Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Issue Date
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Writing as discovering: exploring clearing nonfiction
(BRAC University, 2009-04)Creative nonfiction is often called the "fourth genre" after prose, poetry and drama. It is a new genre that often causes confusion because the name sounds like an oxymoron. Indeed, it deals with facts and real events, but ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Classroom interaction in ESL classrooms: a comparative study between group work and individual work
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Postmodernism, community building and online communication: -"Are virtual communities 'real' communities?"
(BRAC University, 2009-07)This paper serves to analyze the relationship between postmodernism, community building, and the development of online communication. Special emphasis is put on investigating how virtual communities such as facebook have ... -
Magic realism: Mingling of fantasy and reality, tragedy and comedy in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's one hundred years of solitude and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children
(BRAC University, 2009-08)Stories are always fascinating to every walk of life, but stories with magical or fantastical elements with of fairies or ghosts always amuse people. However, being a student of literature, I got an opportunity to look ... -
Influence of peers' feedback on the students of tertiary level in second language learning
(BRAC University, 2009-12)This research attempts to find out which type of feedback is more influential on students at the tertiary level. Both teacher’ and peers’ feedback are important for second language learning but the influence by peer’s ... -
Modernism in Eliot, Pound and Williams
(BRAC University, 2009-12)This paper will observe the traits of poems reflecting Modernism in English Literature. The purpose of this paper is to identify the particular traits of modem poetry and their distinguishing characteristics in comparison ... -
Theme of otherness and writing back: a cotrapuntal analysis of colonial and postcolonial novels
(BRAC University, 2009-12)The British Empire spanned the Indian subcontinent, Australia, almost half of Africa, parts of North America and the Caribbean Islands during the colonial era and subjugated the people of these lands both physically and ... -
Bangladeshi tertiary level students' common errors in academic writing
(BRAC University, 2010-04)The goal of the study is to investigate Bangladeshi tertiary level students' common errors in academic writing. It will also reveal the writing problems through error analysis in students' academic essay writing. In this ... -
Techniques of teaching grammar in secondary level of Dhaka city
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Depiction of modern civilization in Yeats, Williams, Pound and Elliot
(BRAC University, 2010-08)Modernism is a remarkable shift from the traditional forms of writing in English literature. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), Ezra Pound (1885-1927) and Thomas Steams Eliot (1888-1965) ... -
Madness and Women: A reading of three women's novels
(BRAC University, 2010-12)The state of madness is often associated with women. This paper will try to reveal the situations which drive a woman into mental imbalance. Three phases of female life are explored here- adolescence, youth and middle-age ... -
Teacher talk time in ESL classrooms in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2010-12)This research examines the influence of Teacher Talk Time (TTT) in foundation courses of ESL classrooms at the tertiary level. A questionnaire was designed with a combination of 15 questions on likert scale and four open ... -
The impact of intelligence on second language acquisition
(BRAC University, 2010-12)Learners of second language possess different characteristics that make them different from each other. Intelligence is one of these characteristics, which is considered to affect the acquisition of formal structure of a ... -
RJ style of speaking: is it creating a sub-culture of Bangaldeshi youth?
(BRAC University, 2010-12)Now a days the young generation of Dhaka-the capital Bangladesh's speaks in a style which is combination of both English and Bangla accent and pronunciation. Though previously this new style was being used casually among ...
