Literature papers

Analysis of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," and Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko".

A review and comparison of the poems "I, too, sing America" by Langston Hughes and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.

A review of the novel 'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway.

A review of the impact that Southern literature has had on American culture.

A review of the concepts presented in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and a discussion of their relevance today.

An analysis of the contrasting sets of lovers in William Shakespeare's plays "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing."

This paper analyzes the book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis, which discusses the notorious court case of Clarence Earl Gideon.

An analysis of the importance of family in Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding".

This paper reviews Willa Cather's "My Antonia."

This paper analyzes the short story "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield.

This paper discusses Ralph Ellison's "The Invisible Man" and some of the critiques of this classic.

This paper explores literature about the relationship between mothers and daughters, especially in Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" and Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing".

A description of the effectiveness of Gustave Dore's engravings that accompany Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

This paper is a line-by-line analysis of the poem "Child of the Americas" by Aurora Levins Morales, which addresses issues of identity, citizenship and history.

This paper discusses the importance of literature written by victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

An analysis of the references to Puritanism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's stories and novels.

An analysis of the anonymity of 'The Professor' in Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent."

This paper explores how love is depicted in the stories "Cathedral" and "Shiloh."

This paper explores poet James Stephens' use of animals and mythological creatures as characters in his works.

An analysis of Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan".

An analysis of the character of Diggory Venn in Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native. "

A discussion on whether Plato's concept of a republic can be considered a utopia.

A discussion on the chiming of the hours and other symbolism in "Mrs Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf.

This paper examines the book 'Our Kind of People' by Lawrence Otis Graham.

This paper discusses Beth Cuthand's poem "Post-Oka Kinda Woman" from "An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English".

This paper compares "A Father's Story" and "Killings" by Andre Dubus.

A review of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", written by an anonymous poet.

An analysis of the blind beggar's song from Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary".

This paper examines the themes of the child and childhood in Henry James' 'Daisy Miller' and Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.

This paper examines the nature and function of madness and sanity in two American short stories: Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".

A comparison of the garden in Voltaire's novel "Candide" with the Biblical Garden of Eden.

An interpretation of W.E.B Du Bois' essay "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" as an existentialist quest.

An analysis of the love affair of the main character in Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms."

A discussion of misplaced and weakened historicity in two modernist postmodern Novels: Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" and Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses."

An analysis of the farcical nature and multiplicity of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."

This paper analyzes the role of women as seen in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice."

This paper compares Lewis Nordan's novel "Music of the Swamp" and Augusten Burroughs' novel "Running with Scissors".

An analysis of the portrayal of English society in Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews".

An analysis of 19th century marriage ideology, as seen in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary."

An analysis of the role of the nurse and Friar Laurence in William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

An analysis of the book, "Heart of Darkness", by Joseph Conrad.

This paper discusses the work of contemporary poet Marvin Bell, the author of numerous books on poetry, winner of many prestigious awards and the first Poet Laureate of Iowa.

A review of the issues of class as portrayed in the novel "Out of This Furnace" by Thomas Bell.

An analysis of language and symbolism in "Yellow Ribbons" by Susie Mee.

Examines the inhabitants' reaction to the supernatural in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings".

Ties in examples of transcendentalism with Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

An analysis of culture, cultural values and cultural and personal burdens in Elie Wiesel's Novel "The Judges."

A discussion of the life and symbolism of the poems of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.

A discussion on J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

A discussion on Jason DeParle's, "American Dream".

This paper discusses the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson as exemplified in his "Divinity School Address" and his poem "The World is Too Much With Us".

A discussion on the works and life of George Eliot.

A literary discussion on "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "Orbiting" by Bharati Mukherjee.

This paper provides an African-American and ethnic literary analysis of the Novel 'Oroonoko: or The Royal Slave' by Aphra Behn and the Essay "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston.

A discussion on Mary Shelley's, "Frankenstein" and Lem Stanislaw's "Solaris".

This paper analyzes Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House."

An analysis of the theme of familiarity versus the unknown as seen in "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

A summary of the novel "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin, with opinions on discrimination and how the book ties into civil rights.

Discusses the important women in Sherwood Anderson's novel, "Winesburg, Ohio".

A literary comparison between Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" and Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" and "Going after Ciaccato".

A critical analysis of Robert Frost's theme of individuality in his poem, "The Road Not Taken."

An essay comparing and contrasting the main characters of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and Euripides' "Medea".

This paper discusses the book 'Little Men' by Louisa May Alcott.

A discussion of class as described in the book "Howard's End" by E.M. Forster.

An analysis of the environmental protest delivered by Edward Abbey in his book "The Monkey Wrench Gang."

An analysis of Allen Ginsberg's poems; "A Supermarket in California" and "Howl."

A discussion of the narrative function and importance of Penelope's suitors within Homer's "Odyssey".

An examination of "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Snow White" for their relevance in today's curriculum.

An analysis of the meaning of the green light that Nick, the narrator, describes in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This paper analyzes the working conditions in Late 19th and early 20th century America as exemplified in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."

This paper compares and contrasts two sets of dramatic characters: Eliza and Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and Biff and Happy in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."

This paper examines Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs in the "The Social Contract."

An analysis of the short story, "The Darling", by Anton Chekhov.

This paper evaluates the character of Mike as a Christ-like figure in
Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land".

This paper discusses the use of animal imagery in William Shakespeare's "Othello, the Moor of Venice".

This paper analyzes some interpretations of Robert Frost's famous poem "The Road not Taken."

A discussion on Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot".

An analysis of the book "Amazing Grace-The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation" by Jonathan Kozol.

An examination of Jacques Derrida's philosophical work; "Differance."

A discussion of the life and literary works of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).

An analysis of the symbolism of trees and nature in Robert Frost's "After Apple Picking" and "Birches."

This paper provides an analysis of the symbolism employed by Elizabeth Bishop in her poem "The Fish".

A discussion on Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

This paper provides a close reading of the poem "Second Wind" by Fred Chappell.

An analysis of the concept of inventing the 'other', based on Clifford D. Simak's "City", "Way Station", "Time and Again" and "Highway of Eternity."

An analysis of the theme of death as a leitmotif in Emily Dickinson's poetry.

An analysis of Margaret Lawrence's novel, "The Fire Dwellers."

A review of Assia Djebar's novel "Children of the New World".

An analysis of the early feminist literature of Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Stanton, and Virginia Woolf.

An analysis of Stephen Crane's book, "The Open Boat", based on Marxist theory.

An analysis of the roles of the female characters in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

An analysis of "Bread and Wine", by Ignazio Silone, and "Dr. Zhivago", by Boris Pasternak.

An examination of the literature and works of the Renaissance period.

This paper analyzes the domination of language in "The Handmaid's Tale," by Margaret Atwood.

A comparison of the literary techniques of John Lyly in "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" and Thomas Nashe in "The Unfortunate Traveller."

A comparative literature review of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, Petrarch and Machiavelli.

This paper explores the nature of humanity as presented in the soliloquies of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

A discussion on Aphra Ben's "Oroonoko" or "The Royal Slave".

This paper studies Steven Seidman's opinions on gay personal and pubic life as portrayed in his book 'Life Beyond the Closet'.

This paper examines literary representations of pain in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and punishment" and Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener: A story of Wall-street."