Essays and Research Papers on World Literature

6 pages in length. Characteristically reminiscent of Ondaatje's heritage, "Running in the Family" clearly represents the author's personal perception of reality as it not only exists within his own mind, but also how it resides within the confines of society. While the story is intricately intertwined with both past and present, Ondaatje relishes the ...

A five page paper analyzing the language used by Gwen Harwood in this contemporary sonnet. The paper notes particularly Harwood's use of the language of surface and texture, and discusses the poet's concern with looking beneath the surface to discern the reality below. No additional sources.

A ten page paper looking at the influence of this South African author's consciousness of her Jewish heritage on her anti-apartheid works. The paper maintains that Gordimer, confused as a child by her mother's secularism, sought to channel her need for validation into a campaign for tolerance and equal rights for all. Bibliography lists ten ...

4 pages in length. The writer discusses Malmar's "The Storm" as it relates to plot, theme, character, setting, point of view, symbols and imagery, and tone. No bibliography.

5 pages in length. Inner strength and a defiance against social tradition lie at the core of Tamima's character in Tawfiq Awwad's Death in Beirut. To be sure, Tamima put forth a sense of self that was not typical of women, particularly in this time and place. While this break from traditional gender ...

This 5 page paper explores the struggles presented in Alan Paton's book about Apartheid, Cry, The Beloved Country. No additional sources are listed.

A 5 page paper which examines how Henrik Ibsen's social drama, 'A Doll's House' is representative of feminism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A five page paper analyzing this seldom-read play by Henrik Ibsen. The paper plays particular attention to the element of characterization, and notes why the stress on characterization in this play anticipates its central focus in Ibsen's later drama. Bibliography lists eight sources.

A 5 page paper provides a character, structural and point of view analysis of Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play, "The Master Builder." No additional sources are used.

This 6 page paper explores the metaphorical representation of children's play in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. The issues behind ethics and morality are critical to defining what meaning truly represents. One who has thoroughly addressed these concepts is Viktor E. Frankl, a remarkable individual who has brought to bear his own interpretation of meaning through his life experiences. In his book entitled "Man's Search ...

(5 pp) Tragedies in theater allow us to look at ourselves differently as we experience the visual tragedy of someone on the stage in front of us. In Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, there is supposedly no one meaner than Hedda herself; the saddest part of this tragedy is that she is as ...

A 5 page discussion of the parallels found in this short story and the Judeo-Christian tradition. Provides Biblical examples of the strength of women, the role of women as nurturers, the precept of hope, and the practice of sacrifice and compares these to Isak Dinesen's story. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 12 page paper. Katherine Mansfield lived for only 34 years but made a lasting impression on the world. She was an unconventional woman who wrote in an unconventional way. She was a contemporary and friend of D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. This essay provides some insight into her life and discusses some of her ...

8 pages in length. Myriad productions have been created that revolved around Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; however, time after time each rendering failed to present the play in the comedic style that Chekhov had originally intended. Curiously, even the playwright's own wife did not detect the comedic air to her husband's tale, ...

A 3 page essay that summarizes and discusses the position of African women as they are dramatized in Amma Darko's Beyond the Horizon and Buchi Emechta's Second-class Citizen. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper. This essay discusses the stages of group development and the group roles that must be assumed if the group is to be successful in reaching its goals. There is also a beginning tutorial about group process. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the sources of moral/religious authority which bear upon Praneshacharya's determination of who should burn Naranappa's body. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 15 page paper explores the cultural components of Nadine Gordimer's life and experience in order to better understand her novels, The Lying Days and A World Of Strangers. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

A five page paper which compares and contrasts the characters of Nora in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Hedda in Hedda Gabler, in terms of their personality, intellect and the way in which they perceive their lives and their relationships with others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses how one would create a movie to best portray the setting for Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.” Set design, the director’s vision, and costuming are discussed in the context of the story. No additional sources listed.

This 10 page report discusses novels written by Patricia Grace (“Potiki”) and Eden Robinson (“Monkey Beach”). In “Potiki,” the reader is able to see one community's response to attacks on their ancestral values and symbols. In the process, the relationship between people and the land they live on is shown to have greater ties than can be imagined ...

It is not uncommon for an autobiography to dwell on the 'good old days', however, it is not that often that those days were pre-world war era. This 7 page paper explores the world that is represented by Stefan Zweig in The World Of Yesterday. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page research paper that Rushdie's novel and the controversy that surrounded its publication. The writer outlines why the Islamic world found the book so offensive that it resulted in threats against Rushdie's life and also discusses its literary reception. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses how three of the characters in Chinua Achebe's novel "A Man of the People" prove to be, or not to be, men of the people. The characters examined are Eunice, Chief Nanga, and Odili. No additional sources cited.