Essays and Research Papers on Portugese Literature

This 5 page paper discusses Mariano Azuela's book on the Mexican Revolution, "The Underdogs." It consists of a summary and analysis. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An analysis of the concept of Fate as used by Coelho in The Alchemist, and the way in which predestination and free will are treated in the course of the narrative. Bibliography lists one source.

This 3 page paper compares the writing styles of Kate Chopin, a Victorian writer and the contemporary Argentinean, Luisa Valenzuela. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines temporal/time flow and the influence of modernism and postmodernism in these Latin American literary works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page analysis of Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Never Marry a Mexican.” No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses the idea of homecoming in Omeros, and whether the characters in the poem can find a place for themselves in a culture that has been overtaken by imperialism. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines morality and judgment concerning Cruz in Carlos Fuentes’ The Death of Artemio Cruz. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts the lives, works, and literary styles of two of Latin America’s most respected and influential authors. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page analysis of Juan Ruiz’ The Book of Good Love. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Jorge Luis Borges' story "The Garden of the Forking Paths" and answers several questions about it, such as what Borges means when he says that the world is a labyrinth and only fiction that imitates those qualities can reflect it; and what the implications are for a person who holds ...

A 3 page paper that discusses the use of language in Esteban Echeverria’s “The Slaughter House,” which portrays the political situation in Argentina under the rule of Manuel de Rosas, a “Federalist war hero” (Webb). In describing the effect of Rosas’ rule, Echeverria creates an extended metaphor, a Slaughter House, located “’in the southern part ...

This 7 page paper discusses the way in which the authors of "Slaughterhouse-Five" (Vonnegut) and "100 Years of Solitude" (Márquez) have used understatement to tell of human misery. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 18 page paper examines Lorca's play "Blood Wedding" closely with regard to the characters, their environment, spatial configurations and how the play could be staged. It also briefly discusses Lorca's life.

This 10 page paper examines the use of characterization, point of view and symbolism by the writers Sandra Cisneros and Theodore Roethke. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page general research paper on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ work One Hundred Years of Solitude. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the novels “The Fortunate Pilgrim” by Mario Puzo and Paule Marshall’s book “Brown Girl, Brownstones.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the question of identity formation using three texts: "No Name Woman" by Kingston; "Aria" by Rodriguez and "Yes Ma'am" by McCloskey. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that offers an explication of Francisco de Quevedo's Sonnet 478. This examination of Sonnet 478 demonstrates the connection that Quevedo made between the concept of Neoplatonic love and the anguish of unrequited love. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page research paper that addresses Luis de Gongora's Polyphemus and Galatea and Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz's The Divine Narcissus, which are both products of Spain's Golden Age of literature in the seventeenth century. They both draw on Greek myth in order to express in order to express themselves artistically within the ...

A 5 page book review/research paper that examines The Alchemist by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. The writer draws on the work of critic Stephen Hart in order to argue that Coelho incorporates aspects of magical realism into this work in order to support and give depth to the book’s allegorical structure. Bibliography lists 3 sources. ...

This 3 page paper discusses the way in which the characters in "Dead Men's Path" by Chinua Achebe and "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros respond to outside influences. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines how intertextuality, as magical realism, works as a way of presenting contemporary society in Eduardo Garcia Aguilar’s novel Luminous Cities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines aspects of Alfredo Vea’s novel La Maravilla. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper explores the characters, theme, setting, plot and point of view of Jean Rhys's short story "Let Them Call It Jazz." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the role of illusion in “Hamlet” and “Don Quixote” and what it tells us about the characters. Bibliography lists 2 sources.