Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Her desire: a post-colonial reading of Rabindranath, Rokeya, and Bibhuti
(Brac University, 2022-08)This research focuses on the idea of ‘desire,’ the manipulation of the word’ desire’ in creating a false portrayal of the colonial Bengal as well as her daughters. This also focuses on the lack of representation, ... -
Effectiveness of project based learning in Bangladeshi tertiary classroom
(Brac University, 2022-06)Project- based learning (PBL) is a comprehensive method of teaching and learning in which students work in a team or individually to explore real-world issues. The proper use of this method makes the learning more interesting ... -
The effectiveness of comprehensible input in primary level English language classes: a perspective from Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-06)The main objective of this research was to find the effectiveness of comprehensible input on primary level students’ English learning. A quantitative research approach had been followed where two groups of students got two ... -
The modern woman and conflict of gender performance: An analysis of Pinter’s Selected plays
(Brac University, 2021-09)This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Harold Pinter's selected plays to unveil the representation of women in modern drama and the conflict of gender on stage. The goal is to demonstrate a literary study of ... -
Representation of women in movies and advertisements
(Brac University, 2022-05)Movies have been a part of our life from the early 19th century through a series of transactions. Similarly, modern advertisements have been around from the 17th century. They play a vital role in shaping the mindset ... -
Alternative assessments in the private universities during the Covid-19 pandemic: impact and consequences
(Brac University, 2022-04)This study explores students‟ perceptions and thoughts on the alternative assessments conducted by their respected universities during the Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A qualitative research method was employed to carry ... -
Factors affecting written corrective feedback online: a tertiary level scenario
(Brac University, 2021-06)This study has focused on the teacher’s insights regarding the factors affecting giving written corrective feedback in online teaching. This research included different private and public universities of Dhaka city to see ... -
Oliver and David: Straight-Acting Gay Men in Queer Narratives
(Brac University, 2022-05)The majority of countries and people continue to believe that those who do not fit into a binary gender scale are not 'normal.' They overlook the fact that gender is merely a social construct. Sexual orientation is not ... -
Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
(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 ... -
Social media affecting minds and moneybags
(Brac University, 2022-04)People have become so much dependent on technologies and social media nowadays. Like every other factors, it has also affected their lives in two different ways. Some have consumed the positive impacts and some had negatives. ... -
Perception of students and teachers on guidebook for English language learning
(Brac University, 2022-06)In Bangladesh, the popularity of guidebook is on extreme level in the current situation. In the era of technology, despite having of it, students, teachers are running after result oriented education system. Nowadays, ... -
The role of interiorized power in sexual repression: a foucauldian reading of Edward Albee's The Zoo story
(Brac University, 2022-05)During the post-World War II era, American society went through several socio-cultural changes. With the rise of consumer culture, and rapid changes in society, modern people were gradually losing the value of life. However, ... -
Gender, class, and politics in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls
(Brac University, 2022-05)Theatre has always been a platform for expressing what cannot be expressed through mere words coming out of one’s mouth. From the beginning of theatre, playwrights have tried to bring out issues concerning love, betrayal, ... -
Environmental awareness through Indian green literature: an eco-critical reading of Aranyak and The Hungry Tide
(Brac University, 2020-09)The aim of this thesis is to examine the developing literary theory of ecocriticism on two chosen Indian green literary texts; Bibhutubhushan’s Aranyak and Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide. The theory of ecocriticism is still ... -
Efficacy and challenges in learning English by using social media: a case study on the tertiary level learners in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)This study attempts to describe the implementation of social media-based teaching and learning in improving students' language skills. As CLT ( Communicative Language Teaching ) and ICT ( Information and Communication ... -
Identity, self-realization and the embodiment of womanhood in Henrik Ibsen’s Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler
(Brac University, 2022-06)Henrik Ibsen wrote about 19th century sensitive, taboo topics. His work addresses aspects like corruption, psychological struggles, women’s rights, repressive social beliefs and such. Although Ibsen was never a self-proclaimed ... -
Despair in Asian literature: exploring Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human in the light of existentialism, absurdism & critical disability theory
(Brac University, 2022-05)Despair is common to the human experience regardless of any facet of one’s identity. In the course of studying literature in English, we often have little exposure to Asian literature despite Asian literature also ... -
An examination of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and The Graveyard book in the context of Gothic Elements and Child Psychology
(Brac University, 2022-05)This is a paper about how British author Neil Gaiman’s writing supports children’s psychological and emotional needs. Gaiman’s two books - Coraline and TheGraveyardBook have been used as the primary texts. This paper shows ... -
Trauma, Betrayal and the Resistance: a marxist analysis of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Weep Not, Child and Matigari
(Brac University, 2022-05)This paper aims to discuss Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels, Weep Not, Child (1964) and Matigari (1986), by examining the class exploitation of the Kenyan people both during the colonial rule, and in the postcolonial Kenyan ... -
Female misrepresentation in selected peripheral pieces: glimpsing into Native Son, Beauty is a Wound and The Lonely Londoners
(Brac University, 2022-05)Women have been used as accessories in different novels and play for a long time. The female characters have been serving the role of mute or passive speakers in different literary pieces. Most of the time, they were ...
