Pub Date : 2023-12-21DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3020
Kasempat Poolsawas
The objectives of this documentary research are to study Catherine Lim’s concept of Chineseness in the Chinese diasporic context as well as to investigate the identity and existence of the ethnic culture of the Chinese diaspora in the Straits Settlement. This study is analyzed through Lim’s three novels: The Bondmaid (1995), The Teardrop Story Woman (1998), and The Song of Silver Frond (2003). All the novels present stories of the Straits Chinese or the Chinese diaspora in the Straits Settlement, the territories under the British occupation in the age of colonisation. The findings reveal that Lim’s cultural and social upbringing in Straits Chinese society helped mold her as a female diasporic Chinese. Straits Chinese society in Lim’s novels is one that adheres to Chinese beliefs and cultural norms as well as their cultural roots. However, Lim still reflects how the context of displacement from the motherland becomes an important factor to dilute the sense of Chineseness among the Straits Chinese. Moreover, Lim also interestingly presents the images of Chinese diasporic women in various dimensions in her novels.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3013
Nurul Jannah Zainan Nazri
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{"title":"We Stand with You in Love, O Palestine!","authors":"Nurul Jannah Zainan Nazri","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3013","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"35 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139168135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3010
Rinto Andriono, Novita Dewi
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{"title":"Retnaningsih the Dreamer","authors":"Rinto Andriono, Novita Dewi","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3010","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"9 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139168760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3002
Anindita Ghosal, Arindam Modak
The notion of place-attachment establishes a place-based identity, forging connectivity between place, psychology, and ecology. Exploring this tripartite connection, the paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of the novel Aranyak (1939) by acclaimed Bengali writer Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. The paper demonstrates how an individual manifests place attachment, sense of self, and identity in relation to the forestscape of Purnia, Bhagalpur, and Labtulia. Therefore, incorporating Lawrence Buell’s idea of place attachment and Arne Naess’s concept of ecological self, the paper attempts to unveil a sense of self-embeddedness shaped by an individual’s lived experiences and attachments with the ecology of the forest. The essence of a place ecology retains its impression upon the subconscious of the central character, Satyacharan. His comprehension of Aranya or the forest stems from the mycelial attachment of his psyche with the psyche of the place. This cultivates a profound sense of belongingness, echoing the notion of Dasein or being in the world in relation to forest ecology, central to our ecocritical exploration.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3012
Abdulwahed Jalal Nori
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{"title":"Dawn of Resilience: A Tribute to Gaza’s Children","authors":"Abdulwahed Jalal Nori","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3012","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"42 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139169275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3015
Farah Liyana Saiful Raslin
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{"title":"Palestine: The Pearl of the World","authors":"Farah Liyana Saiful Raslin","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3015","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"185 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139170513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3005
Somdatta Mandal
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{"title":"Mohammad A. Quayum (Ed.), Rabindranath Tagore’s Journey as an Educator: Critical Perspectives on His Poetics and Praxis","authors":"Somdatta Mandal","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3005","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139170545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3007
Srideep Mukherjee
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{"title":"Jatin Bala, A Life Uprooted: A Bengali Dalit Refugee Remembers","authors":"Srideep Mukherjee","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3007","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"12 32","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139168906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3014
Nusaiba Hossain
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{"title":"O Palestine","authors":"Nusaiba Hossain","doi":"10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.3014","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":504252,"journal":{"name":"Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature","volume":"9 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139168175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-20DOI: 10.31436/asiatic.v17i2.2994
Khalid Tag
This study investigates the greetings of the Bedouin speakers of the Central Najdi Dialect in Afif, Saudi Arabia. It analyzes the greetings used by the subjects and examines the impact of the contextual factors of age, social status, social distance, period of absence, and formality of situation on their choice, and it also identifies the politeness strategies they opted for. The study uses a discourse completion test, interviews, and fieldnotes to collect its data. The study involves 50 subjects randomly chosen from the area. It shows that the subjects use the Islamic greetings, phatic questions, welcoming greetings, temporal greetings, and expressions of longing. It also demonstrates that the subjects use individual and group greetings that are differentiated by the second singular and plural pronoun inflections. Moreover, it shows that the subjects utilise some greetings the reference of which is made to the third singular and plural person pronouns. Also, it reveals that some of the greetings used take the present and past tense markers.
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