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    Invention and exploration of artificial languages in the light of historicism
    (UMT, Lahore, 2020) Sarina Mohsin
    The creation of new languages has always been an important part of the history of human life. Languages are not only made of words rather they express the variety of culture, traditions, and lifestyles as well. By applying the notion of Stephen Greenblatt New Historicism this paper aims to explore the invention of artificial languages. New historicism defines as a form of literary theory whose main purpose is to understand the intellectual history through literature. Artificial languages which are also called constructed languages are created by humans intentionally. The most well-known languages are Esperanto and Dothraki. Esperanto is the widely spoken auxiliary language while Dothraki is the fictional one. The major part of the paper relies on Esperanto and its background, why his inventor was influenced to introduce such language on the other hand Dothraki will examine in the series Game of Thrones a TV adaptation of the novel A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R Martin. This paper contends to promote the in-depth analysis of Artificial languages and its impact on literature.