Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Impacts of assimilation on Chakma and Garo immigrants living in Dhaka
(Brac University, 2023-10)"Bangladesh is a home to 27 officially recognized indigenous ethnic communities. These ethnic tribes assume roughly 1% of the population. Bangla language has a very rich history. In a country where almost most of the ... -
Chekhovian response to Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan Ilyich: analysis of Leo Tolstoy's artistic influence on Anton Chekhov's life and works
(Brac University, 2024-01)In the context of Russian literature, the name Anna Karenina is widely renowned among the worldwide readers of classic texts. It remains a hallmark of Russian classics, being one of the greatest books of all time. Similar ... -
A postcolonial study of western systemic oppression in Things Fall Apart and Beloved
(Brac University, 2024-01)This paper explores the postcolonial dimensions of systemic oppression within the western context as depicted in two seminal literary works, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. The analysis ... -
Revealing English competency challenges: exploring washback effects of public examination
(Brac University, 2023-09)"Public Examinations have been a matter of concern in a country like Bangladesh where English is taught in isolation. Public examinations of Bangladesh act like an achievement test that eliminate listening and speaking ... -
Investigating the factors of spoken English anxiety among the English major students in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-09)"The issue of spoken English anxiety is common in Bangladesh, where English is used as an unofficial second language. This study was conducted to explore the factors contributing to spoken English anxiety among ... -
Exploring speech delay in Bangladeshi children during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Brac University, 2023-09)The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on speech delay in Bangladeshi children is explored in this qualitative study. The researcher investigated the factors, nature of speech delays, and parental perceptions and experiences ... -
Attitude towards the new curriculum of class seven
(Brac University, 2023-09)"This research will analyze the attitudes of teachers, students, and parents in class seven according to the newly implemented curriculum. The research will be conducted through the qualitative method. Recently, NCTB ... -
The splitting
(Brac University, 2023-05)A fiction that encompasses the life of our protagonist, Falaq. As tragedies unfold, the changes she experiences is fore told in this fiction. -
The effect of psychological realism in 19th century & early 20th century fiction: a close study on Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady & James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(Brac University, 2023-09)Human beings are complex living beings because of the intricate interaction of their mental processes and their psychological background. The premise of psychological realism is that a text’s universe can only be credible, ... -
Between the divine and the demonic: Dostoyevsky's 'Demons' and 'The Brothers Karamazov' as portraits of Russian Christian orthodoxy, identity and existentialism
(Brac University, 2024-01)Human mind and its conflict with the heart has always been a dominant part of humans as an intellectual being. There are many aspects & phases of existence which humans fail to understand. Modern humans consider themselves ... -
The transition from online to offline classes: Students’ benefits, challenges, and strategies to overcome the challenges in a new normal environment based on private university students in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-01)The present study sought to explore students’ benefits, challenges, and different strategies to overcome a new normal environment due to experiencing the transition period through the perspectives of students implementing ... -
Influence of SSC examination on learning and teaching of English at secondary level in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-10)Language skills play a very important role to learn and teach English language. From different researches, researchers found that other than writing and reading skill, students lack to develop the speaking and listening ... -
Tracing the gender misrepresentation in South Asian movies and its consequences in reality
(Brac University, 2023-01)Women have historically been treated as secondary and inferior to men. Media has a great impact on female representation. “Various components of human psychological functioning, such as emotions, learning and memory, ... -
Navigating transnational reading of Abdulrazak Gurnah's text as a getaway to challenge nationalism
(Brac University, 2023-09)"Transnationalism can be defined as an outcome of diverse dispositions and multiple belongings emerging together without reducing either the social context nor the national distinction. This paper examines how transnationalism ... -
Navigating ambivalence and exile: a multidimensional analysis of migration in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines
(Brac University, 2024-01)The intricate interplay of Ambivalence and Exile are central themes in Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Shadow Lines. Through a multidimensional analysis, it explores the multifaceted nature of migration in the narrative. This ... -
Reflection of mental illness and female depression in the works of Sylvia Plath
(Brac University, 2023-09)Every time someone tries to be physically fit, they neglect their mental health, which is inextricably linked to their physical health. Without mental health, physical health is of no value. Both are equally essential to ... -
The misfortunate elites with a mirage: F. Scott Fitzgerald shaping modern human in This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby
(Brac University, 2023-09)A mirage of human lives is that people are prone to have materialism to find happiness in it; the 20th century was such an age for the United States of America. The rising American economy after WW1 made massive wealth, ... -
Monsters; from unreal to real; a peek into the postmodern american selective psycho – horror fiction
(Brac University, 2023-01)This paper aims to discuss postmodern/ contemporary American psychological horror novels Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison, The Doll Master (2016) by Joyce Carol Oates, and The girl who loved Tom Gordon (1999) by Stephen ...
