Browsing by Author "Azim, Firdous"
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The notion of hybridity in V.S. Naipaul’s novels: a reading of The Mystic Masseur, A House for Mr. Biswas & The Mimic Men
(BRAC University, 2014-08)V.S. Naipaul’s writings encompass themes that deal with little things in narrow and small settings and perspectives to issues which are much more significant and hold greater gravity. His best works and portrayals depict ... -
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 ... -
Representation of Africa in post-colonial Anglophone writings: V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe and J. M. Coetzee
(BRAC University, 2014-04)Post-colonialism and post-modernism are literary movements that can be viewed together. In this context post-colonial Anglo-phone literature about Africa is written from different points of view by post-colonial writers ... -
Reshaping identities: The second generations of immigrants in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) and Zia Haider Rahman’s In the Light of What We Know (2014)
(Brac University, 2022-05)How identities are reshaped and reconstructed through the influence of history and the ways in which the second generation of immigrants react and adapt within the transnational space is the central focus of this ... -
Resistance and reconstruction of the image of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’: a passage to India and Things Fall Apart
(BRAC University, 2018-08)This dissertation analyses the process of resistance and reconstruction of colonial relations and identities under imperial rule. I will look at the continuous efforts of the West to bring the East within its cultural and ... -
The revival of the Flâneur : analysing narratives of Flânerie in W. G. Sebald‟s Austerlitz and Teju Cole‟s Open City.
(Brac University, 2019-08)The concept of the urban explorer, the flâneur, is a nineteenth century phenomenon which has gone through major transformations in the last hundred years. Significantly, the flâneur is being revived and refashioned in ... -
The role of androgyny and performativity in the novels of Virginia Woolf: Orlando & Mrs. Dalloway
(BRAC University, 2016-08)The social roles of male and female are constituted through gender. The body always creates the values and meanings by the performance of social acts. Thus gender is not a fixed phenomenon. It is constantly changing, ... -
The Struggle of Memory against Forgetting in Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police, and Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant
(Brac University, 2021-09)Since memory studies is a continuously expanding and contentious interdisciplinary field, scholarly interest in it has grown considerably in recent times, especially within the humanities. Situated in memory studies, this ... -
Study of the self and other: the white women's struggle of positionality in the heart of South Africa
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This dissertation will primarily focus on how colonialism created the binaries of the colonizer (Self) and the colonized (Other). The dichotomy, not only did it divide the geographical locations of East and West, or separated ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Vision of women’s freedom: a feminist study of selected writings by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016-12)Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain is a prominent writer whose creative vent of mind gives rise to many important writings deserving attention from serious readers especially those thinking about the inequality of gender. Her firsthand ... -
Women in limbo: the dichotomy of nationalism and modernity in the image of the bengali woman
(BRAC University, 2012-04)Nationalism is commonly interpreted as loyalty to the nation. In Bengal, one of the earliest manifestations of this phenomenon can be traced to the swadeshi or nationalist movement. Modernity, however, which was one of the ... -
Women in nation-making: a domisticated reformation of their voices, bodies and selves
(BRAC University, 2008-04)This paper seeks to look at the history of nation-making in the subcontinent and the role and voices of women as their own subjectivity undergoes reformation in the process. I hope to find the female narrative through the ... -
Women's resistance portrayed in Toni Morrison's novel : beloved, the bluest eye and sula
(BRAC University, 2013-08)Being a minority population in American society, African-Americans encounter various social and political conflicts and discriminations in their lives. The enforcement of the values and norms of the dominant white culture ... -
Women, Islam and nation in Bengal
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Womens in Ballads : a comparative study of the Chittagong and Maymensingh gitikash
(BRAC University, 2007-05)Folklore is one of the most prominent elements in Bangladeshi culture. The tradition of folklore is an ancient but one of the richest creations in Bangladeshi culture. Folk literature plays a vital role in defining folklore, ...
