Aleena Shahzad

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  •   Department of English GS
  •   051-9265066
  •   aleenashahzad@numl.edu.pk

Aleena Shahzad

Lecturer

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

  • 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