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01 - Understanding the formation of linguistic relativity: A Structuralist Analysis o

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2024(IX-I).01
10.31703/glr.2024(IX-I).01      Published : Mar 2024

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    The Handmaid’sTale is a dystopian fiction which has caught attention of many critics and metafiction readers for its stylistic and thematic approaches. The structuralist theory was morphing into post-structuralist theory at the time the novel came out. Thus, it is necessary to undergo the structuralist and linguistic relative analysis of this metafiction. This research paper attempts to unde... Details

    Linguistic Relativity, Structuralism, Metafiction, Feminist Resistance

    (1) Syed Waqar Hussain Shah
    Graduate Scholar, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
    (2) Arooba Choudhary
    Undergraduate Scholar, Institute of English Language and Literature, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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02 - Fiction as an Escape from Postmodern Existential Dread: How Fantasy Responds to

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2024(IX-I).02
10.31703/glr.2024(IX-I).02      Published : Mar 2024

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    The primary intent of this research is to investigate how fiction especially fantasy series like those of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, offers to be a means to escape from the postmodern existential and pragmatic anxieties. Postmodernism is characterized by intertextuality and subjectivity in every domain of life leaving human beings in an abyss of searching for mean... Details

    Harry Potter, Hobbit, Postmodernism, Fantasy

    (1) Waniya Masood
    Graduate Scholar, Department of English Literature and Language, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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