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  • Capitalism, "Hybrid Wars" and Confiscated Narratives:The Classico-Postmodernist Imperialism of Our Time 
    Alam, Md. Manzur (East West University, 7/1/2012)
    From the classical maxim that "empires are forged by war" to the notion of "hybrid wars", "aestheticization of war," exploitation of nation states, corporatization and commodification, imperialist powers with globalizing ...
  • "Change Agents"- Their Roles and Influnces in Organizations 
    Shirazi, Hasan (East West University, 2/1/2008)
    The role and significance of " change agents" in organizations has become a subject of interest over the last decades. During the 1980s, the "change master" and "transformational leadership" literature presented leaders ...
  • A Comparative Study of English and Non-English Major University Students' Motivation to Learn English Oral Communication 
    Quadir, Mst. Moriam (East West University, 7/1/2011)
    This study examines the differences in motivations of English and non-English major university students in Bangladesh to learn English oral communication. Altogether 355 (184 English and 171 non-English majors) university ...
  • Court vs. Courtship in Jane Austen’s Emma 
    Mortuza, Shamsad (East West University, 1/1/2013)
    The paper examines the royal dedication of Jane Austen’s Emma as a critical engagement with the regency crisis. Austen decided to comply with a royal request to dedicate Emma to the Prince Regent and inserted it almost as ...
  • Creative Writing in English and EFL Students: Finding Motivation in Self-expression 
    Dougherty, Patrick (East West University, 1/1/2015)
    This article details an investigation of the application of creative writing to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at two universities, one in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the other in Dhaka, ...
  • Critical Discourse Analysis and the Rational Faculty 
    Haque, Md. Shahriar (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    In this age, the constant desire to be the best, to achieve the highest, to attain the most power, seems to be making us compromise our moral standards. The endeavor to strive and go to the next level may not always be ...
  • Cultural Identity and Diaspora in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake 
    Sharmin, Iffat (East West University, 7/1/2011)
    This paper is an attempt to read Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake in the light of Stuart Hall's essay on "Cultural Identity and Diaspora". Hall begins his essay saying that identity is not as transparent or unproblematic as ...
  • Dilemma of a Window as a Ruler in The Duchess of Malfi 
    Karim, Sajjadul (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    The Duchess of Malfi is a revenge tragedy, but Webster has used the form for much more than just its entertaining value. He has utilized it as a vehicle for the exploration of some themes relevant to the society of his ...
  • Discourse Structures in Bangladeshi Educational Advertisements: A Critique 
    Haque, Muhammad Shariar (East West University, 1/1/2013)
    It is virtually impossible to get away from advertising, yet we know so little about it. Visual (pictorial) and verbal (textual) elements in advertisements mesh to send the appropriate message to the target audience. ...
  • Documentary-Making Methodology: Step-by-Step Documentation of Life after Grey 
    Haque, Muhammed Shahriar (East West University, 1/1/2015)
    One of the unnoticed snares of a first-time documentary filmmaker, besides insufficient research and clear objective(s), is lack of specific knowledge of research methodology. Documentary filmmaking is a separate genre, ...
  • The Effect of Accent(s) and Pronunciations(s) of English on Bangladeshi English Language Learners’ Listening Skill Acquisition Process 
    Zarin, Ismat (East West University, 1/1/2013)
    Listening, the most vital skill in language acquisition, is often regarded also as the most difficult skill to attain by second language learners. This study investigates Bangladeshi English language learners’ problems in ...
  • The Enchantress of Florence: Fabulous Blather 
    Idris, Farhad B. (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    Salman Rushdie's The enchantress of Florence glances at history on a grand scale. This, his ninth novel, offers a comparative view of two worlds:Mughal India and Medici Italy. The two dynasties ruled at about the same time- ...
  • The Endangerment of Small, Indigenous Languages: Lessons from Malaysia 
    Akter, Zahid (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    In this article, I take the case of Malaysia's indigenous language endangerment into consideration. Because of Malaysia's geopolitical similarities to that of Bangladesh, I believe the study will have significant ramifications ...
  • ESL Students' Reflective 'Burning Experiences' at a Writing Workshop 
    Buripakdi, Adcharawan (East West University, 7/1/2011)
    Writing workshops can become a site of igniting a genuine passion for writing. This paper explores how writing workshops can be used to empower and liberate students. It describes the experiences of graduate students in ...
  • An Existential Reading of Family Ties 
    Jahan, Israt (East West University, 1/1/2015)
    Examining different characters of Family Ties (Lispector, 1972), the present paper aims at demonstrating Clarice Lispector’s projection of ties at various different levels often starting with family ties, stretching between ...
  • Expanding Trade Under a Free Trade Regime: Issues related to Market Access 
    Haque, A.K. Enamul; Kareem, Azreen; Abdullah, Wahid (East West University, 1/1/2007)
    Market Access issues are increasingly gaining importance due to their revival in the Doha Ministerial Declaration (DMD). Since 2001, the EU has adopted the everything but arms (EBA) initiative to allow developing countries ...
  • Fanny Brawne: Keats’s ‘Sweet Home of Pleasure and Pain 
    Ahmed, Sayed Salahuddin (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    Fanny Brawne, Keats’s beloved, to whom he was betrothed, was a source of both pleasure and pain for him. Fanny filled Keats;s mind with love and affection when he was going through physical, mental and economic crisis. ...
  • Flory: a Pariah among the Anglo-Indians in Burmese Days 
    Malik, Tanvir Hasan (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    This article attempts to explore the plight of the protagonist of George Orwell's Burmese Days. He is an Englishman feeling ill-at-ease in a Burmese outpost named Kyauktada during the Raj. Revolted by British racism and ...
  • Foucault on Resistance: Some Clarifications 
    Zayed, Hasan Al (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    Edward Said's reading of Foucault essentializes the Frenchman's notion of resistance to a kind of fatalism that Foucault's writings cannot be reduced to. In two famous essays- "Traveling Theory" and "Foucault and the ...
  • Framework for Synthesis of Universal Networking Language 
    Choudhury, Md. Ershadul H; Ali, Md. Nawab Yousuf (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    This paper presents the specification of Universal Networking Language (UNL), a project undertaken under the auspices of the United Nation University (UNU) in Tokyo and for a framework for integration of Bangla language ...

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