Browsing Department of English and Humanities (ENH) by Title
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A phenomenological interpretation of consciousness and psychoanalytic illustration of unconscious motives in Stephen King’s Misery and Pet Sematary
(Brac University, 2019-08)Stephen King’s novels Misery and Pet Sematary reflect upon human psychology that has been important to the demonstration of conscious and unconscious activities. In other words, Hegel’s phenomenology of consciousness and ... -
Phonological patterns in standard colloquial Bangla and Netrokona Dialect
(BRAC University, 2014-04)Bangla language has a number of dialects which vary in great degree in their phonology. Netrokona district is situated in the north east area of Bangladesh. This cross sectional study was done to describe and analyze the ... -
Piaget's pre operational stage and the role of social and cultural development of a child psychology in Bangladeshi context
(BRAC University, 2013-08)Piaget’s theory has fame and criticism both. In his theory there are four stages where he has described development of children at different ages from birth to adolescence. In his theory of cognitive developmental stage ... -
Piaget’s pre-operational stage in children : a comparative study
(BRAC University, 2015-08)Each stage of Piaget’s Cognitive development process has its own distinctive origin and its own form of final resolution. All the stages are thus related to one another, the structure of each being a more complex version ... -
Plight of a black woman : from fictional perspective
(BRAC University, 2015-08)The dissertation examines the struggle of a black woman under racism and sexism. Due to their race and also because of being a minority group, the African Americans had to undergo the humiliation of slavery in the 18th ... -
A poetic protest for peace: An analysis of Benjamin Zephaniah‘s poetry
(Brac University, 2021-01)Benjamin Zephaniah‘s poetry is deeply conscious of questions of racism, social injustice, and violence. He writes against these and demands solidarity among people of different backgrounds. This study is a qualitative ... -
The politics of race, culture and gender in three South Asian novels : the grass is singing, the lying days and disgrace
(BRAC University, 2015-12)“The Politics of Race, Culture and Gender in Three South Asian Novels: The Grass is Singing, The Lying Days and Disgrace” is a study of the themes of ambivalence, displacement and identity crisis that take place in the ... -
Popularity and effectiveness of smartphones in English language learning: perceptions of undergraduate students and their teachers
(BRAC University, 2019-04)The study, qualitative in nature, examines the effectiveness and acceptance of smartphones in English language learning among the tertiary level students in Bangladesh. Smartphones can be incorporated with English language ... -
Popularity of code switching in private universities of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2012-12)Code switching has become a very common phenomenon in everyday discourses as our exposure to English language has increased significantly in the recent years. We frequently mix Bengali and English together in our conversation. ... -
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 ... -
Portrayal of motherhood by female authors in American literature in the Light of The Awakening, Herland and The Narrow House
(BRAC University, 2016-04)The societal claim that skills and passion come naturally as soon as a woman becomes a mother is where my research interest begins. Besides, my personal experience of pregnancy and holding a life inside my body, intrigued ... -
A portrayal of violence, obstacles and agency of Muslim female characters in the novels, Woman at Point Zero and My Feudal Lord
(BRAC University, 2017-08)This thesis is based on the feminist theory of patriarchy. My theoretical base is Deniz Kandiyoti’s theory, “Patriarchal Bargain”. I will also relate the theories of Western feminism, post-colonial feminism, Muslim ... -
Portrayal of women in Amitav Ghosh’s Novels Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke
(Brac University, 2019-08)In my thesis, I will illustrate the portrayal of women in Amitav Ghosh’s novels Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke. Manifestation of women in Amitav Ghosh’s novels explores the emotional world of women with a historical ... -
Post-method pedagogy: a survey of the English medium schools in Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2015-08)This study explores the implementation of postmethod pedagogy focusing on the secondary level of various English medium schools in Dhaka. Over the years, dissatisfaction has been expressed with using methods in the ... -
Postcolonial residual: Foundation of national Identity of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-12)Colonized nation-sates cannot escape the residual problems of the colonial environment. The birth of Bangladesh as a self-governing nation-state is directly influenced by its colonial rulers (both British Raj and Pakistan). ... -
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 ... -
Postcolonialism in the Tempest & Oroonoko : issues of race and power
(BRAC University, 2015-03)This paper analyses William Shakespeare‘s The Tempest and Aphra Behn‘s Oroonoko in the context of Postcolonialism. It is an attempt to analyze issues such as subjugation, dominance and language in relation to power. It ... -
A postmodern analysis: tracing the elements of politics, war and trauma in graphic narratives in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Joe Sacco’s Palestine
(Brac University, 2019-08)The paper aims to show how graphic novels can be included in the mainstream reading culture. Visual narratives not only glorify a culture or a country, but it also instruments to highlight the intricate and gruesome details ... -
A postmodern study of politics, language, magic realism and oral tradition in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and Haroun and the Sea of Stories
(BRAC Univeristy, 2017-04)This paper will discuss on two of Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children and Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Firstly a brief introduction about postmodernism is given along with how its ideas clashes with modernism’s ... -
Postmodern study: analysis of themes and techniques in the crying of Lot 49, slaughterhouse-five and disgrace
(BRAC University, 2016-12)Postmodernism is one of the most discussed topics in contemporary world. This term has influenced authors so that they choose it as their subject of writing. Mainly this paper aims to discuss themes and techniques, of the ...