Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
Now showing items 601-620 of 624
-
Trapped in desire: Feminine desire and interracial complexities
(BRAC University, 2008-12)This paper seeks to look at the complexities related to feminine desire as racial issues get combined with it. I will focus on how white female sexuality copes with race issues by looking into two novels and a play. I hope ... -
Translations of Shakespeare: his texts and theatre in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2006-11)Translation of Shakespeare has a long history in the region of Bengal. It began in 1809 when Charles Monckton, a student of Fort William College, translated a few excerpts from Tempest into Bangla. Since then, there have ... -
Thomas Hardy and romantic trditions
(BRAC University, 2008-04)This thesis aims at drawing a link between Ramanticism and Victorian novelist, poet and short story writer Thomas Hardy's . Since my third semester in BRAC University English Department. I have been in love with Thomas Hardy. -
The portrayal of marriage and feminine sexuality in some women's writings
(BRAC University, 2009-04)Both in contemporary and historical times ‘marriage’ has been considered as one the most important social institutions. The benefits of marriage are undeniable, yet in most of the cases the restrictions and bindings imposed ... -
The effect of culture on productive skills
(BRAC University, 2008-08)This research helps to discover some of the interesting findings of a survey conducted to determine how culture of students affects in learning their second language. This research attempts to determine, how culture of ... -
Teachers' understanding and practice of CLT in higher secondary level of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2008-12)Recently, English plays a unique role as an international lingua franca over the world. The fact that English is mostly used worldwide among people for whom it is a second or foreign language is an indicator of such ... -
Teacher's role as a motivator facilitator of the department of English and humanities of BRAC University
(BRAC University, 2009-05)Twenty students from the department of BRAC University participated in this research and this research attempts to find out teacher’s role as a motivator and facilitator for teaching English as a second language. The ... -
Sexism in language
(BRAC University, 2009-04)This thesis aims at upholding the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to the sexist views without even ... -
The rise and evolution of revenge tragedy
(BRAC University, 2009-04)For the people of all ages drama has always been one of the most favorite forms of literature. Within the genre of drama, there are various forms of plays. However, it is seen that a particular form of play becomes popular ... -
Representation of women in advertisements
(BRAC University, 2008-08-14) -
Recent trend in teaching writing at East West University in Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2007-12-13)This research attempts to find out the present approach to teaching writing being followed at East West University. Approach to teaching is considered as one of the most important criteria for successful teaching of writing ... -
Oppresed women's voices : an examination of Sylvia path's The Bell Jar and selected poems
(BRAC University, 2009-05)During the late twentieth century America women faced many challenges. After the two World Wars they feel the urge to work outside. Their need of separate identity encouraged them to look for new opportunities. At this ... -
Motivational orientation and English language proficiency of students of the department of English of BRAC University
(BRAC University, 2007-04)This research attempts to determine the motivational orientation of the undergraduate students of the Department of English of BRAC University towards learning English. Motivation is considered one of the dominant social ... -
Memoirs or the recounting of the growth of the artists mind
(BRAC University, 2009-04)The genre of autobiography or memoir has always been very popular among readers because of the instinctive interest of human beings to feel connected to the lives of others. The memoirs of great people have always inspired ... -
It's the economy, stupid : contemporary postmedern fiction and its capitalist roots
(BRAC University, 2008-09) -
Instrumental motivation appears tobe more effective and more powerful in facilitating second language learning in comparison with integrative motivation
(BRAC University, 2008-12)This study is aimed to determine that Instrumental motivation is more effective than integrative motivation. This research was actually done to verify that here in Bangladesh instrumental motivation works more. Motivation ... -
Emergence of the colonizer and the colonized in three texts: William Shakespeare's the tempest , Aphra Behn's Oroonoko: or, the royal slave and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
(BRAC University, 2006-11)Colonization is a practice of power and domination, which defines the subjugation of one people to another. It gives rise two inseparable groups of people- the colonizer and the colonized. Postcolonial critics Edward Said ... -
Do we need literary texts in language classroom? An investigation on students' perceptions
(BRAC University, 2009-04)In Bangladeshi English language teaching situation, literary texts are not highly valued. There are several misconceptions regarding the use of literary texts to teach language and this paper has examined this issue from ... -
Contrastive analysis of teaching methods implemeted in schools of Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2006-11)Istiaque Ahmed. BRAC University, June 2006. "Contrastive Analysis of Second Language Teaching Methods Implemented in schools in Dhaka" Thesis supervisor Shenin Ziauddin. All aspects of any teaching method are based ... -
Communicative language teaching: teachers' perception in Bangladesh (secondary level)
(BRAC University, 2008-08)The topic of my dissertation is "Communicative Language Teaching: Teachers' Perception in Bangladesh at the Secondary Level." CLT has been a popular and much practiced methodology in classrooms worldwide for sometime now. ...
