Thesis, B.A. (English)
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Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
(Brac University, 2022-06)Women have always been the object of oppression from the very beginning. Due to men and women having different natural biological structures, it is believed that they are assigned with different roles in society. As ... -
Social media affecting minds and moneybags
(Brac University, 2022-04)People have become so much dependent on technologies and social media nowadays. Like every other factors, it has also affected their lives in two different ways. Some have consumed the positive impacts and some had negatives. ... -
Perception of students and teachers on guidebook for English language learning
(Brac University, 2022-06)In Bangladesh, the popularity of guidebook is on extreme level in the current situation. In the era of technology, despite having of it, students, teachers are running after result oriented education system. Nowadays, ... -
The role of interiorized power in sexual repression: a foucauldian reading of Edward Albee's The Zoo story
(Brac University, 2022-05)During the post-World War II era, American society went through several socio-cultural changes. With the rise of consumer culture, and rapid changes in society, modern people were gradually losing the value of life. However, ... -
Gender, class, and politics in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls
(Brac University, 2022-05)Theatre has always been a platform for expressing what cannot be expressed through mere words coming out of one’s mouth. From the beginning of theatre, playwrights have tried to bring out issues concerning love, betrayal, ... -
Environmental awareness through Indian green literature: an eco-critical reading of Aranyak and The Hungry Tide
(Brac University, 2020-09)The aim of this thesis is to examine the developing literary theory of ecocriticism on two chosen Indian green literary texts; Bibhutubhushan’s Aranyak and Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide. The theory of ecocriticism is still ... -
Efficacy and challenges in learning English by using social media: a case study on the tertiary level learners in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)This study attempts to describe the implementation of social media-based teaching and learning in improving students' language skills. As CLT ( Communicative Language Teaching ) and ICT ( Information and Communication ... -
Identity, self-realization and the embodiment of womanhood in Henrik Ibsen’s Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler
(Brac University, 2022-06)Henrik Ibsen wrote about 19th century sensitive, taboo topics. His work addresses aspects like corruption, psychological struggles, women’s rights, repressive social beliefs and such. Although Ibsen was never a self-proclaimed ... -
Despair in Asian Literature: exploring Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human in the light of existentialism, absurdism & critical disability theory
(Brac University, 2022-05)Despair is common to the human experience regardless of any facet of one’s identity. In the course of studying literature in English, we often have little exposure to Asian literature despite Asian literature also ... -
An examination of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and The Graveyard book in the context of Gothic Elements and Child Psychology
(Brac University, 2022-05)This is a paper about how British author Neil Gaiman’s writing supports children’s psychological and emotional needs. Gaiman’s two books - Coraline and TheGraveyardBook have been used as the primary texts. This paper shows ... -
Trauma, Betrayal and the Resistance: a marxist analysis of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Weep Not, Child and Matigari
(Brac University, 2022-05)This paper aims to discuss Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels, Weep Not, Child (1964) and Matigari (1986), by examining the class exploitation of the Kenyan people both during the colonial rule, and in the postcolonial Kenyan ... -
Female misrepresentation in selected peripheral pieces: glimpsing into Native Son, Beauty is a Wound and The Lonely Londoners
(Brac University, 2022-05)Women have been used as accessories in different novels and play for a long time. The female characters have been serving the role of mute or passive speakers in different literary pieces. Most of the time, they were ... -
Perceptions of secondary level students and teachers taking private tutoring in English Online in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)COVID-19 situation gave the world quite a drastic change. Even in the education sector, some serious problems have risen, as the method of teaching has changed its direction and shifted to online platforms. Along with ... -
Utilizing lesson plan in ESL classroom at primary level: a study on primary level Bangla medium school in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-09)Lesson plan is a model about how a teacher will conduct their class on given time including necessary components. From various researches it has been found that lesson plan is a useful tool for teaching. In terms of ESL ... -
Effective ways of learning vocabulary online for ESL students at tertiary level in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)The paper shows that Bangladeshi ESL students learn vocabulary from online and which method is effective for them. Bangladeshi ESL students can learn vocabulary from visual/ multimodal methods and traditional methods. ... -
Challenges and benefits of using online learning platforms in English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh: a secondary school scenario
(Brac University, 2021-09)The sudden interruption in traditional face-to-face language teaching caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted educational institutions of all levels in Bangladesh. Schools, like other educational institutions switched ... -
The unbearable heaviness of being: Analyzing Bigger Thomas from Richard Wright’s Native Son as a character beyond good and evil
(Brac University, 2022-01)Published in 1940, the reputation of Native Son as one of the most significant African-American literary texts is due to its fascinating plotline that follows the story of an unusual protagonist named Bigger Thomas living ... -
The inevitable gateway from prostitution: a post-colonial study on Eka Kurniawan’s Beauty is a wound
(Brac University, 2021-09)In a capitalist society, where commodification knows no boundary, commodifying sexual intercourse is a genius strategy to augment the advent of capitalism since sexual desire and its fulfillment is indispensable to the ... -
How external standardized language exams and exam prospects affect Bangladeshi students
(Brac University, 2021-12)Bangladeshi students who aim to go abroad for higher education often have to give external standardized exams like IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, GMAT and GRE. Such an exam acts as a marker for students’ language proficiency on an ... -
Mobile-assisted language learning in Secondary level schools in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-01)Mobile learning has been applied to higher studies in developed countries for more than a decade to ensure a smooth, effective and trouble-free teaching and learning process. Advanced technology has played a vital role in ...
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