Zainor Izat Zainal
Biographic Data
| ID | 6584500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zainor Izat Zainal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zainor Izat |
| FAMILY NAME | Zainal |
| SIGNATURE | ZAINAL Z I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5071-4181 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reading Anthropocene Anxiety in Cecil Rajendra’s Poetry
Knowledge Map and Future Avenue of Cognitive Literary Studies
This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to address the limitations of systematic literature reviews in handling large datasets, and provides a comprehensive knowledge map and future avenues of cognitive literary studies (CLS) that have yet to be systematically explored. Utilizing VOSviewer as a quantitative tool supplemented by qualitative interpretation, this study analyzes 1,283 journal articles extracted from Web of Science Core Collection…
Navigating Ethical Dilemmas and Embracing Emotional Responses
The contemporary era’s climate fluctuations have wrought profound consequences on both the planet and its inhabitants, prompting a surge in climate literature that underscores the societal and environmental implications of climate change while instilling a sense of accountability. This study conducts a textual analysis of Memory of Water (2014), a novel by the Finnish author Emmi Itäranta (b. 1976), to examine how the protagonist, Noria, faces et…
Unearthing the Social Oppression of Muslim Identity under American Imperialism in The Submission by Amy Waldman
This study is centred on the first novel published by the contemporary American author, Waldman, in 2011, entitled The Submission. The novel recounts the story of a Muslim architect named Mohammad who wins a contest to design the 9/11 memorial. Set in 2003, New York, the consequence is a serious public outrage swirling around Mohammad or, more precisely, the fact that he is a Muslim. This study highlights the issue of the social oppression of the…
Negotiating Existential Concerns of Death and Meaninglessness through the Grotesque in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost
Grotesque and existentialism in the field of literature generally raise four points. On the one hand, the grotesque has always been associated with negative connotation elements that usually include deformity, death, violence or monstrosity. In fact, the grotesque often carries pejorative connotations for it challenges traditions and deviates from what is accepted as the norm. On the other hand, existentialism, traced way back to as early as the …
Environmental ethics in KS Maniam’s Between Lives and Yang-May Ooi’s The Flame Tree
Criticism on Malaysian literature in English rarely addresses environmental concerns and in this article I attempt to redress this by examining two contemporary Malaysian novels in English, KS Maniam’s (2003) Between Lives and Yang-May Ooi’s (1998) The Flame Tree. This article investigates some of the environmental ethics suggested by these Malaysian writers, based on four important arguments for “doing” environmental ethics: duty, character, rel…
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Environmental ethics in KS Maniam’s Between Lives and Yang-May Ooi’s The Flame Tree
Criticism on Malaysian literature in English rarely addresses environmental concerns and in this article I attempt to redress this by examining two contemporary Malaysian novels in English, KS Maniam’s (2003) Between Lives and Yang-May Ooi’s (1998) The Flame Tree. This article investigates some of the environmental ethics suggested by these Malaysian writers, based on four important arguments for “doing” environmental ethics: duty, character, rel…
Negotiating Existential Concerns of Death and Meaninglessness through the Grotesque in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost
Grotesque and existentialism in the field of literature generally raise four points. On the one hand, the grotesque has always been associated with negative connotation elements that usually include deformity, death, violence or monstrosity. In fact, the grotesque often carries pejorative connotations for it challenges traditions and deviates from what is accepted as the norm. On the other hand, existentialism, traced way back to as early as the …
Unearthing the Social Oppression of Muslim Identity under American Imperialism in The Submission by Amy Waldman
This study is centred on the first novel published by the contemporary American author, Waldman, in 2011, entitled The Submission. The novel recounts the story of a Muslim architect named Mohammad who wins a contest to design the 9/11 memorial. Set in 2003, New York, the consequence is a serious public outrage swirling around Mohammad or, more precisely, the fact that he is a Muslim. This study highlights the issue of the social oppression of the…
Navigating Ethical Dilemmas and Embracing Emotional Responses
The contemporary era’s climate fluctuations have wrought profound consequences on both the planet and its inhabitants, prompting a surge in climate literature that underscores the societal and environmental implications of climate change while instilling a sense of accountability. This study conducts a textual analysis of Memory of Water (2014), a novel by the Finnish author Emmi Itäranta (b. 1976), to examine how the protagonist, Noria, faces et…
Reading Anthropocene Anxiety in Cecil Rajendra’s Poetry
Knowledge Map and Future Avenue of Cognitive Literary Studies
This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to address the limitations of systematic literature reviews in handling large datasets, and provides a comprehensive knowledge map and future avenues of cognitive literary studies (CLS) that have yet to be systematically explored. Utilizing VOSviewer as a quantitative tool supplemented by qualitative interpretation, this study analyzes 1,283 journal articles extracted from Web of Science Core Collection…
Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Political science (2 works)