Exploration of Non-Place: Master’s Thesis Defense in the Department of English

2025-12-27T09:06:03+00:00

The Department of English at the College of Arts held a public defense for a Master’s thesis titled "Non-Place Spaces: A Study of Non-Place in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen, and V.S. Naipaul’s Half a Life." The defense, held on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, was attended by the Dean of the College of Arts, Professor Dr. Hatim Fahad Al-Taie, along with several faculty members and scholars. Thesis Overview The study, submitted by graduate student Mayada Thamer Abdul-Ghafoor, aims to understand how the concept of "Non-Place" manifests in modern literature. Grounded in the theoretical framework of Marc Augé, who [Read More]