Department of English
Office Number: A-055

BRIEF PROFILE
Ms. Asfa Zia is a Lecturer of English Literature at the Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)’s Department of English. Her research interests include but are not limited to Gender and Sexuality. Fictional works including Diasporic identities and Queer narratives are subjects that specifically lie in her domain of expertise. Her published articles have various streaks of feminism and marginalized identities.

EDUCATION
⦁ MPhil in English Literature, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)
⦁ Bachelors of Arts in English, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)

RESERACH & PUBLICATIONS
Syeda, Fatima, et al. “DISCURSIVE DIVERSENESS OF BERTHA’S VIBRANCE IN “BLISS” BY KATHERINE MANSFIELD.” PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 18.17 (2021): 562-572.
Fatima, Aleena, Shehzadi Warda, and Asfa Zia. “Loss of Culture, Nation and Identity: A Post 9/11 study on the exploitative state of Immigrants in Home Elegies by Ayad Akhtar.” Research Journal of Social Sciences and Economics Review 2.3 (2021): 50-54.
Hassan, Shazir, et al. “FEMINISM AND TRIBALISM AT CROSSROADS: A CRITICAL CASE STUDY OF MY FEUDAL LORD BY TEHMINA DURRANI.” PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 18.17 (2021): 109-123
Zia, Asfa, and Fatima Syeda. “THE PERVERSION OF DESIRE AND THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE IN THE SUBCONTINENT: A RE-READING OF HOMOEROTICISM IN THE QUILT BY ISMAT CHUGHTAI.” Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies: Alam-e-Niswan 29.2 (2022).