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Dr. Syed Afroz Ashrafi
Assistant Prof of English.
College of Commerce (Under Magadh Universtiy, ) Patna, India
Email: ashrafiafroz@gmail.com
Mobile - +91-9431826709 Residence- +91 612 2257983 + ( Saudi Arabia no.00966556492741)
Passport number. E-1182676 + k 3665811 Renewed in Reyadh, KSA.. Valid
Residential Address: Flat # 202, Gulshan Plaza, AliNagar, Anisabad, Patna, Bihar, India.
Professional Experiences: 25 Years 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.
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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.
2. 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
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to see life in all its ramifications. The book was well received by the reading
public.
Published by Educational Publishing House, New Delhi. 2006
3. 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 interpolations
have no space in translation.
Published by Educational publishing House, New Delhi. 2010. ISBN -978-81-8223777-3
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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
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3. Subalternity in Urdu Fiction.2013 ISSN 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.2013 ISSN 2321 – 8029
8. The Art of Paigham Afaqui.2014 ISSN 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.2 2014
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)
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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
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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.
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Personal Details:
Date of birth. - 01st Feb, 1965
Nationality.- Indian
Marital Status. – Married.
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