Postmodern Rewriting of the Victorian Novel: Charlotte Bronte in Jasper Fforde’s and Emma Tennant’s

The study deals with intertextuality. The candidate put under light the impact Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre has on Jasper Ffforde's and Emma Tennant's novels:The Eyre Affair and Adèle

Maturity from the ‘Many’ to the ‘Few’: The Search for the Existential Authentic Self in John Fowls’Early Fiction

The study deals with the problem of self and its authenticity with special reference to John Fowls Fiction.

Spiritual Religiosity and Fantastic Escapism in Cyberpunk Literature Fiction Works

The return to the ritual and spirituality are the major element that the candidate is trying to deal with in her doctorate dissertation. She considers Cyberpunk/Hard science fiction works as a fantastic escapism.

The Gendered Construction of the Gothic Heroine in C. Bronte, C. P. Gilman, A.Carter and E. A. Poe

This doctorate dissertation discusses the problem of gender making of heroism in three Gothic novels of three different writers: Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Angela Carter and Edgar Allan Poe.

The Interrelation of female Consciousness, Identity, and Self-Representation in Autobiographical Novels

Identity and self-representation in autobiographical Fiction. The candidate selected three women writers for her study: Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and Maya Angelou.

Unthinking Eurocentrism through Multiculturalism: A Postmodern Reading of Selected Ethnic Feminist Novels

This study is about the problem/clash of culture(s) in selected feminist novels. The candidate tries to show that Eurocentrism is the cause of such exclusion and rebellion.

Women Power-roles between Empowerment and Disempowerment in Postmodern American Fairly Tales

This study deals with women and the potential power they possess and the obstacles she face in reality. The candidate has selected some postmodern fairy tales in America for the sake of illustration.

Empowering the Margin: A Feminist and a Postmodernist Analysis of Selected Works of Contemporary Female Writers

This doctorate dissertation deals with feminism within the context of postcolonialism. The candidate some contemporary female writers for investigation and analysis.

Arab Feminism vs Western Feminism: A Comparative Study between Assia Djebar, Apartments, Nawal El-Saadawi and Caryl Churchill’s novels

This Doctorate is comparative study between Arab feminism and Western feminism. For illustration the candidate has selected the following writers: Two from the Arab World Assia Djebbar, Nawal El-Saadaoui, and two from The West Caryl Churchill and Marylin French.

Nostalgia for the Father : (Re)Constructing Fatherhood in Selected Contemporary Novels

This doctorate dissertation is about fatherhood and its role in identity reconstruction in some contemporary novels.

Myth, Reality and location in the Narrative of Eudora Welty

This doctorate dissertation discusses the reality versus myth in Eudora Welty's novels. The study tries to put under light the way space is (re)presented and the manner it can envelope these two worlds.

Misogyny and Gender in T. S. Eliot’s Early Poems

This doctorat dissertation is a critical attempt to the early poems of T S Eliot. The candidate Tries to discuss at length the problem of gender and misogyny in T S Eliot's philosophy and visionary aspect of human relationships.

الى ترجمة التصوير الفني في رواية الأجنحة المتكسرة لجبران خليل جبران by Anthony R. Ferris الى الإنجليزية

The study is discusses the translation of Khalil Joubran Khalil's الأجنحة المتكسرة into English (Broken Wings). The candidate tries to give a critical attempt to such a translation pointing out the fallacies and the merits of the translator Anthony R. Ferris.

James Joyceل Ulysses رواية الخطاب غير المباشر الحر في ترجمة «دراسة تحليلية مقارنة لترجمتي طه محمود طه و صلاح نيازي

The study deals with translation. The candidate discusses the free indirect interior monologue used by James in Ulysses and its rendering in two translations: that of Taha Mahmoud Taha and Salah Niazi

The Rewritings of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Aurae in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India

The study shows the kind of influence Joseph Conrad exercised on E.M. Forster.The thesis dissertation discusses such influence through Heart of darkness and A Passage to India

The Puritanical Dimensions in The Scarlet Letter: Moral Demands Versus Individual Needs

The study deals with the Ethical norms dictated by society and the individual needs generated the the self. This kind of antagonism leads either to submission or to rebellion.

Social Conformity and the Quest for Identity in Theodore Dreiser’s and Richard Wright’s Novels

The study is a kind of comparison between Theodore Dreiser and Richard Wright, with special reference to An American Tragedy and Native Son.The candidate has found out that though the means adopted by both writers are different, the end is to a great extent similar.Both writers describes the social conflict and the problem of individual autonomy.

Travel Writing and the Quest for Self-Discovery in David Henry Thoreau’s and Jon Krakauer’s Novels

The study deals with the quest for self-discovery in D H Thoreau's Walden; or Life in the Woods and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild. The candidate draws a kind of comparison trying to point out the similarities between both novels and the influence of Thoreau on Krakauer, mainly in the idea of escape and transcendentalism.

Memory and Exile in Katherine Mansfield’s Selected Short Stories

The study discusses memory and exile in Katherine Mansfield's Short fiction. The candidate divided Mansfield's stories into two major parts on the basis of her biography: European stories and New Zealand stories. The candidate has found out that the elements of memory and exile are strongly felt in the second part than the first.

Female Madness in Modern Literature: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell and Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted

Trauma, madness and suicide characterize this study. The candidate tries to draw a kind of comparison between Sylvia Plath's The Bell and Susanna Kayen's Girl, Interrupted

Fragmented Self and Identity Construction in Ian McEwan’s Novels

The study is about fragmentation and reconstruction of self in Ian McEwan's novels. The candidate investigates the novel through a psychological perspective. The aim to examine the self and put under light the causes of fragmentation and the way McEwan's characters reconstruct their selves.

Horror in Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels: A Case Study Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson

The study is about science fiction and the use of fantasy as a technical device to criticize society. Fantasy exceeds reality and in most cases morality. this fact is a danger for man, who becomes the victim of his own invention.

The Quest for Identity in Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psyche: An Existentialistic Perspective

This study investigates identity formation in Bret Easton Ellis' American psyche through an existential approach.

Cannibalism as an Artistic Representation in Thomas Hannis’s and Connack McCarthy’s Novels

The study is kind of comparison between Thomas Thomas Hannis’ Hannibal Rising and Connack McCarthy’s The Road: A Comparative Study. The candidate tries to see the technical and artistic devices used by both writers in the treatment of cannibalism in their novels.

Ageing and the Female Search of Self-Identity in Doris Lessing’s Novels

The study deals with self identity and its different (re)constitution in relation with age. To ,illustrate this thematic concerns, the candidate has chosen, as a case study for her research, Doris Lessing's The Summer Before the Dark and Love, To Gain

Female Identity in Postmodern Gothic Fiction of Angela Carter Stories

The study deals with female metamorphoses in a world dominated by men.

Solipsism Versus Ethics in Iris Murdoch’s The Bell and A Fairly Honourable Defeat

The study is an investigation in Iris Murdoch's novels. The aim is to put under light the anthroposophic qualities of the individual in front of the imposed biased ethics.

The Psychodrama of Hysteria in the Gothic Story: A Case Study Edgar Allan Poe’s Selected Tales

The study discusses psychodrama and hysteria in Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic Stories.

Cultural Conservatism Versus Individual Responses in Pearl Buck’s Novels

The study deals with the clash of culture that the couple undergoes due to their background in America and the new culture in China.

The Apocalyptic Vision in the Romantic Postmodern World of Kurt Vonnegut’s Fiction

The study deals with Kurt Vonnegut' fiction within a postmodern perspective. The aim is to see the artistic devices used by the author in order to show the apocalyptic vison that characterize the postmodern world.

Social Criticism and World Instability in Martin Amis’s Novels

The study deals with the social norms imposed by patriarchy over individuals mainly women. The problem to decide is a crucial matter of women characters in Amis's novels.

The Notion of Exile in Kazwo Ishigaro’s The Remains of the Day

The thesis dissertation sheds light on the inner and outer exile in Kazwo Ishigaro's novel Remains of the Day. Exiled in London far from his homeland Japan, Ishigaroiçs parted between two driving forces one that makes him live in this new world and the other that pulls him back to his homeland.

The War Pathos in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies: Innocence Versus Culpability

This dissertation deals with innocence and culpability within William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The candidate tries to show the way the author deals with the notion of innocence and war.

Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange as a Science Fiction Novel: Between Utopia and Disillusionment

The candidate deals with science fiction novel with special reference to Anthony Burgess. Utopia and disillusionment are repeated elements that are discussed at length within the novel: A Clockwork Orange.The candidate has shown that utopia is an illusion because it does not stand due to man's ambitions.

The Dual Identity in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening: Social Challenge Versus Self-Discovery

It deals with patriarchy and its impact on women. The self-discovery and examination has made the heroine look for her independence and autonomy. But this'rebellion' from patriarchal tradition has made her open to sexual abuse and finally to suicide.

The Detective Story: Detecting the Genre’s Tenets of Edgar Allen Poe’s Stories

These thesis dissertation deals with the different tenets that characterizes the detective story with special reference to Edgar Allan Poe.

Spatiality and Temporality in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories

Time and space are interrelated and define one another. The candidate tries to see the way Katherine Mansfield deals with these two elements (chronotope) in her short stories. She has pointed out that Mansfield uses open space and time for men whereas women are more restricted in time and space.

The Image of Woman in V. Woolf’s To The Lighthouse : Between Patriarchal Constraints and Modernity

It is a piece of research that puts under examination the relationship between social and individual, mainly patriarchy which gives privileges to men over women. The candidate has shed light on the way Mrs Ramsay succeeds to be escape through transmutation, through the light emanating from the lighthouse.

Trauma Versus Artistic Creation: A Dialogic Study in T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’

She candidate tries to show that T.S Eliot uses his poetry as a healing device for his repeating trauma.The sense of waste and loss characterize the whole poem,but reproducing such decay and decline in the waste Land made him free himself from the effect of the humdrum life.