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- Department of English GS
- 051-9265066
- aleenashahzad@numl.edu.pk
Aleena Shahzad
LecturerPhd in Literature (in progress)
2017 M.Phil in English Literature)
Thesis/Dissertation Topic: Representation of Afro-American Slaves in the Light of Gothic Ambiance:A Comparative Study of Beloved and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 2019 - Till date Lecturer(English) National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
- Sep 2017 - June 2020 Lecturer(English) Riphah International University, Islamabad
- Oct 2020 - Feb 2020 Lecturer(English)/Visiting, Iqra University University, Islamabad
- Sep 2016 - June 2018 Lecturer(English)/Visiting, International Islamic University, Islamabad
o Published Articles
Shahzad, A.(2023). “Embroidering Dreams into Veils”: Negotiating Identity and Religious Tolerance via Art in The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf. Journal of Research in Humanities, 59(1),123-144.
Shahzad, A(2023). Navigating Monstrous Spaces in the Dystopian Novel Before She Sleeps. Research Journal of Language and Literature,8(1), 1-19.
Shahzad, A.(2023).Navigating Prison Aesthetics amidst Female Body Spatiality in a Selected Anglophone Fiction. Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific,50,1-13.
https://doi.org/10.25911/PH5T-2M95
Shahzad, A.(2021). Poetics of Dystopian amidst Female Subjugation in Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh. Journal of Research in Humanities, 57(2),65-82.
Shahzad, A.(2020). Politics of Women Subjugation: A Comparative Analysis of Nadeem Aslam’s Leila in the Wilderness and Rooftop Dwellers by Anita Desai. University of Wah Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities,3(1),1-14.
o Published Book Chapter(s)
Shahzad, A.& Khan ,F.(2024).Literature, Technology and Postmodernism: Paradigms, Parallels and Paradoxes. In D.Kumar (Ed.), English Evoked:21st Century Insights into English Literature, Linguistics and Translation Studies(pp.44-54).Pacific Books International.
ISBN 978-93-88536-79-0.
Shahzad, A.(2023).Gender Issues in 21st Century in English Literature. In D. Kumar & A.A.Abdelfattah (Eds.), Mapping Feminism: Unearthing Women’s Existence in the World Nexus(pp.110-118).The Kitab Art. ISBN : 978-93-91942-31
- Women's Literature
- Dystopian Literature
- Border Studies
- Trauma Studies
- Young adult Pakistani Anglophone Literature
- Gothic literature
- Afro-American literature
Education
Phd in Literature (in progress)
2017 M.Phil in English Literature)
Thesis/Dissertation Topic: Representation of Afro-American Slaves in the Light of Gothic Ambiance:A Comparative Study of Beloved and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Experience
- 2019 - Till date Lecturer(English) National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
- Sep 2017 - June 2020 Lecturer(English) Riphah International University, Islamabad
- Oct 2020 - Feb 2020 Lecturer(English)/Visiting, Iqra University University, Islamabad
- Sep 2016 - June 2018 Lecturer(English)/Visiting, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Publications
o Published Articles
Shahzad, A.(2023). “Embroidering Dreams into Veils”: Negotiating Identity and Religious Tolerance via Art in The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf. Journal of Research in Humanities, 59(1),123-144.
Shahzad, A(2023). Navigating Monstrous Spaces in the Dystopian Novel Before She Sleeps. Research Journal of Language and Literature,8(1), 1-19.
Shahzad, A.(2023).Navigating Prison Aesthetics amidst Female Body Spatiality in a Selected Anglophone Fiction. Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific,50,1-13.
https://doi.org/10.25911/PH5T-2M95
Shahzad, A.(2021). Poetics of Dystopian amidst Female Subjugation in Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh. Journal of Research in Humanities, 57(2),65-82.
Shahzad, A.(2020). Politics of Women Subjugation: A Comparative Analysis of Nadeem Aslam’s Leila in the Wilderness and Rooftop Dwellers by Anita Desai. University of Wah Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities,3(1),1-14.
o Published Book Chapter(s)
Shahzad, A.& Khan ,F.(2024).Literature, Technology and Postmodernism: Paradigms, Parallels and Paradoxes. In D.Kumar (Ed.), English Evoked:21st Century Insights into English Literature, Linguistics and Translation Studies(pp.44-54).Pacific Books International.
ISBN 978-93-88536-79-0.
Shahzad, A.(2023).Gender Issues in 21st Century in English Literature. In D. Kumar & A.A.Abdelfattah (Eds.), Mapping Feminism: Unearthing Women’s Existence in the World Nexus(pp.110-118).The Kitab Art. ISBN : 978-93-91942-31
Interests
- Women's Literature
- Dystopian Literature
- Border Studies
- Trauma Studies
- Young adult Pakistani Anglophone Literature
- Gothic literature
- Afro-American literature