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Ph. D., PGCTE, UGC NET in English, M. A. in English, Higher Secondary (10+2), B. A. (Hons.) in English, Secondary School Examination
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Associate Professor
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Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Indian Writing in English and ELT.
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Abode, 50-Dream City, Dhorrah By-Pass Road, Aligarh (UP)-202001
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9997580079
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msislam@myamu.ac.in
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Dr. Md.Sajidul Islam is Associate Professor. He has been teaching in the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University since April 2007. He has taught at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, and Haringhata College, Kalyani University, West Bengal before joining here. The areas of his research interests are Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Indian Writing in English, Contemporary British Fiction, and English Language Teaching. He has been teaching Communication Skills, Business Communication, and Fiction in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. He also has interests in teaching British Fiction, Indian Fiction, Literary Criticism, and Theory. He has been associated with the English Access Microscholarship Programme, teaching English Communication Skills to the underprivileged school children of A.M.U. Schools. He has been awarded scholarships by Regional English Language Office, US Embassy, New Delhi to participate in online teacher training programs from the University of Oregon, USA, and Iowa State University, USA.
- On 'The Mirror of Beauty' the Magnum Opus of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Orhan Pamuk describes Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s novel The Mirror of Beauty as ‘an erudite, amazing historical novel, elegiac in tone and written with heartfelt attention to the details and the rituals of a lost culture’. The novel was originally written in Urdu and was published in 2006 entitled “Ka’i Chand The Sar-e-Aasmaan. Faruqi translated the novel himself into English and published it in 2013 as The Mirror of Beauty. Orhan Pamuk’s description of the novel very aptly captures all the best characteristics of the novel Faruqi wished to incorporate in the book.The present paper explores The Mirror of Beauty ?as historical and postcolonial novel recreating the culture and civilization of the last phase of the Mughal rule giving way to British colonial rule.?
- 'Reading the Mind of Artists: An Analysis of the Artistic Selves in Hanif Kureishi?s Novels' Download PDF
The present research paper takes its cue from the psycho-philosophical concept of creativity and develops its workable theoretical framework within cultural studies with ethnic studies being its strongest component with reference to Hanif Kureishi's novels.
- • ‘Teaching Listening Comprehension’
The paper deals with the challenges of listening comprehension of fast paced speech of native or near native fluency faced by Indian students. It is an attempt to understand the nature of the problem and provide suitable solution for classroom practice to enhance listening comprehension.