IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Volume 9 – Issue 2 – 2020
Notes on Contributors Article 1 – regular article: Lexical Semantics: Mapping Gender and Cultural Geography in Le Guin’s Speculative Fiction Ms Anupa Lewis, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India Ms Anupa Lewis holds the position of assistant professor senior scale at Manipal Institute of Communication. She is the coordinator of the Tagore Centre – MAHE, and has about a decade of experience working as a lecturer in literature and media studies, apart from being the resource person for creative writing workshops and conferences. Her current areas of research interest include Cultural Studies, Literary Anthropology, Speculative Fiction, Ecocriticism, Feminist Rhetoric and Narratology. On the creative front her flash fiction is published in volume one of the Bath Flash Fiction anthology titled – To Carry Her Home, printed by Ad Hoc Fiction (2018). E-mail: anupa.lewis@manipal.edu Dr Padma Rani, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India Dr Padma Rani is the director and a professor at Manipal Institute of Communication. She is the head of the Media Research Centre – MAHE, and the Editor of the Global Media Journal – the Indian Edition. Padma Rani has a wide array of experience in collaborative teaching and interdisciplinary research, and has delivered lectures in India and Germany. Her research forays in particular range from reviewing advancements in ICTs to studying the role of Alternative Media, Media Effects, Gender Studies, Social Anthropology and Inter-cultural Communication. E-mail: padma.rani@manipal.edu Article 2 – regular article: Revisiting (In)visibility: A Reflexive Study of Two English Translations of Iqbal’s “Shikwa” and “Jawab-i-Shikwa” Mr Rana Kashif Shakeel, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan Mr Rana Kashif Shakeel is a lecturer in English at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He received his Masters and M.Phil. degrees in English literature from Government College University, Faisalabad and is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in Linguistics & Literature at Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His research interest includes South Asian & Pakistani Literature in English, Postcolonial Studies, Trauma Studies, Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Theories of Power and Corpus Linguistics. He is determined to work on certain contemporary issues in South Asian & Pakistani Literature in English. E-mail: kashif.gcuf@gmail.com Dr Maria Farooq Maan, Air University, Islamabad Dr Maria Farooq Maan is an assistant professor of English at Air University, Islamabad, where she is currently teaching Postcolonial Studies, World Literature in Translation, and Women’s
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