Komal Ansari

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Sindh

Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine the postcolonial elements i.e, hybridity, mimicry, and ambivalence concerning Hanif Kureishi’s novel The Black Album (1995). The protagonist of the novel faces religious, economic, social, racial, and ethnic identities in a tormenting and perturbing social order of England. Methodology: This article...

This study examines the status of women in the Islamic world, particularly Afghanistan with reference to Khalid Hosseini's 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' through application of feminist literary criticism. Through close reading analysis method, the qualitative study intends to unfold different forms of gender discrimination and the response of women to...

This article will endeavor to discover the presence of Marxist ideology, in Morrison’s, novels, The Bluest Eye and Beloved. Marxism is a literary theory which focuses on class struggle and materialism. Toni Morrison writes about the culture in which she lives and from which she neither consciously nor emotionally escapes. The Marxist literary ideol...

Every human being is beautiful with his own colour and appearance. No colour makes one beautiful but the white people of America have propagated the idea of white beauty as a tool of their politics to show themselves superior to the blacks. They focused on the colour because to be white for a black is unattainable as it is biological. They also tri...

This paper critically analyzes the dilemma of identity crisis and its impact on immigrants concerning the Hanif Kurieggidentity crisis into its texts because of the rule of colonial power and its impacts on the colonized. Under the impact of this colonial power, the crisis of identity has been originated in western countries on social, economic, po...

Post-coloniality is exceptionally major phenomena in the contemporary world literature and culture. It is more relevant to the cultural and literary paradigms of the people who experienced colonisation and decolonisation. The centuries-old practice of dominance left inerasable marks on the colonised people, their minds, thoughts, culture, language...

The study intends to bring about reforms in syllabus design by aiming to influence students" learning on a more interactive and student centered level. In this regard, the "How People Learn" (HPL) Framework of learning has been found quite effective in terms of generating productive learning outcomes. The HPL Framework based on the principles of "l...

This paper reviews the literature on Vygotskian theory of Socio-cultural learning and constructivist approach to teaching and learning and attempts to relate the socio-cultural theory to constructivism. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the ways socio-cultural theory helps to develop language pedagogies. Critical analysis of the literature...

The purpose of this article is to examine how a probe into the creative aspect of mind could offer wounded players living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) an affective opportunity to improve their quality of life, and use the same as a therapy or treatment leading to a possible cure. The data presented herein seeks to explore the reasons for receivi...

The research study critically traces the historical background of the introduction of the western education system with English as the medium of instruction in the Indian subcontinent and its impact on the teaching of various subjects and local languages in the postcolonial phase. It analyzes the transitional shift from the indigenous/regional vern...