Essays and Research Papers on Russian Literature

A 5 page paper discussing the characters of Nora from 'A Doll's House,' Gregor from 'Metamorphosis' and the Underground Man from 'Notes From the Underground.' Each character is unique and each one displays different qualities inherent in mankind. The paper examines their individual evolution to some extent, as well as their commonalties. ...

In 5 pages, the author discusses masculinity in Henrik Ibsen's Torval Helmer from 'A Doll House' (Victorian Period), and T. S. Eliot's J. Alfred Prufrock from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' (Modernist Period). No sources cited.

5 pages in length. Henrik Ibsen's talent for delving deeply into social composition is characteristically synonymous with the level of cultural implication the author incorporates into his works. 'Hedda Gabler' and 'Ghosts' are but two selections of Ibsen's writing that represent how a patriarchal society helps to eat away at the female characters' ...

This 7 page paper discusses different themes beginning with a brief discussion of whether the work of Freud and Neitzche are coherent with anthropology or myth. The symbolism in Ibsen's A Doll House is then explored. Finally, four novels, Heart of Darkness, Madam Bovary, Tristram Shandy and Scarlet and Black are used to demonstrate how ...

A 5 page paper which considers how social criticism is shown through irony by examining Henrik Ibsen's play, Ghosts (1881), and Anton Chekhov's play, The Cherry Orchard (1904). Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper examining the oppression of women in three nineteenth-century works -- Henrik Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' and 'A Doll's House,' and Harriet Wilson's 'Our Nig.' The paper shows that black women had a fundamentally different problem attaining self-integration than white women did, because they had to deal with the racial problem first. No ...

A 5 page paper looking at this classic play by Henrik Ibsen in terms of the various stages of personal empowerment displayed by its protagonist, Nora Helmer. The paper suggests that Nora is a much stronger person than her husband realizes; and although for much of the play Nora's real character remains hidden from her ...

A 5 page examination of realism in Ibsen's An Enemy of the People and in Chekhov's short story The Lottery Ticket. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which discusses the way the personalities of the three brothers in the novel form one complete functional personality. Each of them borrows traits from the others as the novel progresses, so that by the end, each brother is a more complete person than he was at the start. No additional sources ...

A 6 page essay that studies the characterization of six characters in the novel in relationship to Dostoevsky's battle against socialism/atheism in Russia. One source cited.

A 2 page comprehensive essay analyzing the character of Raskolnikov and the importance of the murder scene in Doestovsky's 'Crime & Punishment.' No Bibliography.

A 6 page comparative essay discussing how markedly different the author's characters are in four of his most popular novels. "Crime & Punishment," "The Idiot," "Possessed," and "The Brothers Karamazov." Bibliography lists these 4 primary sources, as well as 3 additional, outside sources.

A 5 page paper analyzing the function of this parable told in the middle of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The paper shows how the implications suggested in this parable affect not only the way we look at religion, but how we as a free people regard the society in which we live. Bibliography lists 1 ...

A 6 page paper analyzing the issue of universality versus conformity in Dostoevsky's famous novella. It also examines the author's reaction to the literary movements of rationalism and realism, and looks at some of Dostoevsky's most notable symbolism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page paper comparing and contrasting Goethe's (German) and Dostoevsky's (Russian) view of the dark side of existence as depicted in these two novels. The writer posits that each book illustrates mankind's growing fascination with his own dark side --offering little hope for redemption (particularly true of "Notes From The Underground"). Bibliography lists 6 ...

A 6 page essay which compares the character of the Underground Man in Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground to the character of the creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The writer demonstrates that there are numerous similarities between the two characters, and that their differences make the creature the more sympathetic of the two. No additional ...

This 5 page, 2 part report discusses: (first) Dostoevsky's 'Notes from the Underground' and the types of freedoms represented in it; and, (second) Kierkegaard's 'Fear and Trembling' and the types of human existence. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page essay that examines the similarities and differences between the character Martin in Nabokov's novel and his own life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper on one of Vladimir Nabokov's least-known novels. It argues that Nabokov very cleverly presents the degree to which we all operate by our perceptions of reality, which are really nothing but illusions. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page paper that considers the themes of Lolita in the development of Nabokov's perspective as a Russian author and an author in general. This paper demonstrates Nabokov's focus as a European author with Russian roots rather than a representative Russian author. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page paper looking at critical responses toward the integration of the issues of pedophilia and women's social roles in Nabokov's famous novel. The paper asserts that in the nineteen-fifties when the book was written, women were not expected to have an 'equal role' in a sexual relationship, which often caused men to treat ...

A 7 page paper on the famous Russian novelist and thinker. The paper examines his two greatest novels as well as several lesser works, and shows how all Tolstoy's themes reflect the times in which he lived and his concern for the Russian people. Bibliography lists five works.

A 2 page overview of Ivan Ilych's character with discussion of how he was treated by society and the possible implications this may have had. No Bibliography.

A 25 page essay that records the writer's impressions as this epic novel is read for the first time. The writer while giving a synopsis of the action discusses how the characters and plot are developed by Tolstoy as the novel progresses. No additional sources cited.

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 ...