User:Tariq Faraz

Dr. Mohammad Tariq (Tariq Faraz) is currently Assistant Professor of English at J. S. H. (P. G.) College Amroha, (M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly). He is a former Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Languages, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow. (from 2012-2020). Tariq Faraz is the author of the book The Prophets of Hope and Survival in the 20th Century Absurdities (2020). He teaches English, Contemporary Literary Theories and various courses on Professional Communication.

Dr. Tariq did his PG and PhD in English from Lucknow University and also qualified UGC-NET in English. The topic of his doctoral research was “Metaphor, Time and Narrative: Paul Ricoeur’s Philosophy of Language and Literary Hermeneutics” which was a philosophical inquiry about the nature of language, the development of religious hermeneutics to the literary studies. It was broadly oriented towards literary hermeneutics, especially hermeneutics of suspicion. It showed that how purely religious discipline legitimately came to be associated with literary studies.

A significant feature of his personality is his deep interest in academic leadership, future of academic institutions, the fresh avenues, both in creative writing and critical thinking i. e. modern English and Urdu poetry, French hermeneutics, Studies in Comparative Religion and film-studies. His area of specialization is the Philosophy of Language and Literary Hermeneutics.

He has also worked at Lucknow Christian Degree College as Lecturer in English and was Academic Counselor (English) at IGNOU, LCDC Branch, Lucknow. At present, he is engaged in editing two books entitled The Poetic Gesture of Feminine Perspective: A Comparative Approach to the Contemporary Indo-Pak Urdu Poetry, and Diaspora as a Cathartic Metaphor: A Hermeneutical Approach. Tariq writes in both the languages, Urdu and English.