Exploring Space: Trends in Literature, Linguistics and Translation

Product Description This book embodies the current trends towards inter- and intra-disciplinary studies specifically within the areas of Literature, Linguistics, and Translation. It is a collection of original and insightful essays by Malaysian academics, reflecting state-of-the-art research, and seen through traditional and modern lenses of conceptualising reality or spaces within the fields mentioned. The uniqueness of this book lies in its attempts to provide textual and theoretical readings from a variety of positions and perspectives. The multi-disciplinary approach taken will appeal to readers from diverse backgrounds, particularly with the contemporary emphasis on and celebration of heterogeneity in all its forms within a global context. About the Author Shakila Abdul Manan, PhD is Associate Professor of English Language Studies at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her most recent publication includes a jointly-written paper Women, Globalization and the Media: A Textual Analysis of Selected Womens Magazines in Malaysia in an edited book Women, Globalization and Mass Media: International Facets of Emancipation (The Women Press, 2006). email:shakmanan@gmail.com Lalita Sinha, PhD is a writer, researcher and literary translator with QUEST Services. Her major publications include Unveiling the Garden of Love: Mystical Symbolism in Layla Majnun and Gitagovinda (in press, World Wisdom, USA), and The Other Salina: A. Samad Saids Masterpiece in Translation (Universiti Sains Malaysia Publishers). email: lalitasinha@yahoo.com