@article{Hasan_2016, title={TEACHING ENGLISH LITERATURE AT IIUM: ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON SELECTED TWENTIETH-CENTURY TEXTS}, volume={21}, url={https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/401}, DOI={10.31436/shajarah.v21i1.401}, abstractNote={<p>Among the humanities and social sciences disciplines, English<br />literature is perhaps the most contentious subject as it carries subtle<br />ideological and cultural impacts and significance. Right from the<br />beginning of its introduction in British India and elsewhere, the most<br />prominent consideration was its inherent worth as a carrier of values<br />and norms. Under the surface of its seemingly value-neutral tag,<br />English literature promotes ideas, beliefs and philosophies which can<br />potentially influence its learners and practitioners. Based on this<br />theoretical premise, this paper will establish the necessity of<br />critically evaluating English literary texts in a Muslim setting and of<br />bringing in Islamic perspectives in pedagogical practices at such an<br />Islamic university as International Islamic University Malaysia<br />(IIUM). It will discuss a few twentieth-century English literary works<br />and suggest ways of looking at them from the Islamic viewpoint.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)}, author={Hasan, Md Mahmudul}, year={2016}, month={Jun.} }