Browsing by Author "Azim, Firdous"
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The 20th century zeitgeist in Doris Lessing's fiction: a reading of the children of violence series
Bhuiyan, Robina Rashid (BRAC University, 2011-08)This paper attempts to explore the forces that defined the twentieth century through a reading of Doris Lessing's Children of Violence series and the Golden Notebook. Each century is defined by the mass consciousness of ... -
Amitav Ghosh and his depiction of historical aspects and global interaction and experimentation with language
Biswas, Dipa (BRAC University, 2013-04-18)The thesis, looks at the novels of Amitav Ghosh (1956), especially In An Antique Land (1992), The Glass Palace (2000), Sea of Poppies (2008) and River of Smoke (2011), to show the historical aspects of the cultures and ... -
Beyond borders: Afghanistan in Bengali imagination
Mou, Jannatul Ferdous (Brac University, 2022-09)Syed Mujtaba Ali and Zia Haider Rahman are two notable authors who wrote on issues that transcend national boundaries and address universal themes of identity, domination, power and acceptability. I will be looking at Syed ... -
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The colonized mind: a study of postcolonial realities in selected modern fiction
Sharmin, Shaila (BRAC University, 2010-12)This dissertation discusses the perpetual colonization of a subjugated nation's mind which is depicted in the selected four novels from different continents and and different time frame. Although there has been a wide ... -
Constriction of English language learning in a developing country— a qualitative study in Bangladesh
Fabee, Nazida Akter (Brac University, 2019-12)The aim of this study is to explore the constriction of students’ English language learning due to the challenges faced in a developing country, and the study is conducted in the context of Bangladesh. Eventually, the ... -
Early syntactic development of a Bangla speaking child: a case study
Hossain, Tasruba (Brac University, 2024-01)This research was aimed to reveal the syntactic progression of a child who speaks Bangla. It also tried to find out the Bangla structural error in the child utterances. To carry out the study, a Bangla speaking child was ... -
Educational discrimination: opportunities and challenges of Bangla Medium students In job market
Prova, Nazifa Anjum (Brac University, 2019-08)This research explored the current demand of English in society, especially in job sectors where candidates are being judged only based on their proficiency and fluency in English rather than other qualities. It also ... -
The formation of the African American community in the United States
Ahmed, Fatema Johera (BRAC University, 2012-12)The literature of the Diaspora is particularly interesting in the contemporary world as more and more people come to find themselves voluntarily or involuntarily displaced. Displacement is the material reality of ... -
Gender equality in Rokeya's writing
Rahman, Md. Mahbubur (BRAC University, 2013-04)This thesis looks into the notion of gender equality and its reflection in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s writing. It analyzes the meaning and importance of gender equality, types, causes and consequences of gender inequality ... -
Imperialism in the novels of Aphra Behn, Jane Austen and Jean Rhys: a reading of Oroonoko, Mansfield Park and Wide Sargasso Sea
Sharmin, Farheena (BRAC University, 2013-08)World history today is largely shaped by the history of imperialism. The traces and effects of imperialism can not only be found in the works of dominant writers, but many African and Asian writers also refer to the presence ... -
Implementation of CLT approach in an EAP course in private universities of Bangladesh
Dalia, Kamarun Nessa (Brac University, 2021-09)The aim of the research was to investigate how private universities deal with CLT in an EAP course. The participants in the study were students and teachers from different universities who have done and taught EAP courses ... -
India in English literature : reading Kim (1901), A Passage to India (1924) and Midnight’s Children (1981)
Kanak, Azimur Rashid (BRAC University, 2014-12)The concept of identity is complex and complicated, especially in people of those countries which once were colonized. People of such countries have to go through three levels in the development of their national and ... -
Language, literature, education and community: the Bengali muslim woman in the early twentieth century
Azim, Firdous; Hasan, Perween (© 2014 Elsevier Ltd., 2014)The issue of women's empowerment has a long history. This article intends to trace the issue of women's empowerment in the area that now forms contemporary Bangladesh. In this regard, we have delved into the early part of ... -
Madness and Women: A reading of three women's novels
Islam, Sonika (BRAC University, 2010-12)The state of madness is often associated with women. This paper will try to reveal the situations which drive a woman into mental imbalance. Three phases of female life are explored here- adolescence, youth and middle-age ... -
Magic realism: Mingling of fantasy and reality, tragedy and comedy in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's one hundred years of solitude and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children
Sultana, Salma (BRAC University, 2009-08)Stories are always fascinating to every walk of life, but stories with magical or fantastical elements with of fairies or ghosts always amuse people. However, being a student of literature, I got an opportunity to look ... -
The meaning of empowerment
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Memoirs or the recounting of the growth of the artists mind
Habib, Mushira (BRAC University, 2009-04)The genre of autobiography or memoir has always been very popular among readers because of the instinctive interest of human beings to feel connected to the lives of others. The memoirs of great people have always inspired ... -
Muslim marriage and divorce: recounting married women’s quest for individual sovereignty in literary and legal arenas of Bangladesh
Nazmul, Nafisa (BRAC University, 2018-08)Marriage has been considered as one of the most ancient and important social institutions in human history. The benefits that marriage provides are undeniable, yet in most of the cases, it imposes restrictions and bindings ... -
Myth and meaning in Ulysses: Homer, Tennyson and Joyce
Shoily, Kazi Farzana (BRAC University, 2013-08)This is an attempt to decode the change in meanings in adaptations of Ulysses over the ages. The basis is set on the theory of myth provided by Roland Barthes. There are additional concepts that aid the argumentation as ...