Browsing by Author "Fatima Ashraf"

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    Adaptation of gender representation in Bram stokers’ novel ‘Dracula’ (1897) and Netflix series Dracula (2020)
    (UMT, Lahore, 2020) Fatima Ashraf
    Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula (1897) is considered the most modern vampire myth in literature. This paper is analyzed with respect to the characters’ representation and the intriguing changes in the Bram Stokers’ novel Dracula (1897) compared with its contemporary 2020 adaptation by Netflix. This dissertation explores what kind of addition, reduction and, modifications take place in the contemporary series of Dracula series as compared to the novel. The prominent characters of the novel and series are compared with each other as to how characters were represented in the novel, and how they are portrayed in the contemporary series. Especially the main character of the novel ‘Dracula’ is portrayed by Stoker in such a way that his character not only shows vampiristic features but also shows his interest in mundane matters. The events in Stokers’ novel are symbolized how the human mind functions and how paranoia affects the human psyche and also the characters of Stoker’s novel.
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    Psychosocial Issues and Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions in Working Boundary Area Population.
    (University of Management and Technology, 2018) Fatima Ashraf
    The present study was conducted on Working Boundary Area to explore their psychosocial issues which they face to live on rural border area and Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions on a result of trauma which held during the time of migration due to firing and shelling. For this purpose 150 participants of adolescent age were taken through random sampling. The measure of current study consist of indigenous developed scale (PCBA), Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DASS; (Lovibond, & Lovibond, 1995) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5; Weathers, Litz, Keane, Palmieri, Marx, & Schnurr, 2013) along Demographic form such as age ,gender ,number of migration ,marital status ,age. Approximately equal number of male and female participants was taken. Research result shows that there were positive relationship between psychosocial issues and post-traumatic stress reaction. This research will helpful to explore their mental health problems and also helpful for next researchers.