Literature papers

This paper studies the issue of Greek and Roman philosophy and the attempt to give meaning to life.

An analysis of the three different eras of science fiction.

This paper provides an analysis of Ayn Rand's beliefs in "Atlas Shrugged".

An analysis of the novel "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson.

This paper provides a critical review of Peter Bergen's book "Holy War, Inc.".

A literary study of Frank Herbert's novel, "Dune", focusing on the issue of human relationship with the metaphysical within the novel.

Compares the Elizabethan-era Christopher Marlowe's poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and early seventeenth century John Donne's poem "The Flea".

This essay is an analysis of the idea of "Englishness", as discussed through policy, society and literature in Great Britain throughout history.

This essay compares two early Japanese texts, "Shomonki: The Story of Masakado's Rebellion", translated by Judith Rabinovitch, and "The Tale of the Heike", translated by Burton Watson.

A summary and review of Alice Walker's essay "Beauty: When the Dancer is the Self".

Examines Chinese-American Maxine Hong Kingston's semi-autobiographical, semi-fictional book "The Woman Warrior", especially the first chapter 'No Name Woman'.

Reviews Lucy Grealy's story about self-image after her battle with cancer and subsequent facial surgeries, "Autobiography of a Face".

A review of the Chinese story "Han the Fifth Sells her Charms in New Bridge Town" by Feng Menglong.

An analysis of the elements of Caribbean life in "In A Free State" by V.S. Naipaul.

An analysis of 19th century Gothic literary theory in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

An analysis of the theme of identity in Michelle de Kretser's novel "The Hamilton Case".

Looks at the universality of experiences in Kaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner".

This essay is a thematic analysis of Feng Meng-long's "Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger" in terms of gender in 16th century China.

The essay summarizes the first three chapters in William Chittick's text, "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination", and goes on to analyze the text and themes of the doctrine of divine names and Finding/Being.

An analysis of the significance of the weather in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".

An analysis of the development of the characters Jing-Mei and Suyuan Woo from Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club".

Describes the literary journeys of Kenneth Grahame, Gwyneth Lewis, Sujata Bhatt and J.D Salinger.

This paper highlights the in-between position of the narrator in "Londonstani" by Gautam Malkani.

This paper examines the theme of death and silence in the language of "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James.

This paper examines the double meanings in Scott F. Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby".

An overview of the novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier.

This paper explains the widespread appeal of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Reviews Chris Matthews' book "Hardball" and uses it to evaluate President George W. Bush.

This paper discusses 'Madame Bovary' as a novel by Gustave Flaubert and as a film by director Vincent Minelli.

This paper demonstrates the theme of scapegoating in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".

An analysis of the theme of mask in Charles Waddell Chesnutt's "The Sheriff's Children, Henry James' "The Beast in the Jungle" and "The Real Thing" and Theodore Dreiser's "The Lost Phoebe".

An examination of struggle and oppression in the nineteenth century through analysis of the works of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison

A review of the recurrent themes in Ernest Hemingway's works with specific examples discussed.

An analysis of two feminist approaches to literary theory.

A discussion on how William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" can be considered both complex and simple.

This paper explores the issue of gender boundaries and male/female relationships in 'Howard's End ' by E.M. Forster and looks at the issues and tensions the characters face surrounding these boundaries and relationships.

An analysis of the story of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker as an expression of social and psychological anxiety.

A brief review of Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?".

An analysis of the critique of consumerism that Larissa Lai portrays through runners in her novel, "Salt Fish Girl."

A review of chapter 7 of the book "Inequality, Development, and Globalization" by Ellen Meiksins Wood.

A review of the book, "Reaching Out", by the late Dutch-born Catholic theologian, Henri J. M. Nouwen.

Analyzes how narrative voice is used in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Will O' the Mill", Thomas Hardy's "The three Strangers", William Conrad's "The Inn of the Two Witches" and Jean Stafford's "Bad Characters".

A review of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Oblong Box".

Looks at the concept of piety in Plato's dialogue "Euthyphro".

An analysis of Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds".

A review of the article "Researchers and Teachers Working Together to Adapt Instruction for Diverse Learners" by D. Fuchs and L.S. Fuchs.

An examination of a major theme of social criticism in the abridged novel, "The Monkey and the Monk," based off of the Chinese classic, "The Journey to the West," by Anthony Yu.

Examines Angela Carter's tale "The Company of Wolves", a satire of "Little Red Riding Hood" and other traditional fairy tales.

Examines racism in Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

A proposal for a project to study the representation of women in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello".

An analysis of the theme of national identity in Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss".

Looks at messages relating to body image and society from Catherine Pigott's online short story "Chicken Hips".

An analysis of the theme of dissimulation in Boccaccio's "Decameron" and the "Heptameron" of Marguerite of Navarre.

A review and comparison of the books "Lucy" by Jamaica Kincaid and "Small Island" by Andrea Levy.

This paper is an analytical commentary on a passage from Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles".

This paper discusses Thucydides' objective, authoritative accounts of historical occurrences and argues that this style has led to the present day survival of his work.

A look at second life experience through literature.

This paper looks at 'The Republic' by Plato and discusses Kallipolis, Plato's just city.

A look at Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and how both novels show that society of the nineteenth century was not an egalitarian society.

A review of Alfredo Vea's novel on the world after the war in Vietnam, "Gods Go Begging."

Looks at "The Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour", translated and edited by Marcus Bull, to understand the concepts of need in the Middle Ages.

An investigation into premise and images of "Sonnet 126" by Francesco Petrarch.

An analysis of the relevance of Frederick Douglass' writings today.

An analysis of how Fred Wah reflects on his multicultural heritage in his biofiction work, "Diamond Grill".

An analysis of the themes of ghosts, time, memory and trauma in Toni Morrison's "Beloved".

An analysis of the construction of childhood and of the child within historical and cultural contexts.

A analytical commentary on the thoughts of the author, Robert Lee Frost whilst writing his poem, "The Road not Taken".

An analysis of John B. Lee's poem, "Hockey Heart".

Looks at the theme of faith in John Donne's poem "Death, be not Proud".

A review of the poem "Easter Rising 1916" by William Butler Yeats.

A review of Primo Levi's "Survival in Auschwitz".

This is a summary and review of the story "Last Orders" by Graham Swift.

An analysis of the concept of evil in John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Shakespeare's "Othello".

A review of the effects of drug and alcohol abuse by mothers as portrayed in "Prozac Diary" by Lauren Slater and "Falling Angels" by Barbara Gowdy.

This paper analyzes the peer relationships of Vittorio Innocente in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" and of Paddy Clarke in Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha".

Compares Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use".

A summary of the novel, "The Road", by Cormac McCarthy.

A critical analysis of Madeleine Thein's "Simple Recipes", using a secondary source.

Analyzes the themes of religion and human nature in Yann Martel's "Life of Pi".

An analysis of the metamorphism of absolutist political ideology within "In Dubious Battle" by John Steinbeck.

Discusses the intersection of race and class in William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!".

Examines the social aspects of race through the writings of Alain Locke in his essay "The Concept of Race as Applied to Social Culture" and Ralph Ellison in his novel "Invisible Man".

A review of the book "Revisiting America" by Susan Wyle.

An analysis of the novel "The Road" by by Cormac McCarthy.

A comparison of "Iliad" by Homer and "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.

A review of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby."

This paper looks at the overabundance of emotion in Shakespeare's work 'Twelfth Night'.

This paper provides a review of Kevin Phillips' book, "Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich".

A discussion of alcoholism in Ernest Hemmingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises".

Looks at the theme of women's social-cultural position in Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers".

An analysis of the theme of pain and growth in Anne Tyler's play "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant".

An analysis of the ways in which Theophilus Presbyter influenced later practices of other artists, particularly looking at his treatise, "On Divers Art."

An analysis of how Emily Dickinson conveys ideas of life and death in her poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death".

An analysis of the views of various ancient philosophers and authors on the purpose of life.

A review of Heather Devine's book "The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family".

This paper examines Algernon's practice of "bunburying" in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".

An analysis of the poem "The Law of the Yukon" by Robert W. Service.

An analysis of the way in which Sylvia Plath portrays men as oppressors in her book, "The Bell Jar."

An analysis of how a poem by Charles G.D. Roberts, "Kinship," views native Canadians at the time the poem was written.