Essays and Research Papers on Canadian Literature

This 8 page paper considers the development of remembering and forgetting in the book 'Tales from Firozsha Baag', also printed as 'Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag', and considers how these themes are presented with specific reference to the narrator character Kersi. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the importance of the setting in Timothy Findley's novel "The Wars." No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which summarizes the novel, considers what it symbolizes, discusses the protagonist Offred, and compares her with Saddam Hussein’s former mistress, Parisoula Lampsos. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the relationships among the three women, Huangbo, May-ying, and Hing, in Denise Chong's novel. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An 8 page paper which examines the role of Oryx in Margaret Atwood’s story “Oryx and Crake.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how the novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood could be a religious dictatorship seen in the future of the United States. The paper examines what such a future would be like. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

An 8 page paper which examines the theme or heroism in Eric Newby’s “A Short Walk in the Hindi Kush” and Karen Connelly’s “Touch the Dragon.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes elements in Tomson Highway’s novel “Kiss of the Fur Queen.” No additional sources cited.

This 10 page paper discusses the novel "Hotel" by Arthur Hailey, and the challenges faced by the fictional St. Gregory. It also discusses how those challenges relate to the real world hospitality industry. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the significance of the loons in Margaret Laurence’s story “The Loons.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines why the character in Alice Munro’s short story Meneseteung goes insane at the end of the story. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper that discusses Sky Lee’s 1991 novel Disappearing Moon Café concerns five generations of a Chinese Canadian family whose saga is shaped by cultural, economic and social factors that pertain to both China. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper describes Michael Fullan’s book about being a leader in a changing educational culture, and then considers how two reviewers felt about his book. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page review of the novel by Edeet Ravel. This paper delineates the material and spiritual journey that a young girl must take after the death of her mother. No additional sources are listed.

This 3 page paper discusses the metaphor of the storm in Sinclair Ross’s short story, “The Painted Door.” Bibliography lists 1 source

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the point of view in Margaret Atwood’s Death by Landscape and Richard Ford’s Great Falls. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the character of Hagar in Margaret Laurence’s novel “The Stone Angel.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper argues that in their two essays, Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan explore relationships among women, but the label “freak” cannot be applied to any of them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In six pages this paper considers the journeys of protagonists Huck Finn, Nick Carraway, and Duddy Kravitz in the novels by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Mordecai Richler, comparing their similarities and differences. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.

In eighteen pages this paper presents a comprehensive critical comparative analysis of these texts which include such topics as writing style, authors’ choice of language, writers’ logic, meaning conveyed through literary or rhetorical devices, background of writers, target audience, historical setting, textual organizational patterns, and textual evaluation. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper compare and contrasts two short stories, “He” by Katherine Anne Porter and “The Loons” by Margaret Laurence. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the roles of Offred and Moira in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and argues that they are direct opposites. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares 2 stories by Sinclair Ross. Ross’s short stories capture life on the Canadian prairie during the early decades of the twentieth century. Ross’s short stories “The Outlaw” and “A Field of Wheat” share similarities of style and context, but they also offer very different perspectives on prairie ...

A 4 page paper which examines the theme of obsession in The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page research paper that discusses the contemporary trends and perspectives that suggest that the scenario of her novel The Handmaid's Tale could actually occur. Bibliography lists 4 sources.