Specialization

Totalitarian Studies and Dystopian Fiction

Email

sartaj.ahmad@thapar.edu

Sartaj Ahmad Lone earned his MPhil and PhD from the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.  His areas of interest are dystopian fiction and totalitarian studies, wherein he analyses dystopian literature through critical lenses of discourse, surveillance, propaganda, and resistance studies. His research explores the power, control, and resistance mechanisms within fictional totalitarian regimes, providing insights into the intersections of literature, politics and society.

Publications

Non-SCI

1. Lone, Sartaj. “Dystopia and Dehumanisation: A Critical Analysis of Lois Lowry's The Giver”. Literary Voice, 1, no. 12, 2020, pp. 37-45.
2. Lone Sartaj, Zafar, Shahila. “Manipulation of Mechanisms of Surveillance and Control: A Critical Analysis of Veronica Ruth's Divergent Trilogy”. Literary Endeavour, Vol. X, no. 1, 2019, pp. 78-85.
3. Lone Sartaj, Zafar, Shahila. “Language and Power: A Foucauldian Reading of Lois Lowry’s The Giver”. New Academia, Vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 43-52.
4. Lone, Sartaj. “Articulation of Environmental Issues in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower”. Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Vol. 20, no. (n.a), 2016, pp. 24-26.
5. Lone, Sartaj. “Deconstruction of Symbolic identities of Women in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)”. Literaria, Vol. 5.1, no, 2, 2015, pp. 56-70.
6. Lone, Sartaj. “Representation of Environmental Deterioration Leading to Apocalyptic Threat in Literature: A Comparative Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower”. Quote Unquote, Vol. 3.1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 83-93.