Vol. 2, No. 2, 2011

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Revisiting Classics: Relevance of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Lahiri, Rajyashree Khushu; Chakravarty, Urjani (East West University, 7/1/2011)

Although many readers and critics of the present era might consider Jane Austen's fictional writings to be outdated and clichéd, her work nevertheless retains an undying appeal. During the last decade of the twentieth ...
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 ...
Introducing Listening to Adult Learners- 'The Fun Way'

Tofail, Faria (East West University, 7/1/2011)

Using songs to practice listening skills is not a new concept. However, in the context of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Bangladesh where listing remains the least practiced and most neglected of the four basic shills ...
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 ...
Of Books and their Covers: Marketing Fiction in a Globalized Context

Mandal, Somdatta (East West University, 7/1/2011)
About Jahaz-bhais and Jahazbahens: The Politics of a Transnational Family in Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies

Bhattacharya, Sajalkumar (East West University, 7/1/2011)

Primarily concerned with the South Asian diaspora in the different regions of the world, Amitav Ghosh has set himself the task of narrating an anti-Hegelian history of the world, incorporating hitherto left-out narratives ...
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 ...
Reaching for the 'Other' across the Wide Sargasso Sea

Shams, Sheikh F. (East West University, 7/1/2011)

This paper investigates the representative characteristics of Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, in an attempt to explore the problems of its representation of the marginal class, its exploitation of this class, and hence its ...

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