Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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Gender and speech style: context Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-04)This study attempts to analyze conversation and find out if gender influences speech style in Bangladesh. Here, the focus is on, politeness, interruptions (the way speakers change, switch topics and speaker control), ... -
Gender discourse in english language teaching (ELT) coursebook
(BRAC University, 2018-08)Learning a second language can be crucial for many. In this stage the textbook becomes one of the most important aspects of the target language. However, in a country like Bangladesh where the necessity of learning English ... -
Gender equality in Rokeya's writing
(BRAC University, 2013-04)This thesis looks into the notion of gender equality and its reflection in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s writing. It analyzes the meaning and importance of gender equality, types, causes and consequences of gender inequality ... -
Gender roles in historical reformation
(BRAC University, 2015-08)Gender Roles in Historical Reformation is a study of Orhan Pamuk’s memoir Istanbul : Memories and the City from a transnational- postmodern feminist perspective. In the memoir, the theme of melancholy is very much prevalent. ... -
Gender roles in war: Zweiter Weltkrieg’s (World War II) homefront against battlefront in a woman in Berlin
(Brac University, 2022-01)During the hindmost months of the Second World War in 1945, as the Russian army closed in on Berlin and the war was weeks away from an armistice, one anonymous citizen of Berlin decided to keep a personal journal to ... -
Gender, class, and politics in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls
(Brac University, 2022-05)Theatre has always been a platform for expressing what cannot be expressed through mere words coming out of one’s mouth. From the beginning of theatre, playwrights have tried to bring out issues concerning love, betrayal, ... -
A genius of the south and harlem renaissance: moulding the dynamics of American literature
(BRAC University, 2015-08-08)A genius of The South and Harlem Renaissance: Moulding the Dynamics of American Literature" is the speculation of the literary movement in the 1920's and its effects on twentieth century American literature. In an attempt ... -
George Orwell’s 1984 and the surveillance in the contemporary world
(Brac University, 2022-08)My research paper is based on 1984, it is one of the masterpieces by George Orwell which represents the conditioned and controlled life of the Oceania people. In the mid-20th century, it is first published and gives ... -
Grammar teaching techniques at primary level in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2015-12)English language teaching and learning is still very much challenging for the teachers’ and students’ in Bangladesh. This paper shows the comparative study of how the grammar teaching techniques influence in rural and ... -
Hair tied back
(Brac University, 2023-05)Hair Tied Back is a story inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s “The Book of Martha,” a short story about a protagonist who converses with God to come up with a new method of encouraging humans to find joy, hope and determination ... -
Her desire: a post-colonial reading of Rabindranath, Rokeya, and Bibhuti
(Brac University, 2022-08)This research focuses on the idea of ‘desire,’ the manipulation of the word’ desire’ in creating a false portrayal of the colonial Bengal as well as her daughters. This also focuses on the lack of representation, ... -
History as metafiction: a study of three European postmodern novels, Graham Swift’s Waterland (1983), Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum (1989), and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984).
(BRAC University, 2017-04)The aim of this paper is to examine how postmodern novels self-consciously synchronize history in fiction. To be more precise, how and why history has been used in metafictional dimension as a postmodern discourse. In order ... -
A history of scars: An examination of how war and trauma changes people and the stories they tell
(Brac University, 2021-01)This paper will attempt to analyse the effects of war, intergenerational trauma and selective persecution on the human psyche, and how that is reflected in literature through the theoretical frameworks of New Historicism ... -
History through the pages of literature: A displacement theory in the post-colonial era
(Brac University, 2022)This thesis will focus on Displacement theory in the Post-colonial era. Through this paper I tried to bring forward the struggles and challenges faced by POC in the era after colonization. This includes, displacement ... -
The Horizon: south asian muslim women on faith, living, attitude
(BRAC University, 2014)The impetus of this paper comes from the urgency of finding the Muslim woman in the conundrum of South Asia. Particularly in relation to her faith, her expressions and the mosaic of reflections that give form to her ... -
How external standardized language exams and exam prospects affect Bangladeshi students
(Brac University, 2021-12)Bangladeshi students who aim to go abroad for higher education often have to give external standardized exams like IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, GMAT and GRE. Such an exam acts as a marker for students’ language proficiency on an ... -
How toddlers acquire a second language in an Irish environment
(BRAC University, 2016-04)This research attempts to find, how the Bangladeshi children and toddlers who suddenly move to another country from their birth country learn a new language (English) and cope up with a totally different environment at ... -
Humans trapped in bureaucracy: a study of Franz Kafka’s depiction of the modern man
(BRAC University, 2017-12)Franz Kafka is one of the greatest writers of twentieth century who explores the complexity of bureaucracy in his literary works. His novels and short stories show the crisis of modern man through anguished characters have ... -
Identifying women's position: exploring time, space and sexuality in Amitav Ghosh's novels
(BRAC University, 2012-12)This paper aims to go on a journey along with the female characters in Amitav Ghosh's novels. The different destinations in the journey will be first and foremost a woman's position in historical context, her role in the ... -
Identity, self-realization and the embodiment of womanhood in Henrik Ibsen’s Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler
(Brac University, 2022-06)Henrik Ibsen wrote about 19th century sensitive, taboo topics. His work addresses aspects like corruption, psychological struggles, women’s rights, repressive social beliefs and such. Although Ibsen was never a self-proclaimed ...