Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

There are a number of distinct similarities in the perspectives of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy presented in 'Notes from the Underground' and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych,' especially similarities that can be derived through understanding motivation, relationships and morality within these texts. This 5 page paper presents a comparison of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in ...

A 5 page essay on the framing of 'best society' in 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and 'A Doll House' as defined by Homer's 'Odyssey.' The writer discusses social role and hierarchical constructs in terms of the characters residing outside the 'best society' in support of the thesis that the authors maintain the framework ...

A 6 page paper describing this classic in Russian literature as one written at the brink of significant new change. During the era of Fathers & Sons, there was still a large servant class in Russia. The writer argues that "Fathers & Sons" illustrated differences occurring since an older, more transitional change, -- showing ...

A 6 page paper discussing the Russian futurist and poet, Velimir Khlebnikov and his magical use of words and vision which led to him being known as an 'Ultimate Poet.' Bibliography lists five sources.

A 13 page paper looking at this short story by Russian-Jewish writer Isaac Babel in terms of its protagonist's problems with his Jewish identity. The paper concludes that despite Liutov's attempts to disassociate himself from his Jewish intellectual background, Liutov is irrevocably a Jew and irrevocably an intellectual; nothing he can do will make him ...

A 4 page paper which discusses the classic Spanish tale. The writer explains the author's commentary on his society and countrymen. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper discussing the nature of illusion and reality in Cervantes' work. The paper concludes that the conflict of reality and illusion is epitomized in the contrast between Sancho Panza and the Don himself, and that Don Quixote's vision, considered by the world to be an illusion, is in the end the truer ...

A complete 10 page overview and summary of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's contemporary novel 'Love in the Time of Cholera.' The writer identifies Marquez's usefulness of language, sharp depiction of characters, and more. No Bibliography.

5 pages focusing on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, 'Love in the Time of Cholera', and how it is intrinsically South American and whether or not this love is of the type that is worth waiting a lifetime for.

A 5 page paper detailing points of the novel 'A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Focus is placed on human nature and how Marquez presents that nature. Emphasis is also placed on how fear is involved in the treatment of the angel. It is stated that common beliefs exist despite ...

4 pages in length. There are many important life lessons to be learned in A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The story tells of an angel who comes to a small, South American town masked as a broken-down, old man and describes the way the townspeople mistreat him ...

A 5 page analysis of the book by Sandra Cisneros. The writer stresses Cisneros' use of setting, both physical and cultural, in establishing the meaning and character of this somewhat autobiographical novel of a young Chicana girl's adolescence. No additional sources cited.

A complete 8 page analysis of the famous character in Spanish literature : Lazarillo de Tormes. No Bibliography.

An 8 page paper that provides an overview of Eca de Queiros' work and considers the major themes as they apply to Portuguese society of the late 19th century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page research paper that examines how this novel by Josa Maria Eca de Queiros reflects the life of nineteenth-century Portuguese society. The writer presents various interpretations of the novel including one proposed by New York University Professor Alexander Coleman who argues that this novel is representative of the declining Portuguese aristocracy ...

A 6 page paper that provides an overview of Eca de Queiros's work and the considers the major themes as they apply to Portuguese society of the late 19th century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper discussing specific literary works: 'New York Oficina Y denuncia (New York Office and declaration),' by Frederico Garcia Lorca, and the first two chapters of 'El Oro del Malorca (The Gold of Malorca),' by Ruben Dario. The industrial revolution was a time of great change that eventually has led the world to ...

A 5 page essay that analyzes the book by Carmen Laforet. Nada is the first novel written by noted Spanish author Carmen Laforet. First published in 1944, some critics have regarded this work as autobiographical as it recounts the spiritual desolation of a country emerging from civil war. Many have regarded this ...

A 9 page research essay which studies Kincaid's tangible anger in light of the fact that she is imprisoned by the construct of a 'foreign' language and by constructed roles for women on her native Antigua in five works. The writer posits that her use of language eventually creates a sense of freedom from ...

8 pages in length. The extent to which Edward Rochester, in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, was like a Spanish conquistador compels the reader to imagine that the author did a considerable amount of research in order for him to convey such characteristics. History has demonstrated the Spanish conquistador as terribly cruel and ...

5 pages in length. In Jean Rhys's compelling novel about racial tension amidst confusion and anxiety, the author addresses this subtext in such a way as to portray Antoinette as a product of an intolerant society. While more of an underlying theme, the character's racial inner struggles in Wide Sargasso Sea represent a ...

A 3 page paper discussing 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rys and 'Heremakhonon - a Novel' by Maryse Conde. No additional sources are cited.

A 4 page paper describing the themes and narrative styles of these three novels (authors are Conde, Toomer, & Marshall). Bibliography lists the 3 books.

A 5 page paper on this novel about the Mexican Revolution, by Mariano Azuela. The paper concludes that Azuela feels there is no sense to the cyclical rise and fall of leaders and movements, alliances and feuds, and that war is a waste of precious human life. Bibliography included.

A 6 page paper discussing the changes the four Mirabal sisters moved through on their journey from the children of a middle-class landowner in the 1930s Dominican Republic to full-blown political activists. One sister never did participate, though she was sympathetic to the rebel cause, but the other three gave their lives and became ...