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Dr. Syed Afroz Ashrafi

Assistant Prof of English.

College of Commerce (Under Magadh Universtiy, ) Patna, India

Email:

Mobile - +91-9431826709 Residence- +91 612 2257983 + ( Saudi Arabia no.00966-556492741)

Passport number. E-1182676 + k 3665811 Renewed in Reyadh, KSA.. Valid Residential Address: Flat # 202, Gulshan Plaza, AliNagar, Anisabad, Patna, Bihar, India.

Professional Experiences: 25Years of Language and Literature Teaching in university and Colleges. (At the graduate and the postgraduate levels.)

Area of Specialization.

Fiction.

English, American, Canadian, Commonwealth and Apartheid.

Current Academic position.

Assistant professor of English.Salman bin Abdulaziz university.(College of Sciences and Arts, Wadi-addawaser. Reyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since 17th October 2008.

Academic Credentials.

Doctorate:Ph.D. in English

Degree awarded in 1993., (Ranchi University Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.)

Topic of Research.” Quest for truth in the novels of Doss Passos.

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M. A. in English (1986). University, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Diploma: Journalism and Mass Communication 2007. (From Nalanda Open

university.Patna, Bihar, India.

Publications:

Books.

  1. Encounters and Images

The book attempts an evaluation of the contributions made by Indo-Anglican writers like Arunadhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Anita Desai, Khushwant Singh and others engaged in fiction writing.

Published by Kitab Mahal, Allahabad. 2002.

  1. Silence of the Dead and Other Stories

The book is a collection of stories written over a period of time. In all there are 12 stories dealing with the complexity and diversity of human drama. It is an attempt to see life in all its ramifications. The book was well received by the reading public.

Published by Educational Publishing House, New Delhi. 2006

  1. Fictional Frontiers

The book attempts a comparative analysis of the selective short stories and novels written in Hindi, Urdu, and English and American literature with particular focus on the subaltern strain. It represents an ideological quest and a modest attempt to re-interpret fiction against the comparative backgrounds and trends. The book drew plaudit from all segments.

Published by Educational Publishing House, New Delhi.2007 ISBN - 81-8223-184-1

4. WAVES

14 stories were selected from the collection of Quasim Khursheed Short Stories, a Patna based Urdu Short Story writer and were translated into English. The focus of translation was on the retention of the text and to ensure further that interpolationshave no space in translation.

Published by Educational publishing House, New Delhi. 2010. ISBN -978-81-8223-777-3

  1. Boot Polish and Other Stories

Heritage Publishers , 2011. ISBN 817026284-4

The book has 15 stories based on the conflicting issues of life and the shades of experiences that the author encountered on a personal level. The stories represent serious standpoints on life. In all there are fifteen stories based on the diversity of human experiences and the contradictory mores of a society built on a bundle of myths. It also probes complexity of the human relationship, the interplay between the individuals and the society, the conflicting patterns of behaviour in a highly polarized sophisticated society. There is a concern to project the humbled lot of the subalterns in the backdrop of the talks of a changing societ

Research Articles with ISSN

  1. Subaltern strain in Untouchable.(Anthology on Mulk Raj Anand.)2008
  2. Post Modernism and Urdu Fiction.2013, Urdu Today.ISSN 2321 – 8029
  3. Subalternity in Urdu Fiction.2013ISSN 2321 – 8029
  4. Animal Farm and the dogma of Communism.2009. Litwits
  5. Dak Bunglaw, the modern way.(Hindi novel)2007
  6. Inheritance of Loss, A study in utopia.2006
  7. Manto and the frontiers of Urdu Fiction.2013ISSN 2321 – 8029
  8. The Art of Paigham Afaqui.2014ISSN 2321 – 8029
  9. The Art of Quasim Khursheed.2007
  10. Feminism: An Interpretation.2014, Research
  11. Africanity in African Literature.2008. Research.

Urdu writings.

  1. Badalte Waqt ke Tanazur me Premchand ki Moanwiyat.(Qaumi Tanzeem)
  2. Ghayas Ahmad Gaddi ki Kahaniyon me jadeedyiat ke mailanaat.(InteKhaab)vo.28. 2014
  3. Mera Zauq Adab Urdu.(Urdu Today)Edition.22014
  4. Akhri Aaadmi aur Fan-E. Tamseeliyat.Urdu Today.(Edition 4)
  5. Nejat Pasandi ..Adbi Istallah ya seyasat.(Amad. Vol.9)2014

Editorship.

Editor in Chief of ‘Litwits
A, journal of literary and linguistic studies brought out by the department of English, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, KSA

Editor in Chief, URDU TODAY, a Bilingual Quarterly journal published from India and the two languages are English and Urdu. ISSN 2321 – 8029 Urdu Today

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. Poetry Writing

Wrote and published a number of poems including ‘Return’, ‘Midnight mayhem’, ‘Explosion’, ‘I stood for a while’, ‘I am happy here’, ‘Does she come’, ‘Shared solitude’, ‘Raging Flame’, ‘Nothing right to this day’ etc.( All published in different journals)

Books under publication:

My Land, My people (A novel)

The novel underway is a serious effort to discover the lost roots in today’s chaotic world and seeks to explore the intensity of the human perspective on issues which abound in contradictions. The characters look beyond the immediate world and question the existential dilemma. Also it focuses on the contemporary political scene against the murky backdrop of the rising religious extremism and the divisive politics in vogue to alienate the suffering humanity from the mainstream of co-existence.

Red Scarf and other Stories.

Heritage Publications. New Delhi. 2014

Other Activities

  • Have attended many seminars and conferences both national and international on a regular basis.
  • Acted as a resource person at Kendriya Vidalya in 2002, patna, India.
  • A translator of poetry and short stories from Urdu to English. ………………………………………………………………………….
  • Personal Details:

Date of birth.-01st Feb, 1965

Nationality.-Indian

Marital Status.–Married.

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