Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Indigenous languages in Bangladesh & bilingualism: a qualitative study
(Brac University, 2023-06)Bangladesh is a country of various cultures. People from different cultures reside in Bangladesh. Language is one of the integral parts of culture. Without language a person would be incomplete. There are around forty-two ... -
Racism, slavery and social perspective on slavery in Oroonoko and Twelve Years A Slave
(Brac University, 2023-09)This thesis explores the theme of racism and slavery in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and Solomon Northup's Twelve Years A Slave. This study examines how the two novels show the brutality of racism and slavery. By using the ... -
English teaching and learning in rural government primary schools and non-government primary schools in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2024-01)Primary-level education is very important as it builds the base of the students’ future. Learning English as a second language from an early age is very important in the context of Bangladesh. In this country, Children ... -
Ascertaining the concept of “Fluidity” in sexual and gender identity and orientation: a critical analysis of crossing and call me by your name
(Brac University, 2023-01)The LGBTQ community has been marginalized and discriminated against from the very beginning of its origin and is considered a sexual minority. Although they all belong to the same community, their experiences, struggles, ... -
The KRUX-speaking community in Bangladesh and their identity
(Brac University, 2023-09)Kurux is one of the many indigenous languages that can be found in Bangladesh. It is a language of the Dravidian language family, spoken by a small indigenous community, known as the Uraons who live in the Northern region ... -
Culture on wheels: a social semiotic insight into Bangladeshi vehicles
(Brac University, 2024-09)Vehicular art is a phenomena found in many parts of the world. Like many South Asian nations, Bangladeshi vehicles too have phrases and drawings painted on them. In the capital of Dhaka, millions of commuters make their ... -
Exploring vocabulary learning strategies among Bangladeshi higher secondary level students
(Brac University, 2023-09)The aim of this study is to investigate the Vocabulary Learning Strategies utilised by higher secondary level students in Bangladesh. The study focuses on the vocabulary learning strategies of these students in both classroom ... -
Memories and miseries
(Brac University, 2022-08)A middle-aged writer, entrapped in a state of ennui, is writing about his memories from the past and distant future. His wife, with whom he lacks intimation, remains at the background, busy with her household works. But ... -
The usability of PWIM materials in Bangladeshi secondary level learners’ language learning
(Brac University, 2023-09)Materials play a huge role in facilitating language. In a language classroom a visual input can really draw the attention of the learners and make the class more interactive. Therefore, this study examines how secondary-level ... -
Impact of short syllabus on English majoring students: a case study of Dept. of English and Humanities in a private university in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-12)In 2020 all the educational institutions shifted online because of the COVID-19 pandemic and students were given an auto pass that year. The next year when it was quite uncertain for the students of SSC and HSC to be able ... -
Variables of the speaking skills and their impact on higher secondary level students in Bangladesh: an exploratory study
(BRAC University, 2022-09)The goal of this study is to examine the factors influencing high school students' speaking abilities and their effects on learners. Speaking is regarded as one of the four language skills that are most important to master ... -
An ecocritical reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide
(BRAC University, 2023-05)This thesis explores an ecocritical and ecofeminist reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide. The study examines how the two novels intersect with feminist and ecological concerns, ... -
The evolving methods of domination and the structure of open containment theory
(BRAC University, 2023-05)This paper explores how the coercive methods of mass manipulation has evolved with time to new and more sinister forms that are well suited for use in the modern globalized world of nation states that is dominated by ... -
The symbol of “Underground” in the notes from the underground by Dostoevsky
(BRAC University, 2022-08)This research paper is based on Dostoevsky’s novella Notes from the Underground which represents the inner world of modern man. The nameless protagonist of Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground is known as the Underground ... -
Colonial impact in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
(Brac University, 2023-12)Using postcolonial theory as an analytical framework, this thesis examines the colonial impact that is portrayed in two important pieces of eighteenth-century literature, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift’s ... -
Societal expectations for women in Paradise Lost and The Rape of The Lock
(Brac University, 2023-12)In John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Alexander Pope’s The Rape of The Lock, Eve and Belinda are depicted as innocent women who fall into the hands of objectification. Belinda's getting ready in her toilet is similar to the ... -
The Tapestry of detachment and nothingness in Haruki Murakami’s work: an experimental interaction between Nihilism and Zen Buddhism
(Brac University, 2024-01)The philosophical conflict between religion and Atheism has a significant rise around the modern and contemporary times following the historical inconveniences of constant war, loss and decay of moral ground. This paper ... -
A psychoanalytic analysis of Okonkwo in things fall apart
(Brac University, 2023-12)African literature has a unique aspect of radiating an ancient vibe but at the same time, it's also new and different compared to other types of literature around the world. During the 1700s, many African people who were ... -
Sexual assault and psychological trauma: the bluest eye and the color purple
(Brac University, 2023-12)This Paper examines the complex analysis on the two novels The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Color Purple by Alice Walker in the context of sexual assault and psychological trauma in African- American literature. ... -
Literature as a lens: examining racial injustice in America through African American texts
(Brac University, 2024-01)The paper explores how the contemporary problems of the black community mirror those of the old ones. It uses African American literature to find a connection between problems from years or decades ago and the ones currently ...
