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A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXEGESIS OF DISPLACEMENT IN BAPSI SIDHWAS NOVEL THE BRIDE A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).38      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).38      Published : Mar 2021

A Psychological Exegesis of Displacement in Bapsi Sidhwa's Novel The Bride: A Sociolinguistic Analysis

Abstract

    This reports the psychological perspective of displacement in the English Pakistani novel The Bride (also published as The Pakistani Bride), written by a Pakistani American novelist Bapsi Sidhwa. This is a sociolinguistic study with the employment of Close Reading (CR) and Systematic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The study involves social, psychological and semantic aspects with the aim to present the psychological impact of displacement on the personal and social life of the characters. Close-Reading provides the analysis of the novel and the author. Systematic Functional Linguistics provides context and semantics as tools to analyze the historical and conceptual background of the novel. The findings of the study present mixed results, supporting the supposition that displacement affects the psychological state of the characters and disturbs their individual functionality. It partially proves that their social functionality is equally affected. It may be because people are more careful in playing their social roles.

    (1) Hashim Khan
    Head, Department of English & General Subjects, Saudi Japanese Automobile High Institute, Jeddah.
    (2) Khalid Azim Khan
    Assistant Professor, Deanship of University Development and Quality Assurance, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah.
    (3) Muhammad Umer
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Islamia College University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, H., Khan, K. A., & Umer, M. (2021). A Psychological Exegesis of Displacement in Bapsi Sidhwa's Novel The Bride: A Sociolinguistic Analysis. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(I), 373-382. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).38

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    CHICAGO : Khan, Hashim, Khalid Azim Khan, and Muhammad Umer. 2021. "A Psychological Exegesis of Displacement in Bapsi Sidhwa's Novel The Bride: A Sociolinguistic Analysis." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I): 373-382 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).38

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    MLA : Khan, Hashim, Khalid Azim Khan, and Muhammad Umer. "A Psychological Exegesis of Displacement in Bapsi Sidhwa's Novel The Bride: A Sociolinguistic Analysis." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.I (2021): 373-382 Print.

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    OXFORD : Khan, Hashim, Khan, Khalid Azim, and Umer, Muhammad (2021), "A Psychological Exegesis of Displacement in Bapsi Sidhwa's Novel The Bride: A Sociolinguistic Analysis", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I), 373-382

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Hashim, Khalid Azim Khan, and Muhammad Umer. "A Psychological Exegesis of Displacement in Bapsi Sidhwa's Novel The Bride: A Sociolinguistic Analysis." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 373-382. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).38