Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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Walcott and Brathwaite: Caribbean modernity and "the detritus of the past"
(BRAC University, 2012-12)The Caribbean quest to conceptualize the modernity inherent in their condition is illustrated in living color by Derek Walcott and Edward K. Brathwaite in their critically acclaimed poetry. In doing so not only do they ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
World War II and after – responses of three british dramatists – Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and John Osborne
(BRAC University, 2014-08)The post-World War II era was a time of disintegration in every sphere of life. The two World Wars shattered the Western myth of a rational and humane evolution of the world based on principles of equality, growth and ... -
The world wars in British poetry: different perspectives
(BRAC University, 2016-08)World War I began in 1914 and lasted till November 1918 and World War II started from 1935 till 1949. During this time period, the whole western world underwent a radical change. An entire generation was destroyed by these ... -
Writing as discovering: exploring clearing nonfiction
(BRAC University, 2009-04)Creative nonfiction is often called the "fourth genre" after prose, poetry and drama. It is a new genre that often causes confusion because the name sounds like an oxymoron. Indeed, it deals with facts and real events, but ...
