Thesis, B.A. (English)
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Contemporary English poetry: a subcontinental discourse
(Brac University, 2022-09)This study starts by briefly introducing the colonial past of Bangladesh and then gives the personal experience of the author that is influenced by colonization. The paper then tries to investigate the causes behind the ... -
Human, nature and balance: a comparative analysis of eco-critical parallels in Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh and Island by Aldous Huxley
(20303031, 2024-05)The aim of this thesis is to examine and compare the literary theory of ecocriticism between the two novels Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh and Island by Aldous Huxley. It explores the intricate relationship between human life ... -
Comparative analysis: nationalism and resistance in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Anandamath.
(Brac University, 2024-05)By delving into the literary representations of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Anandamath, this paper aims to examine nationalism and resistance within the colonial context of Africa and ... -
An exploratory study on Bangladesh student’s factors and challenges of studying abroad
(Brac University, 2024-04)This study explores the challenges of Bangladeshi students while studying abroad. It also focuses on the reasons to choose abroad for higher studies and how Bangladeshi students overcome their challenges. Besides, the ... -
Trauma, memory, and cultural healing: ecofeminist parallels in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Saratchandra Chattopadhya’s Srikanta
(Brac University, 2024-05)This paper delves into the poignant intersection of trauma, memory, and cultural healing through an ecofeminist lens, comparing Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' and Saratchandra Chattopadhyay's 'Srikanta.' Specifically, it is a ... -
Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
(Brac University, 2024-05)The objective of the thesis is to expand the understanding of the theory of intersectionality and microaggression by addressing the issues of intersectionality and microaggression concerning African American men, Mr. Pi, ... -
Nonconformity emerging through literature: a comparative analysis of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Bell Jar
(Brac University, 2024-06)In literature, modernism is mostly associated with themes such as disillusionment, exile, individuality, loss of religion, secularism, political and social critique, rejecting and questioning tradition, and so forth. People ... -
The narratives of racism, trauma, slavery and resilience: a comparative analysis of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved
(Brac University, 2024-06)The Bluest Eye and Beloved are Toni Morrison’s two seminal works which portrayed the intergenerational racism, trauma, slavery and the longing for self-worth within the African American community. A comparative analysis ... -
The implementation of technology in teaching English to Rohingya refugees: a perspective of the teachers in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2024-05)This research explores the potential use of implementing technology inside the refugee camps of Bangladesh. This research aims to examine both the benefits of using technology and the challenges that come with using it. ... -
The impact of high-stake English examination saystem of Bangladesh on students' oral English skills: a qualitative study
(Brac University, 2024-01)This study examines the high-stake English examination system of Bangladesh and its impact on students’ oral English skills. Every year a lot of students in Bangladesh participate in high-stake exams such as S.S.C, H.S.C ... -
Challenges and prospects of teaching English to the children with low visual impairment in special schools of Dhaka
(Brac University, 2024-01)The rate of dropping people with lower vision has decreased by 35% over 20 years according to the article of “The Business Standard ''. Though the rate is decreasing, the rate of educating these people is not increasing ... -
Effectiveness of blended learning approach in English language learning in the tertiary-level context of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)Blended learning is a combined learning approach of both online and offline features of learning. Though, in the current Bangladeshi context, online learning has gained popularity, it has some disadvantages too which ... -
Tracing the trajectory of magical realism in Bangladeshi literature
(Brac University, 2024-05)Magical realism is a popular literary genre that suits both postcolonialism and postmodernism. Many countries, including Bangladesh, have contributed to this genre because of its postcolonial characteristics of making ... -
Jean Rhys`s Wide Sargasso Sea as a “Writing Back” Of Charlotte Brontë`s Jane Eyre
(Brac University, 2024-02)A number of authors from countries which were previously colonised, came up with the intention of responding to the European canonical texts through their own writings in the postcolonial era. This thesis will analyse ... -
Interdisciplinary theorization of subjugated identities under demystified despotisms
(Brac University, 2024-06)“Interdisciplinary Theorization of Subjugated Identities under Demystified Despotisms” investigates subjugation and the formation of subject identities under various forms of despotism over more than a century. By classifying ... -
Vivian's Hyde
(Brac University, 2024-04)The novelette is centered on a female private investigator in a dystopian city, who is deeply haunted by the atrocities of her past. The main lead faces her past through a sequence of nightmares that particularly do not ... -
Early syntactic development of a Bangla speaking child: a case study
(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 ... -
A critical discourse analysis of Bangladeshi political Language
(Brac University, 2023-01)The main goal of political discourse analysis is to figure out what the text is really trying to see. The study wants to analyse the political speech of Bangladesh from a critical point of view. The study also wants ... -
Teaching English at rural secondary schools of Bangladesh: Facilitating or disadvantaging?
(Brac University, 2021-01)This research aims at digging up the barriers and facilities of English teaching at rural secondary schools in Bangladesh. In a country like Bangladesh, the rural areas are deprived of different opportunities and facilities ... -
Challenges and opportunities of completing undergraduate education online: Narrative study of public and private university students in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-05)The arrival of COVID-19 pandemic brought significant changes in all aspects of human life since everything came to a standstill. For maintaining social distance and safeguarding individual’s lives, soon the educational ...