A Raisin in the Sun: Afro-American Dream

TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY

A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream

A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Tribhuvan University, in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English

By Tanka Prasad Paudel Roll No.: 294/ 063 T. U. Registration No: 6-2-2-1201-2001

March 2011

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LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

This is to certify that Mr. Tanka Prasad Paudel has completed his dissertation entitled A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream under my supervision and guidance. I, therefore, recommend this dissertation for the final approval and acceptance to the dissertation evaluation committee.

Date:…………………. Dr. Anand Sharma ....................................... Department of English Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Kathmandu, Nepal

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ACCEPTANCE CERTIFICATE

This dissertation work entitled A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of AfroAmerican Dream prepared and submitted by Tanka Prasad Paudel has been accepted as the partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Degree of Master of Arts in English by the dissertation evaluation committee comprising of:

Members of Research Committee …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… ……………………………

…………………… Supervisor Dr. Anand Sharma ………………………… External Examiner ………..……….. Head Department of English Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Kathmandu Date: ………………………………

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DECLARATION

I hereby declared that this dissertation entitled A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream is my own work except otherwise acknowledged. I have not submitted it or any of its part to any other academic institutions for any degree.

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