Vol. 3 No. 4 (2025)

Articles

• Articles

  The Machine as a Mediation of the Human in Literature and Cinema: Isolation and Dehumanization from Kafka to Her

  Oussama AMIR

  Franz Kafka’s work, through The Trial and The Metamorphosis , incisively examines dehumanization and alienation caused by oppressive machines and systems, where individuals are reduced to anonymous cogs. Spike Jonze’s film Her extends this reflection to the digital age, portraying the…

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  An Eco-Gothic and Post-Romantic Reinterpretation of Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

  Anika Khan

  “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” of Robert Frost is highly regarded as an example of pastoral poetry with its pensive mood representing the twentieth-century American literature. However, the paper offers an eco-gothic and post-romantic reinterpretation of the poem, revealing the complex…

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  Review and Dissection of a Mulititude of Multilingual Policies: A Systematic Literature Review

  Joel Magada Badua

  Countries adapt certain curriculum programs in their education departments to suit current pedagogical and linguistic trends. They likewise align their curriculum to meet certain targeted goals in order to increase the level of English proficiency among their citizens. This study investigated the…

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  Politics of Control in Orwell’s 1984: Education, Surveillance, and Authoritarian Legitimacy in South Asia

  Fahmida Hoque Meem, Nafisa Nahrin Afra, Muzahid Abdullah Maruf

  Fascism, an extreme form of nationalism that suppresses individual freedom, remains a pervasive force used by ruling parties to consolidate power through youth indoctrination. George Orwell’s 1984 (1949) vividly depicts this phenomenon, as seen with the Parsons children who eagerly denounce their…

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  Decentring Standard English in ELT: Teacher Agency and Pedagogical Uptake of Global Englishes in Bangladesh

  Sayma Sultana

  The spread of English in the world has led to the threat of the traditional domination of the Standard English in teaching the English language (ELT). This paper examines the views of English language teachers in Bangladesh towards Standard English and the ways they use Global Englishes…

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