Browsing by Subject "Women in literature"
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Eka Kurniawan’s projection of women and patriarchal society: a radical feminist study of Beauty is a wound
(Brac University, 2022-09)The Southeast Asian country Indonesia has witnessed many historical events that shaped its societal structures many times in many ways. Although the history of the country includes the ‘manly affairs’ like the Dutch ... -
Feminization, construction and re-construction of madness: intertextuality between Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
(Brac University, 2019-12)Even though men didsuffer from mental illness theirs was considered a disease that required to be cured while madness or deviant behavior in women was considered something demonized, wicked and dangerous. The aim of my ... -
Portrayal of the 20th century woman as seen through Edith and Clarissa in Anita Brookner’s Hotel du Lac and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
(Brac University, 2023-01)The late 19th and early 20th centuries in western society saw a fascinating change in the field of arts. Poets and authors shifted the attention to the newly emerging industrial world. This work will be an in-depth study ... -
Portrayal of women in Amitav Ghosh’s Novels Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke
(Brac University, 2019-08)In my thesis, I will illustrate the portrayal of women in Amitav Ghosh’s novels Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke. Manifestation of women in Amitav Ghosh’s novels explores the emotional world of women with a historical ... -
Reflection of mental illness and female depression in the works of Sylvia Plath
(Brac University, 2023-09)Every time someone tries to be physically fit, they neglect their mental health, which is inextricably linked to their physical health. Without mental health, physical health is of no value. Both are equally essential to ... -
Women, power of collectivity and magical realism in Allende and Kurniawan’s novels: an answer to patriarchal subjectivity
(Brac University, 2021-09)This thesis demonstrates the subjectivity illustrated by the patriarchal society and counteracted by women for equity and true democracy. With a close reading of the novels The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and ...
