Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Author "Chowdhury, Rukhsana Rahim"
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An analogous study of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevky with their perceptions of reality : revisiting Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Iqbal, Arsheel (BRAC University, 2015-04)This paper explores Leo Tolstoy‘s life before analyzing Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy was a renowned author of the 20th century and was famous for his realistic works. This paper will highlight how Tolstoy portrays the ... -
The changing portrayal of women in the novels Shirley, The Mill on the Floss and Sons and Lovers
Yasmin, Fahmida (BRAC University, 2014-08)My thesis analyses the women characters in the three novels, Shirley, the Mill on the Floss and Sons and Lovers. The first chapter gives information on the historical background of the Victorian period and the early 20th ... -
Confessional poetry : voice of oppressed women
Jahan, Israt (BRAC University, 2015-04)Confessional poetry is the poetry of the personal. This genre is mainly focused on extreme moments of individuals, their private experience and psyche. Confessional poets‘ private experiences are revealed in their poetry. ... -
Diasporic discourses in the Fictions of Jhumpa Lahiri
Ferdous, Andalib (BRAC University, 2015-12)Man has always been in quest for a better life. Since the very beginning of the world till today’s advanced period the exploration continued. Man moves from one place to other in search for the comfort and prosperity. Often ... -
The difference in the representation of the “Black” protagonist in Oroonoko and Things Fall Apart
Tabassum, Sazerin (BARC University, 2017-08)Colonialism is a historical phenomenon which was established a long time ago where a nation proceeds to extend and retain its authority over other people and territories. It was a policy followed by a number of European ... -
Evolution of the Tragic Hero : a shift from God to Man
Rahman, Mahbuba (BRAC University, 2015-08)The thesis aims to follow the evolution of the figure of the Tragic Hero from the ancient Greek age up to the modern age. This is done in the light of Aristotle, Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Miller’s concept of the Tragic ... -
Exploring the aspects of Dark Romanticism in 19th Century American Literature
Moazzem, M Shahriar (Brac University, 2019-12)Dark Romanticism in 19th century America was popular among the readers, but not entirely in literary circles where writers were focusing more on transcendalist writings, like “Nature” of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Writers like ... -
The failure of the American dream : The Great Gatsby
Islam, Tubah Saika (BRAC University, 2014-12)American Dream has distinctive implications for diverse individuals. To some, it implies that one can accomplish whatever one wants through living this dream which will take one to his/her desired objectives. To others, ... -
From fairy tales to disney movies: gender roles and stereotypes then and now
Sharif, Umme Hanee (BRAC University, 2016-08)This thesis studies classic fairy tales of the seventeenth, eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries by Charles Perrault, the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen to observe how gender stereotypes and gender roles ... -
From ‘Fallen woman’ to ‘New woman’ in victorian novels: Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte & Kate Chopin
Monir, Fatimah Binte (BRAC University, 2017-12)Pedagogical assumptions of feminism have made great strides over time and after passing through three waves have today reached a point where women can claim to have sovereign identities as members of a society independent ... -
A genius of the south and harlem renaissance: moulding the dynamics of American literature
Lohani, Nusmila Tabassum (BRAC University, 2015-08-08)A genius of The South and Harlem Renaissance: Moulding the Dynamics of American Literature" is the speculation of the literary movement in the 1920's and its effects on twentieth century American literature. In an attempt ... -
Imagining female subjects: formation of the self of women in Diaspora
Aftab, Rezwana (BRAC University, 2016-04)This thesis aims to look at the formation of the self of women in diaspora in the selected diasporic novels. The novels which have been chosen to be a part of this research are as follows: Brick Lane (2003) by Monica ... -
Importance of visual aids to motivate young learners
Mokarrama, Nahiyan (BRAC Univeristy, 2017-04-02)This report presents the results of the experiences gathered during the internship done in Rajuk Uttara Model College from Sep-Dec, 2016. As an undergraduate student of BRAC University, I was required to do a dissertation ... -
An interpretation of nietzsche’s idea of ubermensch
Alam, Zubayer (BRAC University, 2016-04)“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” Friedrich Nietzsche (Daybreak, 16). Friedrich Nietzsche is popularly seen as the enigmatic ... -
Literature as a liberating space for 19th century women: a close reading of the selected works of Christina Rossetti, Emily Bronte and Kate Chopin
Esha, Nusrat Yasmin (Brac University, 2019-12)This thesis fundamentally aims to look at the question of the potency of literature as a space through which women can assert their existence. Literature has been used as a force for social reformation and has been used ... -
Looking at Virginia Woolf: women and society
Islam, Al-Kafia (BRAC University, 2015-08)This paper looks at two essays, A Room of One’s Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938), of Virginia Woolf to study the position of English women living in the late nineteenth to first half of the twentieth century. These ... -
Marginalization of women in south asia: women novelists’ perspective
Bari, Morsheda (BRAC University, 2014-08)This thesis looks into the position of women in three significant novels written in English by South Asian authors, Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day and Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy ... -
Mystery of the forbidden fruit: Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
Abedin, Tasnim (BRAC University, 2016-08)The dissertation explores the idea of the Forbidden Fruit as found in literature. This is done by analysing the literary texts of John Milton, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Milton’s representation of the theme has ... -
Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
Tabassum, Tasneem (Brac University, 2022-06)Women have always been the object of oppression from the very beginning. Due to men and women having different natural biological structures, it is believed that they are assigned with different roles in society. As ... -
Psychosocial alienation as dehumanization: Dostoevsky and Tolstoy revisited
Muarif, Mariama (BRAC University, 2014-12)In the world of philosophy, psychosocial alienation is a well-known concept. It is a notion that represents the psychic torment of an individual who experiences the feelings of isolation, despair or anguish and gradually ...