Browsing by Author "Mahbub, Rifat"
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A critical study of graphic novels: spiegelman’s maus and satrapi’s persepolis
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This thesis exhibits how the intense contents and themes of graphic novels can be credible in venturing its way into the academic world of English literature, particularly in Bangladesh. To accomplish this purpose I ... -
Diasporic dis/location: a study of the themes of memory, home and homecoming in The Namesake, Desirable Daughters and Beloved Strangers: A Memoir
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This thesis investigates the themes of memory, home and homecoming in three novels The Namesake (2003) by Jhumpa Lahiri, Desirable Daughters (2002) by Bharati Mukherjee and Beloved Strangers: A Memoir (2014) by Maria ... -
From texts to films: adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and Great Gatsby across the 20th and the 21st centuries
(BRAC University, 2016-11)Literary adaptation has reached a new dimension specially from the postmodern era. The process of adaptation has gone through many technical and aesthetic changes over the last few centuries. And the changes vary from the ... -
Independent Television Limited
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Internship at The Daily Star
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Mirroring women’s world in Utopian and Dystopian novels In Sultana’s Dream, Herland, The Bluest Eye and Memoirs of a Survivor
(BRAC University, 2016-04)This thesis examines how from the early to late-20th century women writers of different contexts and cultural backgrounds have utilized the genres of ‘Utopian’ and ‘Dystopian’ literature to challenge the social and cultural ... -
The place of Pierre Bourdieu's theories in (popular) cultural studies
(© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016-10)This article examines the relevance of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theories to cultural studies. His key concepts such as cultural capital, habitus, field and symbolic violence are introduced and explained in ... -
Portrayal of motherhood by female authors in American literature in the Light of The Awakening, Herland and The Narrow House
(BRAC University, 2016-04)The societal claim that skills and passion come naturally as soon as a woman becomes a mother is where my research interest begins. Besides, my personal experience of pregnancy and holding a life inside my body, intrigued ... -
Representation of consumer culture in contemporary literature: from Roland Barthes' Mythologies to Will Self's The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
(BRAC University, 2016-08)Consumer culture, although a mark of industrial economy, has turned into the norm of advancement in the contemporary global society. The structure of modern capitalism is based on the production and consumption of goods. ...
