Category: Comparative Literature

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Within a single lifetime, the United States has gone from a nation that openly and legislatively discriminated against a group of people based upon their race through the upheaval of the Civil Rights Movement to a society that elects a man of mixed races to…

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince raises fundamental philosophical issues about human life and its actual values. The protagonist undergoes internal evolution and gains an understanding that genuinely precious things are intangible. Instead, they can be perceived only by the heart. Subsequently, numerous other writers have adopted this narrative strategy. In particular, the characters from…

Introduction Relationships are one of the fundamental aspects of not only the personal life of each individual but also the plot of most literary works and other major media. Because of it, it is important to be able to differentiate as well as analyze what happy and unhappy types of relationships look like. The aim…

Table of Contents Introduction The Archetype of Satan in The Chronicles of Narnia Analyzing the Archetype in His Dark Materials Conclusion Works Cited Introduction It is impossible to imagine the world without literature and its advancements. It is so because all peoples create some writing pieces, meaning that this field has many universally acknowledged features.…

Fault and Responsibility Taking People apart in the Ordinary People The major theme of the book by Judith Ann Guest in 1976 is education and upbringing conflicts that follow both parents, Cal and Beth Jarrett. The reason for such discrepancies is first of all their background – Cal is the orphan who never knew his…

Introduction Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are two writers with two completely different writing styles. Marquez portrays a quiet character in his writing, giving a plot in most of his stories that signify one who is poetic and rhythmic on many occasions. He does not seem to be involved in other aspects of…

Table of Contents Introduction Perceptions of the Past Perceptions of Gender and Courtship Socioeconomic Roles Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In the century spanning from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, the American South underwent a profound social and political change. A predominantly agricultural region living off its cash crops had to embrace the…

Table of Contents Introduction Comparison to Caliban Comparison to Othello Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Season of Migration to the North is an award-winning novel that explores many socio-cultural themes. Throughout it, the author Tayeb Salih makes direct comparisons and references to other popular cultural works and symbols. The character Mustafa Sa’eed is directly compared to…

Table of Contents Introduction Plotting Characterization Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Both of the selected stories, Kawai Strong Washburn’s “What the Ocean Eats” and Bryan Stevenson’s “The High Road,” are interesting to read and focus on important topics resorting to one’s emotions and feelings. However, a detailed analysis of the two pieces allows noticing structural differences…

Introduction As it has been revealed, gothic tradition in literature is a very common culture among various authors of American Literature. This is clearly depicted in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Poe, “Young Goodman Brown” by Hawthorne, and “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner; where gothic with a ‘twist’ is revealed in the entire settings of…