dc.contributor.advisor | Saba, Anika | |
dc.contributor.author | Khan, Mashruma | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-24T06:49:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-24T06:49:14Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2022 | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-01 | |
dc.identifier.other | ID: 18103049 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/18985 | |
dc.description | This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022. | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-49). | |
dc.description.abstract | Literature is often viewed as made up or fabricated stories to give aesthetic pleasure to readers.
The purpose of literature is entertainment, amusement and mostly it creates a way to escape from
the real chaotic world for us. It is not always us who tells the story, sometimes stories tell us.
Some characters have so much in them that single tale about them is not enough. They continue
to occur within popular culture from centuries to centuries. This is why, throughout the ages,
authors get inspired from ancient tales, epic, legends, myths. This thesis investigates why
T.S.Eliot referred to several mythological characters in his poem The Wasteland. People like to
know about the history. If there is any philosophical idea connected to mythology that can be
applied to our modern society then, mythological stories from the historical past will naturally
attract the new generation. Applying the concept of archetypes, this thesis will attempt to give
some answers to why myths reappear in different form of literature over and over again. The
primary material chosen for the work is Eliot’s masterpiece The Wasteland and several other
works of art will be discussed to show the spectacular stories about the characters. The whole
research will provide an insight into how the characters were not mere options for the poem but
they were needed to give it a proper shape. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Mashruma Khan | |
dc.format.extent | 49 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brac University | en_US |
dc.rights | Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | |
dc.subject | The Wasteland | en_US |
dc.subject | Ancient times | en_US |
dc.subject | Mythology | en_US |
dc.subject | Mythic method | en_US |
dc.subject | Archetype | en_US |
dc.subject | Intertextuality | en_US |
dc.subject | Birth-death-rebirth | en_US |
dc.subject | Past and present | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Intertextuality. | |
dc.title | Mythology and intertextuality in T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of English and Humanities, Brac University | |
dc.description.degree | B.A. in English | |