A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z All
Sarvat, Humaira
- A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Manifesto
Authors
Source
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 4, No 2 (2015), Pagination:Abstract
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) analyses texts to deconstruct the underlying assumptions of power, dominance and inequality (van Dijk, 1998a) which work strongly to give meaning to texts. It views language as ‘social practice’ (Fairclough and Wodak, 1997, p.258). It is a powerful lens through which the relationship between language and society is viewed from an angle which is much more different from other discourse analysis methods (Rogers, 2004). According to van Dijk the major purpose of CDA is to ‘critically analyse those who are in power, those who are responsible and those who have the means and the opportunity’ to handle social problems (van Dijk 1986, p.4). Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model (1993) is often applied to analyse media discourses. However there has been little effort to apply the model on political parties’ manifestoes. This paper is an attempt to analyse Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s manifesto to deconstruct the relationship between power and language which has the capacity to reshape the existing ideologies of the people. The data of the manifesto has been analysed by applying van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model. The study is to reveal through the analysis how ideologies are constructed and deconstructed through the relationship between power and language.
Keywords
Critical discourse analysis, PTI manifesto, power, dominance, inequality- Cultural Hybridity in Kamila Shamie’s Burnt Shadows
Authors
Source
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 3, No 8 (2014), Pagination:Abstract
This explanatory research analyses the effects of cultural hybridity upon identity within the field of Postcolonialism in Kamila Shamsie’s novel Burnt Shadows. To highlight the hybrid identity of a postcolonial subject the writer focuses on the different cultures of the world namely the Indian, the Pakistani, the English, and the American. Postcolonialism is a specifically postmodern intellectual discourse that consists of reaction to and analysis of the cultural legacy of colonialism. It aims at combating the legacies of colonialism on culture. The area of the research is ‘Cultural Studies’. Postcolonial world is a culturally hybrid world in which hyberdization or the process of culture mixed-ness is always on the move. I seek to apply Homi K.Bhabha’s theory of ‘Cultural Hybridity’ on Kamila Shamsie’s novel Burnt Shadows. Culture, hybridity and identity cannot be separated from one another as there is no concept of the one without the other. By applying the concepts of hybridity, ambivalence and liminality by Homi K.Bhabha it seeks to explore the different factors within different cultures of the world which promote cultural hybridity and consequently exert their influence upon identity.