.
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Journal of critical reviews, 2021
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JCRD, 2021
This paper is an attempt to compare and contrast a few prominent queens in Greek Literature. It e... more This paper is an attempt to compare and contrast a few prominent queens in Greek Literature. It examines the ways in which each one individually was responsible for establishing a completely different face of a female body. Furthermore, the second side of the same coin of this term paper goes towards the invention of a new complex in literature which is "Antigone's complex" in terms of psychology. Which is more important than Oedipus, Electra's complex and Hamlet's complex. Paper concludes by providing an explanation to the question of Antigone as the Queen of classical literature as a trial in the court of critics as she was the only woman more than Helen who was the bone of contention of wars and played a vital role in the destruction of social institutions.
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Home as a Mythical Place for Diasporic People: A post-colonial study of Derek Walcottâs Dream on Monkey Mountain, 2021
This research paper explores that how 'home' becomes a mythic place for Diasporas in Derek Walcot... more This research paper explores that how 'home' becomes a mythic place for Diasporas in Derek Walcott's play Dream on Monkey Mountain. It analyses a Caribbean Negro, Makak's quest for 'home' and identity in a colonized multicultural West Indies. Living on the island, he feels excluded from the sense of belongingness to the land and he is subjugated by White colonizers due to his fact of blackness. Hence, he develops a desire for home and considers Africa as his land of origin. After return to roots, he feels himself a misfit in that culture and thus home becomes a place of no-return. The exploratory and explanatory approaches have adopted for this research paper. Therefore, it is qualitative in nature rather than quantitative. Its groundings are laid on postcolonial diaspora theory. They have strong feelings of attachment to their "homeland" (Safran).. The text of the play, Dream on Monkey Mountain will be used as the primary source for research and also John McLeod's Beginning Post colonialism for theoretical perception. By the study of this research, future scholars will be able to understand the concepts of Diaspora, home, hybridity and ambivalence in postcolonial diasporic Caribbean writings.
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PalArch, 2021
âBlissâ, a short story written by Katherine Mansfield, constitutes multiplicity of perspectives t... more âBlissâ, a short story written by Katherine Mansfield, constitutes multiplicity of perspectives to describe the world of Bertha Young. In revealing the inexplicable nature of Berthaâs happiness, the story also unfolds the multilayered social, political and cultural world inhabited by her. The identification, classification and implication of these social processes form the main part of the text. A Discourse may be understood as a structured way of thinking manifested in social formations or in different ways of expression whether in writing or in speech. Apart from the dominant language use or image patterns in this story, there are other discourses such as societal, cultural, natural, biblical and sexual discourses which are embedded within the main discourse of a woman named Bertha who seems unable to spot the source of her joyous exhilaration. A detailed analysis of these multiple discourses in this research unfolds the true reasons for Berthaâs exuberant self.
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PalArch, 2021
Music is a generally recognized wonder, present in each culture the whole way across the world. A... more Music is a generally recognized wonder, present in each culture the whole way across the world. A large portion of us tune in to music consistently. It is effectively open nowadays through shrewd gadgets, TV, radio, and so on we are continually presented to it at various events like birthday gatherings or weddings or straightforward social gatherings, along these lines, making music a basic and indivisible piece of our lives. Rentfrow and Gosling (2003) revealed that music is given more inclination over nourishment and among recreation exercises, music listening is the most enjoyed movement, trailed by the exercises like perusing books and watching motion pictures. Individuals trust that music inclinations give them knowledge about their identity and uncover as much about their identity as their different side interests do (Rentfrow and Gosling, 2003).
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Queer theory comes in as a perspective for understanding gender and sexuality and sheds light upo... more Queer theory comes in as a perspective for understanding gender and sexuality and sheds light upon oppressive sexual politics. The anatomical structure of the human body brings certain shackles with it. Ironically, these shackles define every heap of flesh as an individual and simultaneously are manmade horrors that continue to illuminate human existence with a shade of guilt and shame. Anatomy being the divine intervention between how proximity increases and decreases among human beings. Futile minds of present and past generations have made the mistake of attaching prestige to flesh as a form of pleasure and the price of this pleasure increases every time an individual stands up and stirs rebellion regarding their body as their identity marker and their method of pleasure seeking.
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FEMINISM AND TRIBALISM , 2021
This paper is concerned with the subjugation and oppression of women in the southern region of Pa... more This paper is concerned with the subjugation and oppression of women in the southern region of Pakistan. Women are constantly subjugated by patriarchy and male dominance. This research paper will identify Pakistani Muslim women in rural areas and how they are marginalized under the pressure of political and social institutes of Pakistan's tribal society. The struggle for basic women rights and oppression experiences are burning issue in the Southern region of Pakistan. This paper will critically analyze the feminist study of how tribalism works as a whole hidden system. Southern women have always been under pressure and an analysis of 'My Feudal Lord' will shed light on the same issue from experiences of Tehmina Durrani as an urbanized educated woman struggling to make her place in a tribal system.
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Globalization affects identities and culture, 2021
This research paper aims to show how globalization affects identity and culture. It is mainly con... more This research paper aims to show how globalization affects identity and culture. It is mainly concerned with the identity and cultures which are affected by globalization. The play My Beautiful Launderette provides the textual reference of how the globalized identity overcomes your culture and roots. There is always a globalized perspective that affects economic, political, social and individual lens for reviewing the reality that will be used in this research paper. The character of Omer in the play clearly shows the example of a globalized hybrid identity and how his economic, political, cultural and social circle is affected throughout the play. This paper will focus all on the identity and culture problems in the play that are affected by globalized culture.
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Book Reviews by Shazir Hassan
This research aims to investigate the idea of borderland in the relation of its characters in the... more This research aims to investigate the idea of borderland in the relation of its characters in the Arundhati Roy's novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness withthe critical analysis of Gloria Anzaldua theory of borderlands. In her book Borderlands/LaForentra(1987) she describes her experiences in the Rio Grande Valley between Texas and Mexico. Anzaldua portraits loss of mingling of two different cultures she also throws light on the product of the amalgamation of different cultures because she is one of those kinds of product in her society. She says, "Culture is made by those in power" (16). Cultures and traditions are made by those who are economically and physically strong. Physical borders are less harmful than invisible borders which meant to be the mental borders and these mental borders are the product of our societies.
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