http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/221 2026-04-06T11:51:11Z 2026-04-06T11:51:11Z Rahman, Sharmin http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/226 2019-03-13T07:45:37Z 0012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Private Universities: Learner’s Expectations in English Rahman, Sharmin “Private Universities: Learners’ expectations in English” is my dissertation topic for my master’s degree in English. Through this work I will try to find out what types of learning expectations private University students want to fulfill in their learning process. Learners’ expectations play an important role in teaching-learning process. If student’s expectations of learning match with teachers’ teaching styles, students are able to learn more. So, it is necessary to know how students tend to learn because socio-cultural variables of learners play significant roles in classroom learning. A learner is, above all, a social being; he/she grows up in a social setting to share many, if not all, of the beliefs of the cultural context in which he/she is born and reared up. His/her beliefs and attitudes, expectations and mode of learning, are therefore, largely shaped by his/her socio-cultural conditions. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language and Literature of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

0012-01-01T00:00:00Z Masood, Anjeela Jahanara http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/225 2019-03-13T07:45:37Z 0004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Position of women in selected novels by Thomas Hardy and Arundhati Roy Masood, Anjeela Jahanara I have prepared this dissertation in partial requirement for the degree of M.A in English. I decided to work on this topic because an investigation about the gradual development of the theme of the female emancipation in two societies divided by norms, values and time appeared stimulating to me. The idea actually crosses into my mind when I took courses on English fiction in the 19th and 20th century. The purpose of this study is to find out if there has really been change in the status of women over a long period of time. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language and Literature of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

0004-01-01T00:00:00Z Zeba, Farah http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/224 2019-03-13T07:45:37Z 0012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dumb waiter Zeba, Farah In The Dumb Waiter Ben and Gus feel most of these picturesque effects. They are hoods of some kind, hit-men in the hire of some Mr. Big, amusing characters in themselves. They are obviously extremely efficient at what they do. They have now been called upon to do it again. These men are conditioned to obey orders. When the prevalent idea is to bear with the torments of time, a little more words or the usual repetition employed to create a telling effect of the torments just fills the bill. Pithy remarks, stichomythic dialogue, and word-play bring in welcome diversion to an otherwise arid stage. And numerous pauses give the kinetic mechanism a stuffed-up feeling”. This is what is true for Harold Painter’s the dumb waiter. While translation the piece into Bangla, I mastered the art of reading out loud-as I wanted to make sure what Ben and Gus felt in the target language. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language and Literature of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

0012-01-01T00:00:00Z Haque, Mohammad Mahmudul http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/223 2019-03-13T07:45:37Z 0004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arundhati Roy's Treatment on Indian Reality in the God of small things Haque, Mohammad Mahmudul “The truth of art signifies its power to imaginatively inscribe hithero unknown dimensions of reality” (Surendra Narayan jha, Qtd in Indian Women Novelists in English 2001:145) Arundhati Roy’s the God of small Things unfolds a unique dimension of reality in general, and Indian reality in particular with ‘extraordinary linguistic inventiveness’ (the booker citation). Imbued with poetry, her narrative style dismisses the monopoly of ‘established reality’ to define what is real-in a way. Roy has attempted to de-define reality, like a few other promising Indians writing in English today. Centering on an engaging tale of a cross-caste doomed love between a paravan boy (untouchable) and Syrian Christian girl, the novel develops a number of themes to present Indian reality from different perspectives. Apart from the dominant language discourse, two other discourses prove to be central to the novel-1 socio-cultural discourse and 2 political discourses. This paper shows how the above-mentioned discourse have been infused into the fabric of the novel to offer a successful rending of Indian reality. The chapter “The Plight of the Untouchables” demonstrates how a rigid caste-structure plays havoc with innumerable innocent lives. The transgressors, who dare break the laws of love ( the laws that lay down who should be loved and how and how much), are treated cruelly. The next chapter ‘women’s place in a patriarchal society’ manifests how women are relegated to the status of mere ‘females’ as opposed to ‘male’ (Beauvoir, qtd in The Norton Anthology of the theory and criticism, 2001:2014. Inhuman treatment of women is inbuilt into the standards of behavior in a patriarchal society. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language and Literature of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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