3. Applied Literature
Postcolonial Reading of Joseph Conrad’s Lingard Trilogy

Ahad Mehrvand; Shiva Talebi Ashtiyani

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2020, , Pages 175-198

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2020.26069.1173

Abstract
  Conrad’s acclaimed works from his middle period have been thoroughly studied from several perspectives including postcolonialism whereas the novels from his early period were overlooked due to their so-called“uneven” quality. The most notable works among Conrad’s early novels ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
What Is Applied Literature?

Bahram Behin

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2019, , Pages 21-33

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26629.1138

Abstract
  Applied literature is a term that is the outcome of a need to put literature to tangible uses in the “real” world. A medical practitioner looking for a definition of life, for instance, finds literature a useful source for the answer. With paradigm shifts in scientific studies, interdisciplinarity ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Canons and Controversies: The Critical Gaze on Jhumpa Lahiri’s Fiction

Moussa Pourya Asl

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2019, , Pages 67-82

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26414.1110

Abstract
  The South Asian American diasporic writer, Jhumpa Lahiri has been widely acclaimed by the first-world intellectuals for her truthful representations of diasporic experience. In recent years, however, some scholars have drawn upon Gayatri Spivak’s notion of “Native Informant” to interrogate ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Our Sense of Identity: “Who am I?” Gender and Cultural Studies

Hossein Sabouri

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2019, , Pages 215-228

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26497.1129

Abstract
  Identity is seen as a cultural and social construct, which indicates how we have been embodied and how we might represent ourselves. The knowledge that identities are the outputs of discourses is a familiar characteristic of some societal concepts. Gender, as an identity or a sense of our identity we ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Groundbreaking and Ingenious Teaching Methods for Teaching of Drama in the Context of Iranian Universities

Nasser Dasht Peyma

Volume 6, Issue 2 , September 2018, , Pages 129-140

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26402.1106

Abstract
  AbstractThe study of drama is one of the most interesting, thought- provoking and pleasing experiences in the field of English literature, but it seems there are some reasons why it may not look like to be so for some of the students of drama in the context of Iranian universities. It seems, first of ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Applied Literature and New Jungian Reading: a Case study of Camilla Gibb’s Novel, Sweetness in the Belly

Firouzeh Ameri

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2018, , Pages 67-76

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26324.1087

Abstract
  The field of Applied Literature is concerned with the practical usages of literature, including the potentials of literature to empower and transform individuals. Jungian criticism, with its suggestions of the possibility of individuation and self-actualization in individuals, has been an important source ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Book Review: "Loving Literature. A Cultural History"

Jane Ekstam

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2018, , Pages 111-113

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26313.1083

Abstract
  It is widely acknowledged that emotion is deeply embedded in literary criticism. Even when we aspire to scientific analysis and objectivity, we assume that we share a love of literature. Loving Literature is a deep and fascinating exploration of this important assumption. Literary critics and professors ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Structuring Racist Ideologies in Stephen Crane’s “A Dark Brown Dog”: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Taher Ben Khalifa

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 15-46

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26344.1093

Abstract
  This paper deals with the study of how racist ideologies are constructed in Crane’s “A Dark Brown Dog” using the CDA framework. Benefitting from the approaching between literature and linguistics, it focuses on the linguistic examination of the (re)construction of whiteness and blackness ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
A Comparative Study of "From 7 O`clock to 9:30" by Na-albandian and "Erostratus" by Sartre by Applying Bakhtinian Dialogism

Amir Hamed Dolatabadi Farahany; Dr. Mojgan Eyvazi; Dr. Mohsen Momen

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, , Pages 67-79

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26317.1084

Abstract
  The present study is conducted to compare 'From 7 o`clock to 9:30' by Abbas Na-albandian and 'Erostratus' by Jean-Paul Sartre based on Bakhtin’s intertextual approach with an eye on Bakhtin’s notion of dialogic imagination. Bakhtin in his approach focuses on the text, rather than the author, ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Book Review: 'The Question of Justice and Identity in Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad'

Javad Khorsandi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, , Pages 129-130

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26320.1085

Abstract
  Ahmed Saadawi’s third and last novel Frankenstein in Baghdad was originally published in Arabic in 2013 and has since been translated into several languages, including an English translation by Jonathan Wright in 2018. The novel, which won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, is a heart-rending ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Why we need to read and understand literature: literariness and Hans Rosling’s Factfulness (2018)

Dr. Jane Mattisson Ekstam

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, , Pages 17-29

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26269.1074

Abstract
  My article addresses the qualities of “good” literature and how an understanding of the nature of literary devices, so-called “literariness”, can enhance the reading experience. Focusing on Hans Rosling’s Factfulness (2018), I discuss some of the most important features ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
War, Trauma, Memory in Selected Short Stories of Fire and Forget Edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Ghalagher and A Vital Killing by Ahmad Dehghan

Maryam Nobarly; Dr. Nasser Dashtpeyma

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, , Pages 81-97

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26232.1063

Abstract
  This article is a comparative study of similar experiences in the American short story collection, Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Ghalagher and the Persian short story collection, A Vital Killing by Ahmad Dehghan as they belong to two different languages, ...  Read More

3. Applied Literature
Book Review: 'Health Humanities and Applied Literature'

Dr. Abolfazl Ramazani

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, , Pages 125-131

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.13772

Abstract
  Health Humanities written by Paul Crawford, Brian Brown, Charley Baker, Victoria Tischler, and Brian Adams was first published in 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan, UK. The book is a result of many years of experience of work in the field and comes at a right time after the successful organisation of some international ...  Read More