PREMIER UNIVERSITY

Department of English language and literature

PREMIER UNIVERSITY

Department of English language and literature
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Department of English language and literature

Dr. Abdur Rahim

Associate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature

ar.dell.pu@gmail.com; rahim.dell@puc.ac.bd

About


Dr. Abdur Rahim is an esteemed academic and scholar in English Language and Literature, currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature (DELL) at Premier University. With a strong academic background and years of experience in teaching and research, he has made significant contributions to the field of English studies.

Dr. Rahim earned his Ph.D. in English Literature from Jahangirnagar University, a prestigious institution known for its excellence in humanities and social sciences. He also holds an M.A. and M.Phil. in English Language and Literature from Chittagong University, where he previously completed his B.A. in the same discipline.

Qualification


Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka

MA in English

 University of Chittagong

BA (Hons) in English

 University of Chittagong

Experience


November 2024
Present
Associate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature
Premier University, Chattogram, Bangladesh
October 2009

November 2024
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature
Premier University, Chattogram, Bangladesh
June 2005

October 2009
Lecturer, Department of English Language & Literature
Premier University, Chattogram, Bangladesh

Research


              Articles published in renowned journals:

  • Rahim, Abdur. “Speak or Speak Not: An Analysis of Two Female Characters in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace from Subaltern Perspectives. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 21-36
  •  “Dislocation and the Making of the Self: An Analysis of Rajkumar in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace from a Postcolonial Perspective”. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 23-35.
  •        “Choice, Voice, and Power: An Analysis of Mafijon in Mahbub-Ul-Alam’s Mofijon”. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2022, pp. 29-41
  •        Rahim, Abdur & Zaman, Sadat. “Representation of the Rohingyas in Media and New Media: Narrative, Analysis, and Re-thinking”. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), Volume V, Issue XII, December 2021|ISSN 2454-6186, pp. 838-842
  •         “Myth of Voice and After…: Re-reading Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe from Subaltern Perspective”. Horizon: A Journal of Letters, Number 5, 2020, pp. 169-180
  •         “Imperial Women’s Representation of India: A Study of Indira Ghose’s Memsahibs Abroad”. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 73-85.
  •         “Freudian Unconscious and the Remaking of Self: An Analysis of Okonkwo in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart from Psychoanalytic Perspective”. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2018, pp. 11-20
  •        “William Shakespeare’s Othello: An Orientalist’s Paradigm”. Stamford Journal of English, Vol. 9, 2015-16, pp. 167-177
  •         “Third World Women’s Location of Power: A Study of Purabi Basu’s “Radha will not Cook Today””. Harvest, Vol. 30, 2014-15, pp. 91-100.
  •          “Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner: A Psychoanalytic Evaluation”. Stamford Journal of English, Vol. 8, 2013-14, pp. 163-176.
  •            “Diasporic Dilemma in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake”. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 1, 2009, pp. 117-124

Book Review:

  • Rahim, Abdur. “Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies: Problems of Transculturation. Premier Critical Perspective, Vol. 1, 2006, pp. 124-126

Authored Book:

  • Eagle Zubak O Kalantorer Kabya  (A collection of poems written by me in Bengali) Ghumparanir Gaan ((A collection of rhymes written by me in Bengali)

Academic Engagement


  • Member, Proctorial Body, Premier University
  • Member, Drug Prevention Committee, Premier University

Area of Interests


  • Critical theory
  • Postcolonialism
  • Subaltern Studies  

Professional Memberships


     Life Member of The Nishpap Autism Foundation 

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