Browsing Department of English and Humanities (ENH) by Title
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What influences students in Bangladesh to use English: a tertiary level study
(Brac University, 2021-01)Due to the global spread of English, the use of the language is no longer confined to its native speakers but to an overwhelming majority of non-native speakers. In Bangladesh, people use English in different spheres of ... -
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 ... -
Women in African society: Analysis of Achebe’s novels Things Fall Apart and A Man of the People
(Brac University, 2022-08)This paper explores an image of women in Chinua Achebe's novels A Man of the People and Things Fall Apart. Achebe has a vivid expression describing the social cultural values in Nigeria of Africa, as a prominent ... -
Women in limbo: the dichotomy of nationalism and modernity in the image of the bengali woman
(BRAC University, 2012-04)Nationalism is commonly interpreted as loyalty to the nation. In Bengal, one of the earliest manifestations of this phenomenon can be traced to the swadeshi or nationalist movement. Modernity, however, which was one of the ... -
Women in nation-making: a domisticated reformation of their voices, bodies and selves
(BRAC University, 2008-04)This paper seeks to look at the history of nation-making in the subcontinent and the role and voices of women as their own subjectivity undergoes reformation in the process. I hope to find the female narrative through the ... -
Women in Shakespearean comedies: a subversion of gender norms
(BRAC University, 2016-08)Feminism can be described as a social theory or movement which is aimed to value women power and their contribution toward society. This movement intends to establish equal social, economic and political rights as well as ... -
Women's resistance portrayed in Toni Morrison's novel : beloved, the bluest eye and sula
(BRAC University, 2013-08)Being a minority population in American society, African-Americans encounter various social and political conflicts and discriminations in their lives. The enforcement of the values and norms of the dominant white culture ... -
Women's response to the society in Tony Morrison's Novel's, namely Sula, The Bluest Eye and Beloved
(BRAC University, 2006-11)The Principle Aim of this paper is to throw light on the situation of black women in Toni Morrison's writings. This dissertation focuses on three novels by Morrison, namely, The Bluest Eve, Sula and Beloved to identify ... -
Women, Islam and nation in Bengal
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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 ... -
Womens in Ballads : a comparative study of the Chittagong and Maymensingh gitikash
(BRAC University, 2007-05)Folklore is one of the most prominent elements in Bangladeshi culture. The tradition of folklore is an ancient but one of the richest creations in Bangladeshi culture. Folk literature plays a vital role in defining folklore, ... -
‘Women’ and ‘Sexuality’ in the 18th and 19th century english novels: a reading of Eliza Haywood and Thomas Hardy
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-04)The Dissertation seeks to explore and comprehend the 18th century and Victorian perception towards female sexuality, desire and sexual crime by reading the works of Eliza Haywood, and Thomas Hardy. In doing so, this thesis ... -
Women’s quest for identity in the selected works of Anita Desai & Shashi Deshpande
(BRAC University, 2016-11)The aim of this dissertation is to explore, examine and analyze women‟s quest for a self-asserted independent/liberated identity; oppositional to the ones that are imposed upon them by the society. For that purpose the ... -
Working as an intern in Dhaka Bangla Channel (DBC News)
(BRAC University, 2017-04)To accomplish my undergraduate program, I had to do an internship in any print or visual media. So, I preferred to join in a TV channel. I joined at Dhaka Bangla Channel (DBC News) in the department of English Newsroom ... -
Working at Star Campus
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Working for journalistic excellence at The Daily Observer
(BRAC University, 2015-12) -
Working in a National desk at New Age
(BRAC University, 2015-12)