Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university

This study deals with the measurement of comparative impact of the two selected texts “Doctor Faustus” and “Waiting for Godot” on the readers’ emotions by means of Biofeedback. This research aims at checking the viability of biofeedback as a tool to measure emotions of readers generated by the readi...

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Main Author:	Yousaf, Iftikhar
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology PE English PJ Semitic
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27987/1/Determining%20suitability%20of%20pro-and%20anti-cultural%20literary%20texts%20for%20a%20specific%20interpretive%20community%20using%20HRV%20biofeedback.wm.pdf
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spelling	my-ump-ir.279872023-06-14T08:27:15Z Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university 2019-03 Yousaf, Iftikhar BF Psychology PE English PJ Semitic This study deals with the measurement of comparative impact of the two selected texts “Doctor Faustus” and “Waiting for Godot” on the readers’ emotions by means of Biofeedback. This research aims at checking the viability of biofeedback as a tool to measure emotions of readers generated by the reading of a piece of literature. Embedded within the theoretical background of interpretive communities, the research scientifically evaluates the suitability of texts within cultural perspective. It will help in adopting a particular text for a particular community for teaching and learning purpose in EFL setting. The thesis describes in detail the antithetical themes of the two texts, the link between emotions and literature, the traditional and modern techniques used to measure emotions, and the functions of biofeedback technology to be used in measuring the physiological changes that occur in the reader while reading pro-cultural and anti-cultural texts. A comprehensive literature review of all the elements has been presented which are integral to this research. Since this study is an amalgam of technology and literature, a mixed mode has been used as a method to ensure the validity and reliability of the research process. The antithetical themes have been examined qualitatively while emotions have been measured scientifically in quantitative terms. From the results, it is observed that antithetical themes do exist in both the plays which bring out their pro-cultural and anti-cultural nature within Saudi perspective. Moreover, the opposing texts have an impact on the HRV Power Spectrum Score of the readers, and there is a correlation between the effects of the opposing themes of “Doctor Faustus” and “Waiting for Godot” towards emotional performance, very low frequency (VLF) and high frequency (HF) of coherence score of the readers which vary from text to text. From the findings, a conclusion is derived that HRV Biofeedback may be used as a viable tool to determine the suitability of a text to be prescribed for a specific interpretive community. Based on this conclusion, it is recommended for a smooth process of learning English as a foreign language or a second language to make use of biofeedback technology while prescribing text books devoid of cultural irritants that demotivate the students in Arab culture. 2019-03 Thesis http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27987/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27987/1/Determining%20suitability%20of%20pro-and%20anti-cultural%20literary%20texts%20for%20a%20specific%20interpretive%20community%20using%20HRV%20biofeedback.wm.pdf pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Malaysia Pahang Centre for Modern Languages and Human Sciences Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Nubli
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advisor	Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Nubli
topic	BF Psychology PE English PJ Semitic
spellingShingle	BF Psychology PE English PJ Semitic Yousaf, Iftikhar Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university
description	This study deals with the measurement of comparative impact of the two selected texts “Doctor Faustus” and “Waiting for Godot” on the readers’ emotions by means of Biofeedback. This research aims at checking the viability of biofeedback as a tool to measure emotions of readers generated by the reading of a piece of literature. Embedded within the theoretical background of interpretive communities, the research scientifically evaluates the suitability of texts within cultural perspective. It will help in adopting a particular text for a particular community for teaching and learning purpose in EFL setting. The thesis describes in detail the antithetical themes of the two texts, the link between emotions and literature, the traditional and modern techniques used to measure emotions, and the functions of biofeedback technology to be used in measuring the physiological changes that occur in the reader while reading pro-cultural and anti-cultural texts. A comprehensive literature review of all the elements has been presented which are integral to this research. Since this study is an amalgam of technology and literature, a mixed mode has been used as a method to ensure the validity and reliability of the research process. The antithetical themes have been examined qualitatively while emotions have been measured scientifically in quantitative terms. From the results, it is observed that antithetical themes do exist in both the plays which bring out their pro-cultural and anti-cultural nature within Saudi perspective. Moreover, the opposing texts have an impact on the HRV Power Spectrum Score of the readers, and there is a correlation between the effects of the opposing themes of “Doctor Faustus” and “Waiting for Godot” towards emotional performance, very low frequency (VLF) and high frequency (HF) of coherence score of the readers which vary from text to text. From the findings, a conclusion is derived that HRV Biofeedback may be used as a viable tool to determine the suitability of a text to be prescribed for a specific interpretive community. Based on this conclusion, it is recommended for a smooth process of learning English as a foreign language or a second language to make use of biofeedback technology while prescribing text books devoid of cultural irritants that demotivate the students in Arab culture.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Yousaf, Iftikhar
author_facet	Yousaf, Iftikhar
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title	Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university
title_short	Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university
title_full	Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university
title_fullStr	Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university
title_full_unstemmed	Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university
title_sort	determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using hrv biofeedback at taibah university
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
granting_department	Centre for Modern Languages and Human Sciences
publishDate	2019
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27987/1/Determining%20suitability%20of%20pro-and%20anti-cultural%20literary%20texts%20for%20a%20specific%20interpretive%20community%20using%20HRV%20biofeedback.wm.pdf
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Determining suitability of pro-and anti-cultural literary texts for a specific interpretive community using HRV Biofeedback at Taibah university

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