Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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The impact of intelligence on second language acquisition
(BRAC University, 2010-12)Learners of second language possess different characteristics that make them different from each other. Intelligence is one of these characteristics, which is considered to affect the acquisition of formal structure of a ... -
The colonized mind: a study of postcolonial realities in selected modern fiction
(BRAC University, 2010-12)This dissertation discusses the perpetual colonization of a subjugated nation's mind which is depicted in the selected four novels from different continents and and different time frame. Although there has been a wide ... -
Various psychologies of Post-Apocalyptic texts
(BRAC University, 2010-12)The post-apocalyptic genre is quite a popular one. People are fascinated by what will happen at the end of the world as we know it. Most popular post-apocalyptic fictions, however, are more stereotypical in nature which ... -
Communicative language teaching in secondary level of Bangladesh: teachers' and learners' perspective
(BRAC University, 2010-12)Learning depends upon the teacher and the method that he/she implements. The overall teaching procedure involves both the teacher's competence and the method which he/she applies. Communicative Language Teaching, one of ... -
Teacher talk time in ESL classrooms in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2010-12)This research examines the influence of Teacher Talk Time (TTT) in foundation courses of ESL classrooms at the tertiary level. A questionnaire was designed with a combination of 15 questions on likert scale and four open ... -
Madness and Women: A reading of three women's novels
(BRAC University, 2010-12)The state of madness is often associated with women. This paper will try to reveal the situations which drive a woman into mental imbalance. Three phases of female life are explored here- adolescence, youth and middle-age ... -
Do per-reading activities help learners comprehend a text better?
(BRAC University, 2010-12)Teachers who are teaching English as second language are in a regular search of various strategies that may develop learners reading comprehension skill. Activation of prior knowledge before reading the actual material is ... -
RJ style of speaking: is it creating a sub-culture of Bangaldeshi youth?
(BRAC University, 2010-12)Now a days the young generation of Dhaka-the capital Bangladesh's speaks in a style which is combination of both English and Bangla accent and pronunciation. Though previously this new style was being used casually among ... -
Bangladeshi tertiary level students' common errors in academic writing
(BRAC University, 2010-04)The goal of the study is to investigate Bangladeshi tertiary level students' common errors in academic writing. It will also reveal the writing problems through error analysis in students' academic essay writing. In this ... -
Techniques of teaching grammar in secondary level of Dhaka city
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Depiction of modern civilization in Yeats, Williams, Pound and Elliot
(BRAC University, 2010-08)Modernism is a remarkable shift from the traditional forms of writing in English literature. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), Ezra Pound (1885-1927) and Thomas Steams Eliot (1888-1965) ... -
Theme of otherness and writing back: a cotrapuntal analysis of colonial and postcolonial novels
(BRAC University, 2009-12)The British Empire spanned the Indian subcontinent, Australia, almost half of Africa, parts of North America and the Caribbean Islands during the colonial era and subjugated the people of these lands both physically and ... -
Postmodernism, community building and online communication: -"Are virtual communities 'real' communities?"
(BRAC University, 2009-07)This paper serves to analyze the relationship between postmodernism, community building, and the development of online communication. Special emphasis is put on investigating how virtual communities such as facebook have ... -
Modernism in Eliot, Pound and Williams
(BRAC University, 2009-12)This paper will observe the traits of poems reflecting Modernism in English Literature. The purpose of this paper is to identify the particular traits of modem poetry and their distinguishing characteristics in comparison ... -
Magic realism: Mingling of fantasy and reality, tragedy and comedy in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's one hundred years of solitude and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children
(BRAC University, 2009-08)Stories are always fascinating to every walk of life, but stories with magical or fantastical elements with of fairies or ghosts always amuse people. However, being a student of literature, I got an opportunity to look ... -
Influence of peers' feedback on the students of tertiary level in second language learning
(BRAC University, 2009-12)This research attempts to find out which type of feedback is more influential on students at the tertiary level. Both teacher’ and peers’ feedback are important for second language learning but the influence by peer’s ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ...