East West Journal of Humanities: Recent submissions

  • Resisting Colonial Discourse: Edward Said and Speaking Truth to Power 
    Sazzad, Rehnuma (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    Every time he puts pen to paper, said takes up scholarly, moral and political responsibilities of one kind or the other. Said's intellectual commitments, in fact led him towards developing groundbreaking methodologies in ...
  • Introducing Poetry in the Language Classroom to Help Develop Learner's Speaking 
    Ainy, Salma (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    This paper aims at discussing the pros and cons of using poetical works or poetry in the language classroom. There is an attempt made to justify the use of poetry in language teaching by throwing some light on the existing ...
  • Second Language Acquisition and Grammar Instruction 
    Bhowmik, Subrata Kumar (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    Grammar instruction is a contentious issue in the field of second language acquisition. There are arguments about whether or not grammar instruction helps L2 learning. The paper reviews literature on second language ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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- ...
  • "protective Mimicry": Forster's Literary Imitation of 'Divide and Rule' in A Passage to India 
    Zeenat, Afrin (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    Critical response to E.M. Forster's A passage to India remains diverse. While some commend Forster's depiction of the India, others express their misgivings at his portrayal of Indians attributing his delineation of the ...
  • 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. ...
  • "Kubla Khan": A Poem of Sexual Ambiguity 
    Miah, A.S.M. Shamim (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    The poem "Kubla Khan" is quite inexplicable. It is full of ambiguity and seemingly bizarre implications. Many critics have seen it as a poem full of ethereal music, but, i find it a mysterious reflection on humen sexuality. ...
  • 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 ...
  • The Relevance of Bernard Shaw to Our Times 
    Rao, E. Nageswara (East West University, 1/1/2010)
    Contrary to general assumptions, Bernanrd Shaw's writing has contemporary relevance. His views on cruelty to animals, censorship, democracy, medical profession, women's status etc., are all live issues ever today. His plea ...
  • Sex in Consumer Culture: the Erotic Content of Media and Marketing 
    Abedin, Manzoorul (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    Freud might have overstated the case in claiming that everything people do can be linked to sex, but his ideas have had a deep impact on the development of theories and research models about sex and consumption patterns. ...
  • Socio-Demographic and Health Factors Affecting Maternal Mortality in Rural Bangladesh 
    Chaudhury, Rafiqul Huda; Chowdhury, Zafrullah (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    The present study examines the impact of non-biological factors such as age, birth-order, education, smoking, anaemia, and tetanus vaccination on maternal mortality using data on maternal deaths collected by Gonoshayastha ...
  • Target Needs of English for University Education and English Textbooks up to class XII: An Evaluation 
    Shahidullah, Md. (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    English courses and textbooks are meant to cater to learners' academic and professional needs of English. However, this does not seem to happen in Bangladesh; university students in the country appear to have difficulties ...
  • 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 ...
  • Shifting Identity of a Diasporic Subject: Jhumpa Lahiri's Lilia 
    Ahsanuzzaman, Ahmed (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    The paper attempts an intensive reading of Jhumpa Lahiri's story, "when Mr. Pirzada came to Dine " with a view to placing its central character, Lilia, against the two forms of "mottled background', not in a 'harmonizing' ...
  • 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 ...
  • "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 ...
  • An analytical Study on Leadership Challenges for Human Service Administrators 
    Sen, Dr. Dilip Kumar; Khan, Sadana Islam (East West University, 1/1/2008)
    The present study addresses itself to the challenges that human service administrators face in maintaining and moving their organizations forward. The study has identified twelve leadership challenge dimensions, explored ...
  • 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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