Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Author "Saba, Anika"
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The absurd and the caged self: a comparative study on “A Hunger Artist” and The Plague
Farjana, Tahsin (Brac University, 2022-01)This paper explores Franz Kafka’s short story “A Hunger Artist” and Albert Camus’ novel The Plague to do a comparison of the texts in the light of absurdism. This thesis is centred around the notion of constitution of the ... -
Analyzing the natural elements of Emily Dickinson’s selected poems using eco-feminist criticism
Meem, Jannatul Atia (BRAC University, 2018-08)Emily Dickinson was a 19th century American female poet. During her time, Dickinson was unrecognized as a great female poet. Throughout her lifetime less than a dozen of her almost eighteen hundred poems were published. ... -
Big brother of the twenty first century: a critical analysis of George Orwell’s 1984 with the movie Snowden and Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma
Sattar, Sadiqa (Brac University, 2021-09)This dissertation looks at Orwell’s 1984, the movie titled Snowden and the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma with an aim to outline the similarity between Orwellian Big Brother and the social media platform that we ... -
Boundary between reality and fiction: analysing socio-political influences of a criminal mind in the film, Joker (2019)
Anisha, Afsana Anjum (Brac University, 2021-09)For the last few decades, the advancements in visual media have enabled filmmakers to propagate their visions of postmodernist perplexities on the screen, reiterating and reinterpreting their predecessors’ unresolved ... -
Cities in Caribbean Literature: a study of V. S. Naipaul’s Miguel Street and Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place
Masud, Farhin Al (BRAC University, 2018-08)Caribbean literature shares a special concern with questions of identity, ethnicity, and language that rise out of the Caribbean historical experience. Understanding that experience is difficult but it can be attempted by ... -
'Digital advertising' The New Age marketing and my working experience in this sphere
Hasnat, Sabit (BRAC University, 2019-04)The goal of my internship report is to clarify two very specific points. Firstly, how the world of digital marketing functions and how with time, this form of marketing is going to outrun almost all other mediums of marketing ... -
Environmental awareness through Indian green literature: an eco-critical reading of Aranyak and The Hungry Tide
Maria, Mahzabeen Alam (Brac University, 2020-09)The aim of this thesis is to examine the developing literary theory of ecocriticism on two chosen Indian green literary texts; Bibhutubhushan’s Aranyak and Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide. The theory of ecocriticism is still ... -
Envisioning the anthropocene and posthumanism in science fiction and fantasy works: a study of the novels The Windup Girl, The Fifth Season, and short story “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow."
Chowdhury, Iman (BRAC University, 2019-04)This research addresses the notion of the Anthropocene – a term originally denoted a geological era where human activities are the predominant force in altering nature’s progress. The age of the Anthropocene as a mode of ... -
Existentialism and absurdism in contemporary British Theatre: An analysis of Kane’s selected plays
Rafa, Sanzana Rahim (Brac University, 2020-09)This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Sarah Kane’s selected plays that unveil violence and absurd scenes which were never shown before in the British theatres. The paper aims to connect Kane’s selected contemporary ... -
An exploration of water imagery in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and The Waves
Drishti, Maisha Tasneem (BRAC University, 2018-08)Water imagery has been used in various texts from Greek times to modern times in literature and beyond. It has found significant space in the works of modernist artists ranging from writers to painters. One such modernist ... -
Family and sexuality in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party and The Homecoming
Tabassum, Ramisa (BRAC University, 2018-04)This dissertation seeks to explore the themes of family and sexuality among the characters in Harold Pinter‟s The Birthday Party (1922) and The Homecoming (1965). Harold Pinter is a modern British dramatist (1930-2008) ... -
Female space in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea: a search for sanctuary within incarcerating spaces
Islam, Nabila (BRAC University, 2018-08)Space is a persisting concept in literature since “all literature is in space, regardless of its thematic developments”. Introductorily, this dissertation looks at our perception of space, and it also explores the idea of ... -
From Patriotism to Disillusionment: Mapping shifting tone in British War Poetry
Mahmud, Humaira Maisha (Brac University, 2020-12)First World War, also known as Great War, had an emphatic impact in shaping the literary genre called War Poetry that sketched veracious picture of the modern technological warfare to the world. The war poems written by ... -
Gender, class, and politics in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls
Sarker, Sumaiya (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, ... -
George Orwell’s 1984 and the surveillance in the contemporary world
Sarkar, Somapti (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 ... -
Humans trapped in bureaucracy: a study of Franz Kafka’s depiction of the modern man
Tasnim, Nishat (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 ... -
Interpretations and adaptations of Fairy Tales: “The Right” question is yet to be asked
Amin, Saberi (Brac University, 2020-12)Fairy tales are just as magical as human life. Our own life is a part of the magic that enchants us and makes us unable to see our magic. So we take help as a listener of the fairy tales from a land of once upon a time ... -
The modern woman and conflict of gender performance: An analysis of Pinter’s Selected plays
Islam, Mahmooda (Brac University, 2021-09)This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Harold Pinter's selected plays to unveil the representation of women in modern drama and the conflict of gender on stage. The goal is to demonstrate a literary study of ... -
Mythology and intertextuality in T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland.
Khan, Mashruma (Brac University, 2022-01)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 ... -
Of the Mother and the Whore: a depiction of the contemporary socio-political events and their impacts on female identity in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake
Rahman, Farhin (Brac University, 2019-12)This thesis aims to outline the contemporary global socio-political events (those of the twentieth and twenty-first century), with special focus on the rise of fundamentalist politics and technological advancements to ...