PANINI : NSU Studies in Language & Literature

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Panini: NSU Studies in Language & Literature is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal of the Department of English & Modern Languages, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Why should rubrics be used to evaluate oral presentations?
(North South University, 2020) Mohammed Shabrlar Hague; Tasnia Nowshln; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
'Why should instructors use rubrics to evaluate oral presentations? Assessing oral presentations is a complex ritual, as it involves multiple activities that need to be monitored simultaneously. A rubric is an assessment tool that is transparent and can also transcend the subjective bias of English language instructors. While using rubrics in evaluating oral presentation is nothing new, the few available studies in the Bangladeshi context suggest that this practice might not be very familiar to instructors and learners, particularly in an EFL country like ours. The primary focus of this paper is to find out the potential of rubrics in evaluating English oral presentations in Bangladesh. especially in private universities. At the same time, this paper looks at teachers' perspectives regarding rubrics in evaluating oral presentations. The outcome of this study, on the one hand, suggests that the proper use of rubric can have a positive effect on learners' preparation and performance of oral presentations by gradually increasing their metacognitivc awareness, and on the other hand, benefits EFL instructors in terms of justifying students' evaluation and providing constructive feedback.
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Heidegger on Poets fora Destitute Time
(North South University, 2020) Norman K. Swam; Dr. A.Q.M,A. Rahman Bhuiyan
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger's later work includes his attention to the nature of language, and this in relation to the poetic verse of ranking poets such as Friedrich HOlderlin, Rainer Maria Alike, and Stefan George. In this essay, I engage Heidegger's thinking as he seeks to elucidate the "neighboring" of thinking (Denken) and poetry (Dichtung), and doing so in the context of what, since the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, becomes the anti-metaphysical discourse heralding "the death of God" and, thus, humanity's destitute time. Following Holderlin, the question at issue is: "what are poets for, in a destitute time?" ("...wozu Dichter in chitftiger Zeit?"). If we discern the answer to this question, we place ourselves before the possibility of a transformative experience.
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Panopticism as a Solution to Student Inattentiveness in online classes
(North South University, 2020) Afruza Khanom; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
This study proposes the use of Panopticism to address inattentiveness, one of the major problems faced by teachers while taking classes in the sudden transition to the virtual classroom during the Covid- 19 pandemic. This small-scale empirical study identifies a few of the reasons for demotivated and inattentive students in online classes and analyzes the possibility of Panopticism as a means of disciplining students from a distance. A survey was conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire consisting of questions that provided both quantitative and qualitative data. This was coupled with the researcher's own experience when discussing the data. Thc participants were a unique group of graduate students of a public university in Bangladesh, who had experienced the midway transition of a taught Masters course from being an offline one to an online one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thc data analysis revealed the students' perspectives on their attentiveness in offline classes and the effect of visibility on their engagement in the online class. Findings suggest the possibility for using the Panoptic Effect as propounded by Foucault to increase student attentiveness in online classes.
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Reading Mukhetja's Jasmine through Conternpontry Feminist Lenses
(North South University, 2021) Musarrat Shameem; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
The present article reads Bharat' Mukherjee's novel Jasmine from a feminist perspective that incorporates postmodern and diasporic stances in order to interpret the protagonist's character based on her mutability in the diasporic space of the United States of America. The research shows that despite the agony and uncertainty Jasmine faces, she emerges as a strong individual after completing her diasporic trajectories. While facing crucial situations, she develops into an independent person in the following ways: she tries to keep a balance between tradition and modernity; makes chokes based on her own mediation; and takes responsibility for her choices. The article parallels Mukherjee's own journey towards finding a new diasporic identity with that of her protagonist Jasmine. Therefore, the work traces both the real and fictional traversing of two characters who are abundantly influenced by each other in their quest to sculpting a new diasporic identity.
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Gender Inequality and Femicide in Rabindranath Tagore's "Shashi' and "Haimantr: Reading through a Feminist Lens
(North South University, 2021) Selma Hague; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
The Bengali Nobel-laureate Rabindranath Tagorc (1861-1941) portrayed the helplessness of women in the hands of patriarchy in his famous short stories. "Shasti' (1893) and "Ilaimanti"(1914) are two of them. "Shasti" first appeared in Sadhana, and the monthly magazine Sabuj Patra first published "Heimann" in 1914. Later, Galpaguchchha included it. In these works, the prominent writer is concerned with gender inequality and femicidc of his time, which still exist globally. There has been evident progress of women in the education and health sectors, and they have also achieved more rights over the years. Still, they are undervalued even in developed countries. In these masterpieces, the protagonist Chandaraand Haimanti, who depict mass women, suffer miserably, become innocent victims of femicide in patriarchy. When Chandara received an order for her hanging in the presence of her husband, he did not consider this loss as a stigma in a patriarchal culture. His sexist mindset dismisses and normalizes the verdict of her execution.ln llaimanti's case, no one killed her, but she was pushed to death through continuous humiliations by her in-laws and neighbors. which she could not tolerate. Chandara and Haimanti show that all women are vulnerable to patriarchy no matter what their social positions or roots arc. In this paper, I will examine gender inequality and fcmicide through two appealing women characters Chandara and Haimanti. Through the depictionsof their predicaments. I will also show men's attitudes towards these global issues.
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Redeeming Raju in The Guide: A Phenomenological Study
(North South University, 2021) Md. Smash eddln Al Famine; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
The paper intends to analyze the predicament of Rams the protagonist of R. K Narayan's Die Gunge, from the theoretical perspective of "exult:Mkt I pher.omenology of Martin 11tukgger, supplemented by eelmani Khan from ls-an.nsul SWIM.f early phihosophyss well as Al SOHO: Merleau.Ponty's phenomenological cuplaralltart of human perception It considers Rapis pallid al umatton portrayed in the novel and sm.-Teets his dew-seated guilty consexnee as the characterntic tea= cal what !Iced/eager calls an "authentic' existence. rd In order to make mem sense of RAM situation in a hich he undergoes etuerne sac Retina. it focuses on his past life and how he gradually embraces an 'authentic' existerwe. The study thus eallanattattS that, in the 'authentic" or Anal phase of hot lefc. Rap es more concerned ahoot his 'being' or esisterwe in the community of Alangal than the question of his life
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'Amok' in Frank Swettenham's Malay Sketches and Isabella Bird's The Golden Chenonese
(North South University, 2021) Sanjeeda Hossein; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
Motifs of colonial ideology like 'amok' arc fostered by the ',nosh colonial rule: they are embedded rn its colonial discount. Daring the lime of Booth Colonisation in the Mislay 'annuli,. amok meant a wsktary man in a frenzy. =mots with a down losses. Therefore. it is related to colonial for and arnica. From his posmon as an ambonvatoe male colonial administrator. Frank Sas-ttenhun consul-so the mina of amok to Jamb lintish colonial control. On the other hand. Isabella Mad as a woman %tier stouts ahem the East dewntas amok'tam the twcotaws of male British adnunistralets to make her narrative realistic and matting Roth of ten writings strengthened the Ms": of owk within the colonial academic scholarship and administration. This perpetuated the Booth colonial regime in the Malay Peninsula flus Foga will >Mow how Frank Ssattenhank in has Afaloy Stoehr, and Isabella Bird in ha the Insfilevi Carnotwae. dtaia amok as a keno among dans-nail Malays that rowers to he controlled through colonial imenentan. By dams sa n will do a closer inscstiastion of lama as a motif in colonial discourse that perpetuates colonial authotity ova the colonized Keywords knot Prins!, Colonial Asbninistrarion The Akalas Peninsula Colonial smmery
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Beliefs of learners and teachers about the use of Andragogical principles in English language teaching at Higher Education
(North South University, 2021) Sak1ba Ferdousy; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
This research investigated the tertiary level English language learners' and teachers' beliefs about the use of andragogical process principles in English language classes. The investigation was done with 150 students and 35 teachers from three private universities in Bangladesh. As the research instrument, the study used a 58 item Liken-scale questionnaire. Knowles' (1968, 1980) ideas concerning andragogical process design elements were adopted as the theoretical framework for the study. The findings revealed that both learners and teachers had firm beliefsin the necessity of teachers' preparing learners before teaching, creating a conducive environment for learning. diagnosis of learner needs etc. But in respect of decision making about learning process, selecting materials, and evaluation, they seemed to believe in teacher-centered learning. Both learners and teachers believed in some andragogical principles and some pedagogical principles. The findings also demonstrated that learners' perception is not similar to that of their teachersin some aspects. The study highlighted the need for understanding both learners and teachers' perceptions and beliefs of language learning and teaching for better out corneal the tertiary level ELT in Bangladesh.
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Redeeming Raju in The Guide: A Phenomenological Study
(North South University, 2021) Md. Smash eddln Al Famine; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
The paper intends to analyze the predicament of Raju, the protagonist of R. K. Narayan's The Guide, from the theoretical perspective of "existential phenomenology' of Martin Heidegger, supplemented by relevant ideas from Jean-Paul Sartre's early philosophyas well as Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological exploration of human perception. It considers Raju's painful alienation portrayed in the novel and interprets his deep-seated guilty conscience as the characteristic feature of what Heidegger calls an "authentic' existence. In order to make more sense of Raju's situation in which he undergoes extreme suffering, it focuses on his past life and how he gradually embraces an "authentic" existence. The study thus demonstrates that, in the "authentic" or final phase of his life, Raju is more coin.mowd about his "being" or existence in the rural community of Mangel than the question of his life.
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Against "Combat Gnosticism": Female War Poetry in WWI
(North South University, 2021) AnIka Saba; Ateef Rashid; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
As one of the *Mann conflicts to bun= history, the Fula World War has occupied an inexontbke space an the Hama literary some. Poets like Wilfred Owen and Skirted Sumas have immonalised the mhos of war in their state When we think of WWI. their roam as mostly what we studycan to dus day. Commenting on then works. scholars like Paul Email have produced a Masao:Sing discourse of what lames Campbell calls 'combat palm-ism." The phrase translace info knowledge of war that n associated with men ally. As a response to this dialogue, our paper will analyse poems of three female waters from Ten licadall's ccenempocary anthology Poetry of the Int World War (1013), The selected poets we May Sinclair. Mary Baden and May Vitale:buns Canaan woo assisted in the was services and lived to write about their experiences While SncLau se reliantly known, the other two live in obscurity when it comes to poetry study of WWI. This paper will do close readings of one poem of each of Sac poets to show how women bat been involved to the war and thus Ghana:de the ides of 'combat gmonwtsm.`

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