Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts

Among the humanities and social sciences disciplines, English literature is perhaps the most contentious subject as it carries subtle ideological and cultural impacts and significance. Right from the beginning of its introduction in British India and elsewhere, the most prominent consideration was i...

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Main Author:	Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) 2016
Subjects:	BP170.8 Universality of Islam PE English PN0080 Criticism
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spelling	iium-523532017-10-10T05:27:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/ Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts Hasan, Md. Mahmudul BP170.8 Universality of Islam PE English PN0080 Criticism Among the humanities and social sciences disciplines, English literature is perhaps the most contentious subject as it carries subtle ideological and cultural impacts and significance. Right from the beginning of its introduction in British India and elsewhere, the most prominent consideration was its inherent worth as a carrier of values and norms. Under the surface of its seemingly value-neutral tag, English literature promotes ideas, beliefs and philosophies which can potentially influence its learners and practitioners. Based on this theoretical premise, this paper will establish the necessity of critically evaluating English literary texts in a Muslim setting and of bringing in Islamic perspectives in pedagogical practices at such an Islamic university as International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). It will discuss a few twentieth-century English literary works and suggest ways of looking at them from the Islamic viewpoint. International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/1/Teaching%20Eng.%20Lit.%20at%20IIUM_Al-Shajarah%20-%20June%202016%20-%20Md%20Mahmudul%20Hasan.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/7/52353-TEACHING%20ENGLISH%20LITERATURE%20AT%20IIUM_WOS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/13/52353_teaching%20English%20literature_scopus.pdf Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (2016) Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts. Al-Shajarah, 21 (1). pp. 49-71. ISSN 1394-6870 http://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj
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description	Among the humanities and social sciences disciplines, English literature is perhaps the most contentious subject as it carries subtle ideological and cultural impacts and significance. Right from the beginning of its introduction in British India and elsewhere, the most prominent consideration was its inherent worth as a carrier of values and norms. Under the surface of its seemingly value-neutral tag, English literature promotes ideas, beliefs and philosophies which can potentially influence its learners and practitioners. Based on this theoretical premise, this paper will establish the necessity of critically evaluating English literary texts in a Muslim setting and of bringing in Islamic perspectives in pedagogical practices at such an Islamic university as International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). It will discuss a few twentieth-century English literary works and suggest ways of looking at them from the Islamic viewpoint.
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author	Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
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title	Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts
title_short	Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts
title_full	Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts
title_fullStr	Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts
title_full_unstemmed	Teaching English literature at IIUM: Islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts
title_sort	teaching english literature at iium: islamic perspectives on selected twentieth-century texts
publisher	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/1/Teaching%20Eng.%20Lit.%20at%20IIUM_Al-Shajarah%20-%20June%202016%20-%20Md%20Mahmudul%20Hasan.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/7/52353-TEACHING%20ENGLISH%20LITERATURE%20AT%20IIUM_WOS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/52353/13/52353_teaching%20English%20literature_scopus.pdf
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