Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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Transition from tradition to modernity: a reading of Ashapurna Debi's novels
(BRAC University, 2012-04)At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the colonial Bengal experienced a contradictory and radical change in terms of society, politics and family life. These changes influenced every sphere ... -
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 ... -
Transnational feminism and literature : a study of women’s realities in The Lowland, Burnt Shadows and The Good Muslim
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Feminists of today believe in working collaboratively to form transnational alliances and to inspect a wide range of issues that intersect with the lived experiences of the woman. The contemporary paradigm of transnational ... -
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 ... -
Trauma, Betrayal and the Resistance: a marxist analysis of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Weep Not, Child and Matigari
(Brac University, 2022-05)This paper aims to discuss Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels, Weep Not, Child (1964) and Matigari (1986), by examining the class exploitation of the Kenyan people both during the colonial rule, and in the postcolonial Kenyan ... -
Treatment of time and history in the narration of postmodern literature: Kurt Vonnegut’s slaughterhouse- five, Martin Amis’s time’s arrow and Tim O’Brien’s how to tell a true war story
(BRAC University, 2017-08)Postmodernism is considered as one of the broad terms in contemporary cultural domain. Literature is perhaps the most familiar aspect where postmodernism can be understood. The issue of time and history is a vital aspect ... -
Twentieth century women's literature: exploration of female-identity and expressions of independence, autonomy and self-assertion
(BRAC University, 2012-08)Having studied women's literature of the previous centuries, it appeared to me that the most astounding change in women's writing has taken place in the twentieth century. This paper examines how writing has change through ... -
Twentieth-century dystopian novels: a reflection of the making of the modern world
(BRAC University, 2016-08)The first half of the 20th century marks a critical transition from the Victorian to the modern era paving the way to dilemmas of the postmodern age. This period saw the colonies and feudal systems breaking up, and ... -
The unbearable heaviness of being: Analyzing Bigger Thomas from Richard Wright’s Native Son as a character beyond good and evil
(Brac University, 2022-01)Published in 1940, the reputation of Native Son as one of the most significant African-American literary texts is due to its fascinating plotline that follows the story of an unusual protagonist named Bigger Thomas living ... -
Understanding the discursive context: Production of muslim women as invisible in the written history of colonial Bengal
(Brac University, 2019-12)This paper studies the social milieu that produced Muslim women as “invisible” and “backward” in the written history, shaped by Hindu/Brahmo dominated nationalist discourse in Bengal. It questions the political atmosphere, ... -
Unfinished processes: Acting out trauma and working through postmemory
(Brac University, 2020-04)This thesis expands on the concepts of trauma and postmemory portrayed in the graphic memoirs Maus by Art Spiegelman and The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. Both memoirs constitute an intimately evocative family story, ... -
Urban Structures and Human Psychology: A geocritical study of J.G Ballard’s Highrise and Cocaine Nights
(Brac University, 2020-09)In postmodern era, the idea of space, its related concepts and practices such as spatiality, mapping, topography, deterritorialization, and so forth have become a key term for literary and cultural studies. After the end ... -
Use of English beyond the classroom wall: a study of undergraduate students' out-of-class English learning activities
(BRAC University, 2013-08)The principal objective of this paper is to find out and discuss about the experience of 60 undergraduate students have regarding out of class activities. This paper will focus on some important issues like do they have ... -
Use of gestures and facial expression in language acquisition
(BRAC University, 2015-08)The researcher compares influence of teachers’ gesture and facial expression in language acquisition of both typical young learners and special young learners. The researcher observed 4 schools including 2 typical schools ... -
Use of language learning strategies: an investigation of the use pattern of language learning strategies of Bangladeshi learners and its correlation with the proficiency
(BRAC University, 2011-08)Study of Language Learning Strategies (LLS) suggests that frequent use of language learning strategies is related to successful language learning and language proficiency. Results of most of the research conducted in ... -
Use of vocabulary learning strategies and common difficulties in vocabulary learning: responses of bengali medium secondary level EFL learners
(BRAC University, 2018-08-02)The study is conducted on 82 secondary EFL learners from three reputed Bengali medium schools at Dhaka City. The study attempts to investigate that what strategies the learners use most frequently as well as to what extent. ... -
Using authentic materials in ESL Classroom: A tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2012-08)This research examines the effect of using authentic materials in ESL (English second language) classroom at tertiary level. It attempts to access the suitability of the alternative and untraditional way of teaching that ... -
Using authentic materials in the writing classes: a tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2013-12)There has been an increasing demand of using authentic materials in the foreign language teaching. Writing is one of the important productive skills in English language teaching. The aim of this research is to examine the ... -
Using educational thoughts as a policy of decolonization
(BRAC University, 2016-08)Rabindranath Tagore was a prominent thinker in his time. He was not only a great poet but also a great educationalist. He did not write any educational treatise. His experiment at Santiniketon was the root of his educational ... -
Using error correction method in Bangladeshi context: Teachers' preferences, beliefs and challenges
(BRAC University, 2012-12)This research attempts to find out the types of errors done by the Bangladeshi students of different schools at lower secondary level, while they are learning writing in English. And to correct these errors, what type of ...