Rokeya Khatun is an Assistant Professor of English at Asian University of Bangladesh. She did her B. A. (Hons.) and M. A. in English from the University of Rajshahi. She teaches literature and language related courses and supervises thesis students. She attended many seminars, trainings and conferences. Her research fields and interests include Romantic Literature, Victorian Poetry, 19 th Century Fiction, 20 th Century Modern Poetry, American Literature and Continental Literature. She has published papers in reputed national and international journals. Currently, she is working on John Updike and Doris Lessing. She believes, her research articles will help the future researchers explore new ideas in their research areas. She also writes occasionally in different dailies and in a very popular online Indian literary magazine, Literary Yard. In free time, she loves translating different types of poetry.

 

Research Areas:
i. Romantic Literature
ii. Victorian Poetry
iii. 19 th Century Fiction
iv. 20 th Century Modern Poetry
v. Continental Literature and
vi. American Literature

 

Ongoing researches:
i. Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen”: Susan Rawlings’s Search for Identity
ii. John Updike’s “Separating”: A Critical Analysis

Conference and Publications:
i. James Joyce’s “Araby”: A Shattering Epiphany, Bali International Business and Social Science Research Conference (BIBSRC) 2017, Bali, Indonesia (Video Presentation), 14 May 2017

ii. “Women in Al Mahmud’s Poetry”, Northern University Bangladesh Studies in English (ISSN-2218-1547, Vol.1, Issue2, December 2012, PP 29-37) (Print)

iii. “William Blake’s “London” : A Bleak Picture of Late 18 th Century London”, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 21, Issue 3, Ver.III (Mar. 2016) PP 38-42, P-ISSN: 2279-0845(Print & Online)

iv. “Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and Nazrul’s “My Love”(Mor priya hobe esho rani): A Comparative Study of Romantic Love”, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 21, Issue 5, Ver. 3 (May 2016) P-ISSN: 2279-0845 (Print & Online)

v. Joyce’s “Araby”: Love and Disillusionment, International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, Vol.4, Issue 9, PP 85-90, ISSN 2347-3126, September 2016 (Print & Online)

vi. Joyce’s “Araby”: From Innocence to Experience, European Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, Vol.5, No.1, pp.19-28, ISSN 2055-0138, January 2017 (Print & Online)

vii. “A Shattering Epiphany in James Joyce’s “Araby” ”, Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Vol.8, Issue 5, October 2017, PP 140-144, ISSN 2203-4714(Print & Online) 

viii. “Alienation and Loneliness in Jibanananda Das’s Poetry”, RPSU RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 104-113, ISSN 2790-4903, March 2022 (Print)

ix. “Morning”, Literaryyard, August 14, 2017 (Translation)

x. “A Minor Bird” by Robert Frost, (Translation from English to Bangla), Somoy Journal, 1 December 2020

xi. “Dover Beach” from analytical viewpoint, The Daily Sun, 3 December 2020

xii. Celebrating Silver Jubilee of Asian University of Bangladesh, theindependent, 4 January 2021