Seeking peace of mind: paranoia and its therapy through nature in John Burnside’s A Summer of Drowning by Aldhafeeri, Hilalah, Termizi, Arbaayah Ali, Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…The study will mainly focus on anxiety as the main cause of the protagonist’s anxious feelings. The protagonist, Liv, suffers from paranoid feelings as a result of drowning her schoolmates. …”
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Hybridity in Bapsi Sidhwa's an American Brat by Gul, Hina, Noor, Rohimmi, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…Besides studying if the three selected elements of hybridity can be found in the protagonist, this work also investigates whether or not they are responsible for her decision to choose to stay either in Pakistan or in the United States at the end of the novel.…”
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Hybridity in Bapsi Sidhwa’s an American Brat by Gul, Hina, Noor, Rohimmi, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…Besides studying if the three selected elements of hybridity can be found in the protagonist, this work also investigates whether or not they are responsible for her decision to choose to stay either in Pakistan or in the United States at the end of the novel.…”
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The role of secure base and safe haven: a means of re-constructing the broken-self in Yvonne Vera's Under the Tongue by Dodhy, Shamaila, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur, Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam, Bahar, Ida Baizura

“…It aims to analyse the recovery of the protagonist in light of John Bowlby's Attachment Theory. …”
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The Color Purple and Women's Time by Sedehi, Kamelia Talebian, Talif, Rosli, Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…In The Color Purple, Alice Walker's female protagonist, Celie, revolts against fixed gender roles. …”
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Truth problematization and identity formation: a Foucauldian reading of Martin Amis's Money by Mohammed, Marwan Kadhim, Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur, Mani, Manimangai

“…Drawing on Michel Foucault's technique of problematisation, the present paper investigates the notion of transgressing the historical truth of masculinity which becomes a significant idea that the protagonist John Self manipulates to actualise himself and to pick up his own identity. …”
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Dissecting nature and grotesque elements in Tunku Halim's Juriah's Song by Ahmad Jafni, Nur Fatin Syuhada, Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…Tunku Halim's novella Juriah's Song (2008) revolves around the protagonist, Akri, and his encounter with the ghost of his late girlfriend, Juriah. …”
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Witnessing trauma through discordant chronology of words in Yvonne Vera's Under the Tongue by Dodhy, Shamaila, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…Using the discordant chronology of words of the female protagonist, Vera stylistically identifies the silence of a girl who is captive of flashbacks and intrusive thoughts but struggles to liberate herself from the discourse of pain. …”
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Depersonalization and escaping to nature: a comfort woman’s journey in Therese Park’s A Gift of the Emperor by Somia, Ayaicha, Mani, Manimangai, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur, Awang, Mohamed Ewan

“…Through the lenses of psychology and ecopsychology, the protagonist’s coping mechanism will be analyzed to clarify the crucial role that nature can play in overcoming a psychological pain.…”
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Facilitating the grotesque reception and human-nature interrelationship in Tunku Halim's Dark Demon Rising by Ahmad Jafni, Nur Fatin Syuhada, Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur

“…The finding concludes that the element of nature depicts the grotesque reception via the characters’ demeanour, especially the protagonists’ emotions, perceptions and attitude.…”
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