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Item Community Towards Achieving Self-Reliantdevelopment in Nepal(Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007) Shah, Abhisekh BahadurItem Construction of Gender in Desai's Fasting, Feasting(Department of English, 2006) Kafle, PrashantWomen have been relegated to an inferior position for centuries. The constructivist conception of gender, denying two basic types of human being, male and female, claims the certain traits, behaviour and occupations are appropriate for each type: masculine and feminine. Patriarchal ideology has helped to establish male supremacy in the society to such an extent that males have been exploiting females physically and mentally. Women's overall progression has got stifled because of social mores and customs in such a gendered society.Item An Exploration of Folktales in Silko's Ceremony and Storyteller(Department of English, 2006) Paudel, Rajendra ManiSilko’s fictional characters-Tayo in Ceremony and the narrator in Storyteller have their own individual experiences similar to the experiences of the archetypal characters of Pueblo folktales. Both Tayo and narrator realize that whites are Pueblo’s 'other' trying to destroy them using various means of trickery as described in Pueblo folktales. Their life story corresponds to the development of the characters in folktales in which the hero leaves home, combats with others and returns to reconcile with his family. They go far away from Laguna, react against the Whites and Navajo, and return to their home, realizing the Pueblo culture and oral tradition of storytelling as a source of their identity.Item Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Males (A Case Study of Sakhuwa Prasauni VDC Parsa)(Department of Population Studies, 2006) Khadka, Birendra SinghThe data for this thesis entitled "Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Males in Sakhuwa Prasauni VDC, Parsa" is mainly derived from primary data collected from a sample of 80 households comprising of 105 respondents.The student adhered to personal interviews to collect the information. Data generated from the field survey was analyzed based on Number distribution and bivariate cross-tabulation analyses. The main objectives of the study are knowledge, attitude and practices of family planning among males:to identify the source of male contraceptives of family planning. Information on knowledge of specific method was collected from eight modern family planning methods, among them two major male family planning methods are described in this study. This study concludes that the knowledge and current use of male family planning method is high among the ages 25-29.Similarly the knowledge of condom is 100% in all ages. The study also indicates that 76.0% used condom and 39.7% using condom at first time in 23-24 ages. Similarly, 15.9% experienced problem using condom. The study also indicates that 90.5% male use condom on their partner's fertile days. So far as source of male contraceptives is concerned, it is found that 96.2%male heard contraceptive methods by friends and 66.7% male obtain condom from health post. The study also indicates that 100% male have knowledged about male sterilization but nobody getting sterilized and 84.7% says operation is bad's for man health. Similarly, 78.1% male agree that condom reduce man's pleasure and 75.2% men agree that use family planning methods it should be decided by interaction between spouses.Item Jadine's Quest of Black Self in Morrison's Tar Baby(Department of English, 2006) Adhikari, KulanandSome people of Afro-American origin become rootless due to their fascination with westerners' lifestyle and standard of beauty. They loose their ancestral heritage and adopt a pretentious life. Most of the time,they remain unknown about their authentic self. Sometimes, in course of their life, they are made to realize their original identity with the use of myths and other various characteristics of African American life such as an intimate description of nature and use of symbols. Morrison, in Tar Baby, attempts to reconstruct the original self of the major female protagonist Jadine who has adopted a fake life of westerners due to her reception of western education. She, aTar Baby for the Whites,is used to break the westerners' concept with the reconstruction of the myth of Tar Baby itself, which is primarily focused in this research.Item Lust and destruction in Webster’s the white Devil: A psychoanalytic approach(Department of English, 2022) Sapkota, PrativaThe main objective of this thesis is to explore why people are oriented towards lust and how it leads people to destruction. John Webster’s play The White Devil is the primary source to obtain data to meet this objective. In the play, for instance, the major characters in the play are so lustful that they are involved in extramarital affairs inviting horrible destruction as the consequences. The study, Thus, has explored the causes that encourage people to commit adultery and explained the consequences of lustful activities. To substantiate this issue, the play has been analyzed from the perspective of psychoanalysis.Item Patriarchal Hegemony in the Novel The Good Earth(Department of English, 2009) Shrestha, SabitaThe present dissertation undertakes a study of patriarchal hegemony in the novel The Good Earth The study tries to examine how women were depicted in pre revolutionary Chinese society. Chinese village society seemed patriarchal, oppressive and stultifying to women. Although women’s role varied, all were subservient. The importance of all female characters is based upon their contribution to the egos of the male protagonists and as being providers of support to both family and order in society. Pearl S. Buck, a proponent of civil rights for women as well as a humanitarian writer, concerns the society where females are considered the weaker sex and especially the neglected part of the society. The issues, problems, and status of Chinese women have successfully presented in The Good Earth.Item Proficiency in Understanding Newspaper headlines A Case of Bachelor Level Students in chitwan District(Faculty English Education, 2007) Bharati, Padam LalThe present study is an attempt to find out the proficiency of the students of Bachelor Level 3 rd year in understanding the headlines of English newspapers in Nepal. The researcher collected the data by using test items and questionnaire, from the students of six colleges in Chitwan district. The data were analysed and results were compared sex wise, faculty wise and on the basis of test items using statistical tools. Student sare found to have medium proficiency in understanding newspaper headlines. Girls are found to be slightly less proficient than boys.Students of institutes are found to be more proficient than the students of faculties. The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one introduces the study with general background, literature review, objectives of the study,significance and definitions of the terms.Chapter two deals with methodology which was followed to carry out there search work. It talks about the data sources, population and sample size, tools used for data collection, procedure of data collection and limitations of the study .Chapter three presents the analysis and interpretation of the data. This chapter makes use of statistical tools like tables, charts and percentage.Chapter four draws out some findings on the basis of the analysis made in chapter three. Some suggestions have also been listed on the basis of the findings.References and appendices supplement the concluding part of the thesis.Item Racial Oppression in Wright’s Native Son: Bigger Thomas’s Revolution for Safeguarding Self-Identity(Faculty of English, 2014) Gurung, Tek BahadurThis thesis, entitled “Racial Oppression in Wright’s Native Son: Bigger Thomas’s Revolution for Safeguarding Self-Identity” deals with an oppressive American racial background of the 1930s and its result. This research discloses how black people were living and how they revolted to safeguard their identity. The theory of new historicism is used to demonstrate the historical context of 1930 America and Black art theory is used to mirror how black people were motivated to act antisocially. Elements like hate, attraction, sex, relationship, desire, dream, career, repulsion, separation, deprivation, marginalization, discrimination and realization are the keywords used to make the novel’s objective clear. In Wright’s narrative, the historical background of then America is brilliantly portrayed. So, the novel can be considered as a historical artifact and a literary tool to energize the Black Art Movement. Based on the new historicists’ argument -the historicity of texts and textuality of history is reciprocally concerned- the historical background has been tried to elaborate through the text. Moreover, to excavate the reason why a man is imposed to kill someone has been thoroughly analyzed. A society, where man takes birth, is completely responsible for what man does. And, an environment where man grows up, teaches him to revolt against the situation if it goes beyond the tolerance level. Finally, the study concludes with the finding that- too much oppression results in violence.