Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Assessment styles and students’ mental health at Bangladeshi private universities
(Brac University, 2022-12)The onset of COVID-19 has brought about drastic changes in everyone’s lives, especially of the student body. Although students are seen to perform well academically during the lockdown, the social media is strewn with ... -
Challenges in job sectors for fresh graduates in Bangladesh: focused on poor English language proficiency
(Brac University, 2021-09)Recent studies suggest that good English language proficiency and getting a job are interrelated with each other. A few studies have been conducted on the challenges that fresh graduates face in their job sectors. Hence, ... -
Preschool teaching and learning: a case study exploration in Dhaka
(Brac University, 2022-09)This case study investigates preschool teachers’ strategies to regulate a successful learning environment in preschool. These are manifest through an observational journey in a preschool located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The ... -
History through the pages of literature: A displacement theory in the post-colonial era
(Brac University, 2022)This thesis will focus on Displacement theory in the Post-colonial era. Through this paper I tried to bring forward the struggles and challenges faced by POC in the era after colonization. This includes, displacement ... -
Impact of learning English writing skills online and in class in junior secondary level: A comparative study
(Brac University, 2022-04)Face-to-face learning has long been considered as the most efficient way to acquire knowledge and complete academic tasks to some extent. However, online learning emerged as a significant alternative during the Covid-19 ... -
Examining the effectiveness of the grammar translation method
(Brac University, 2021)Grammar-Translation Method (GTM) is one of the oldest methods used to teach Latin or Greek and modern languages. GTM focuses primarily on correct grammar and structure. It helps teach the kids how to read and write in ... -
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary level education in Bangladesh: A qualitative study
(Brac University, 2022-05)Like many other countries in the world, educational institutions in Bangladesh remained closed for a long time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There was no face-to-face classes for a prolonged period due to pandemic, but ... -
English language learning anxiety among the rural school students
(Brac University, 2022-09-18)Anxiety is a disturbing circumstance of the mind, which exploits the performance of learners. It diminishes the learning process and achievement of learners. English is the medium of global communication and is widely ... -
A Caged World: A critical analysis of Queer oppression in Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Statovci’s Crossing and Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room
(Brac University, 2022-09)Whether it was acknowledged or not, homosexuality and same-sex interactions existed in every society. In the past, homosexual individuals faced discrimination due to their gender identification in Christian-based ... -
Alice Walker’s discovery of Womanist Zora Neale Hurston: Janie in Their Eyes were Watching God
(Brac University, 2022-05)The paper will touch on Walker’s quest for Zora Neale Hurston, learning about her grave to coming across her grave and most importantly her most notable work Their Eyes Were Watching God. The thesis will focus on ... -
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 ... -
George Orwell’s 1984 and the surveillance in the contemporary world
(Brac University, 2022-08)My research paper is based on 1984, it is one of the masterpieces by George Orwell which represents the conditioned and controlled life of the Oceania people. In the mid-20th century, it is first published and gives ... -
Teacher Beliefs and Practices Regarding Online English Language (Speaking, Listening) Learning
(Brac University, 2021-01-06)This study concerned with during this pandemic situation when all the institutions are closed what are the Teacher beliefs and practices regarding online English language (speaking, listening) learning. Moreover, it ... -
The impact of watching English movies on learning English as a second language: Perspective of Bangladeshi private university students.
(Brac University, 2022-06)The purpose of this research is to look at how the English movies influence the tertiary level students of Bangladesh to learn English as their second language. Furthermore, the study also determined to find out if the ... -
Bildungsroman in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(Brac University, 2021)Bildungsroman novels also known as “coming- of- age” novels deal with subjectivity and the relationship between the self and society. A bildungsroman novel mainly conveys the narrative of a person's cognitive development ... -
A critical analysis of Heart of darkness and Things fall apart: successful or unsuccessful counter-discourse of Conrad’s novella?
(Brac University, 2022-08)This paper aims to conduct a critical analysis of Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and English author Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness to study whether Achebe’s postcolonial novel works as ... -
In search of lost time: phenomenology & time, psychoanalytic theory in the novels of Marcel proust
(Brac University, 2022-08)The ideas of phenomenology that shed light on both time and the nature of the human mind will be discussed here. In addition, psychoanalytic theory clarifies the distinction between the conscious and subconscious mind. ... -
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 ... -
Simulation, simulacra, and modern modes of escapism: living in the hyperreal
(Brac University, 2022-09)The state of the modern world as it stands, creates the perfect conditions to live an imperfect life. Most people live their lives separate from their desires of how they would like for it to be if given the chance to ... -
A critical discourse analysis of Bangladeshi food vlogging language
(Brac University, 2022-05)This study aims to explore the features of the Bangladeshi food vloggers’ language and how they are using language to communicate with their audiences. This research was conducted by using a qualitative method and the ...
