Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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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 ... -
Understanding the discursive context: Production of muslim women as invisible in the written history of colonial Bengal
(Brac University, 2019-12)This paper studies the social milieu that produced Muslim women as “invisible” and “backward” in the written history, shaped by Hindu/Brahmo dominated nationalist discourse in Bengal. It questions the political atmosphere, ... -
Unfinished processes: Acting out trauma and working through postmemory
(Brac University, 2020-04)This thesis expands on the concepts of trauma and postmemory portrayed in the graphic memoirs Maus by Art Spiegelman and The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. Both memoirs constitute an intimately evocative family story, ... -
Urban Structures and Human Psychology: A geocritical study of J.G Ballard’s Highrise and Cocaine Nights
(Brac University, 2020-09)In postmodern era, the idea of space, its related concepts and practices such as spatiality, mapping, topography, deterritorialization, and so forth have become a key term for literary and cultural studies. After the end ... -
Use of English beyond the classroom wall: a study of undergraduate students' out-of-class English learning activities
(BRAC University, 2013-08)The principal objective of this paper is to find out and discuss about the experience of 60 undergraduate students have regarding out of class activities. This paper will focus on some important issues like do they have ... -
Use of gestures and facial expression in language acquisition
(BRAC University, 2015-08)The researcher compares influence of teachers’ gesture and facial expression in language acquisition of both typical young learners and special young learners. The researcher observed 4 schools including 2 typical schools ... -
Use of language learning strategies: an investigation of the use pattern of language learning strategies of Bangladeshi learners and its correlation with the proficiency
(BRAC University, 2011-08)Study of Language Learning Strategies (LLS) suggests that frequent use of language learning strategies is related to successful language learning and language proficiency. Results of most of the research conducted in ... -
Use of vocabulary learning strategies and common difficulties in vocabulary learning: responses of bengali medium secondary level EFL learners
(BRAC University, 2018-08-02)The study is conducted on 82 secondary EFL learners from three reputed Bengali medium schools at Dhaka City. The study attempts to investigate that what strategies the learners use most frequently as well as to what extent. ... -
Using authentic materials in ESL Classroom: A tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2012-08)This research examines the effect of using authentic materials in ESL (English second language) classroom at tertiary level. It attempts to access the suitability of the alternative and untraditional way of teaching that ... -
Using authentic materials in the writing classes: a tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2013-12)There has been an increasing demand of using authentic materials in the foreign language teaching. Writing is one of the important productive skills in English language teaching. The aim of this research is to examine the ... -
Using educational thoughts as a policy of decolonization
(BRAC University, 2016-08)Rabindranath Tagore was a prominent thinker in his time. He was not only a great poet but also a great educationalist. He did not write any educational treatise. His experiment at Santiniketon was the root of his educational ... -
Using error correction method in Bangladeshi context: Teachers' preferences, beliefs and challenges
(BRAC University, 2012-12)This research attempts to find out the types of errors done by the Bangladeshi students of different schools at lower secondary level, while they are learning writing in English. And to correct these errors, what type of ... -
Using gamification in English language learning in the ESOL context of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021)Research suggests that in the case of language learning, developed countries are bringing technology-focused modern techniques. To date, there has been a limited study on bringing new and modern concepts on this aspect in ... -
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 ... -
Various psychologies of Post-Apocalyptic texts
(BRAC University, 2010-12)The post-apocalyptic genre is quite a popular one. People are fascinated by what will happen at the end of the world as we know it. Most popular post-apocalyptic fictions, however, are more stereotypical in nature which ... -
Walcott and Brathwaite: Caribbean modernity and "the detritus of the past"
(BRAC University, 2012-12)The Caribbean quest to conceptualize the modernity inherent in their condition is illustrated in living color by Derek Walcott and Edward K. Brathwaite in their critically acclaimed poetry. In doing so not only do they ... -
What makes a hero? from past polarities to contemporary ambiguities
(BRAC University, 2021-05)Most narratives found in literature usually have one central point in common – characters, who are at the heart of the story. Throughout literary history, characters exist often as a representation of a conflict, a ... -
Why Sherlock Holmes is immortal: character and legacy
(BRAC University, 2019-04)Sherlock Holmes has been an endearing figure in the public consciousness for over a hundred years now. He has transcended the pages of the novel to become much more than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, could ever have ... -
William Shakespeare: feminist strains
(BRAC University, 2017-07)In the Elizabethan era women faced huge barriers in their path to asserting their individual identities in society. This trend of an oppressive patriarchal society inhabited by ‘correctly’ submissive women was reflected ... -
Women and stream of consciousness in Virginia Woolf’s novel: “Mrs. Dalloway” and “To the Lighthouse”
(BRAC University, 2017-04)Virginia Woolf is best known for her novels, especially “Mrs. Dalloway” (1925) and “To the Lighthouse” (1927), Woolf also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theory, literary history, women’s writing, and the politics of ...