Islam and Modernity: A Study of John Updike's Terrorist (2006)
Islam and Modernity: A Study of John Updike's Terrorist (2006)

hossein Pirnajmuddin; Maryam Salehnia

Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 171-186

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.504

Abstract
  The images of Muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, technology, civilization and progress. Since the ...  Read More
Postmodern Orientalized Terrorism: Don DeLillo’s The Names
Postmodern Orientalized Terrorism: Don DeLillo’s The Names

hossein Pirnajmuddin; Abbas Ali Borhan

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, , Pages 57-84

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.384

Abstract
  The terrorism of obscurantism is one of the hallmarks of Don DeLillo’s The Names (1982), distinguishing it as one of the "difficult writings" in his canon. Terrorism, however, ...  Read More
Pygmalion in Conversation with Pierre Bourdieu:A Sociological Perspective
Pygmalion in Conversation with Pierre Bourdieu:A Sociological Perspective

Hossein Pirnajmuddin; F Shahpoori Arani

Volume 29, Issue 2 , June 2010, , Pages 57-73

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.408

Abstract
  George Bernard Shaw's masterpiece Pygmalion deals with the social function of language and reveals that Linguistic Competence is one of the markers of social status. It presents the ...  Read More