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Chinese Construction of Self, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the theme of construction of self in two Chinese novels and a film.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper compares and contrasts "The Diary Of Miss Sophia" by Ding Ling, "The Golden Cangue" by Eileen Chang, and "The White Haired Girl" directed by Wang Bin and Shui Hua. This paper outlines the similarities and dissimilarities between the main characters and what they underwent as a result of the conventional Chinese customs and traditions. It looks at how all three stories take a look at the complex life of the women in China and how all the three heroines worked towards bridging the gap between what their lives had become and what it will become.
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"Throughout China?s history women writers could easily be found. Even though their numbers increased considerably from 16th century onwards, it was only during the twentieth century did they come forward with their profound literary work. Mostly these Chinese writers wrote mainly about the problems that the Chinese women faced in their society. Later they focused their attention on the question of China?s destiny and the fate of Chinese women in the male dominated society. Ding Ling, Eileen Chang and Wang Bin and Shui Hua, directors of The White Haired Girl, greatly focused their attention on the existence and struggles of Chinese women under male chauvinism."
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Perspective and Stereotype in Western Detective Novels, 2001.
The writer examines novels by Agatha Christie and Joseph Conrad, and discusses characters and scenes in light of prejudices the authors may have held, bringing as evidence Chinese (non-Western) detective novels.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 68.95
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We can also see the kind of xenophobic stereotypes that Christie used when we compare her works to detective fiction taken from an entirely different cultural tradition: When we think about the detective novel, we are most likely to see in our mind?s eye Sherlock Holmes?s deerstalker cap or hear the Belgian accents of Hercule Poirot. The genre of detective fiction ? with its traditional elements of the seemingly perfect crime, the wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points (in many cases, the bungling of the dim-witted police (in opposition to the cleverness of the private operator), the astonishing powers of observation and superior mind of the detective, and a startling and unexpected denouement (quite likely taking place in a parlor) in which the detective reveals how the identity of the culprit was ascertained ? seems a quintessentially Western concept.
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The Traditional Chinese Family, 2006.
A comparative review of the two books "Family" by Pa Chin and "The Story of the Stone" by Cao Xueqin, which examine the Chinese family in two different eras (the early 20th and 18th centuries, respectively).
1,619 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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The paper examines the two novels, and explains what they each have to say about several different aspects of Chinese family life in their respective eras. The paper contrasts the attitudes described by the novels and demonstrates both similarities and differences in Chinese culture over a century and a half of transition. In conclusion, the writer finds that both novels do an excellent job of educating us about the Chinese culture, as well as entertaining and enlightening us.
Table of Contents:
The Status of Women
Confucianism
Change
Conclusion
Works Reviewed
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"The situation of the woman became forged on the Confucian principle of total subordination and submission to the man. Confucian philosophy emphasized the lowly role of the woman. Many rich daughters would be made to study only the parts of Confucius that dictated the total submission to the male of the family. They were kept totally unaware and dependent on their father, then on their husband. Although women's roles varied, all were subservient. As a peasant wife a woman worked both in the house and in the fields. She could be a household slave. She could be a prostitute, or a concubine serving only her master's pleasure. Finally, she could be an upper class wife, with servants to wait on her and do the housework. Rich or poor, if she is a wife, her principal function is to bear sons."
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Detective Novels Compared, 2002.
A comparative analysis of five recent children's detective novels and five recent adult detective novels.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will argue that the key point of similarity between the two forms of detective fiction is the adherence of the authors to a formula. It will be seen that while the adult novels are undeniably more complex than the children's works, both generally present their audiences with the comforting familiarity of formulaic plot and repeating characters.
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Chinese-American Literature, 2002.
An examination of contemporary Chinese-American literature and the common characteristics of this form of literature.
4,508 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 117.95
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This paper discusses the nature of modern literature written by Chinese-American authors. It analyzes common themes and trends in this literature style. Works examined include Eric Liu's "The Accidental Asian" and Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior". It also looks at Lisa See's "On Gold Mountain" and Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club". The paper discusses issues such as the language style used in these novels and common themes.
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"A substantial body of Chinese American writing emerged in the 1970s and the flow of novels, stories, poems, family histories and memoirs has grown steadily ever since. Although there is great variety among these (mostly) second-generation writers the predominant focus of their work has been on questions that have evolved around the phenomenon of being Asian in America. The majority of these writers have forgotten most of their Chinese, never having learned it much beyond their pre-school years, and they write about the difficulty of balancing on the biracial, bicultural cusp between the old-world ways of their parents and their own lives as speakers of American English functioning in a culture that was, and often remains, entirely foreign to their parents. As these American-born Chinese (ABCs) attempt to assess their own place in a nation where they constitute a very small percentage of a population that is sometimes hostile toward them they are also, like most immigrants' children, compelled to wonder about the culture from which they came. The dilemma of their own "Chineseness" is the question underlying all the works discussed here. But there are nearly as many ways of approaching the question as there are writers. The present discussion of various kinds of literary production by a number of contemporary Chinese-American writers will, therefore, concentrate on why writers chose particular forms, how these approaches facilitate the questions they want to ask, and what answers they have found to the essential question of what it means to be "Chinese" in America."
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Two Novels Compares, 2002.
Compares "Soul Stealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768" (Philip Kuhn) to "Treason by the Book" (Jonathan Spence).
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper will compare Philip Kuhn, "Soul Stealers:"The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768" and Jonathan Spence's book "Treason by the Book". By comparing these two novels, we can get a better understanding of how the authors related their historical subjects. By revealing the nature of the author's opinion on the histories presented, we can how these two books compare with each other in the scope of historical premise in writing.
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Social Novels, 2004.
A paper that links several novels through the theme of social awareness and change.
1,005 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at examples of social novels and how the writers used these reflections as a method of critique and to suggest ways to change. The novels referred to in the paper include George Orwell?s "1984"; George Orwell?s "Animal Farm"; John Steinbeck?s "The Grapes of Wrath";and Joseph Heller?s "Catch-22". The paper concludes that the unifying thread in all these social novels is their reflection of reality.
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"Joseph Heller?s novel has more in common with Orwell?s writings than with Steinbeck. Unlike Steinbeck, who strove for a hyper-realism in The Grapes of Wrath, Heller?s Catch-22 uses satire to chronicles the futility and ultimate dehumanization of war. While stationed in the fictional Mediterranean island of Pianosa, Air Force soldier John Yossarian participates in several brutal and dangerous operations, where his men die not for their country, but to obtain good aerial pictures of the exploding targets. Disgusted that his life is constantly in danger for nothing, Yossarian vows to survive this pointless war at all costs. He thus spends much of his time faking illness and devising ways to be sent home."
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Slavery Novels, 2002.
A discussion of two novels written about African American society during the period of the abolishment of slavery: ?Ambition? by Beryl Weston and ?Contending Forces? by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.
1,035 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper examines these novels which depict the lives of Black Americans in the dominant white American society prior and after the legal abolishment of black slavery. Both novels discuss these social issues while discussing and narrating in closer detail the everyday lives of black Americans as they go through their lives in a new established society. The novels were written at slightly different time periods and the paper examines the differences in society during these times.
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"These love stories also illustrate how the society and the people in it determine the fate and course of romantic love for the main characters. However, the novels start in a different pace: ?Contending Forces? starts with the abolishment of black slavery, then proceeds with life in a society that has its black Americans as the equals of white Americans, not as slaves of them. Meanwhile, ?Ambition? by Weston starts initially with the already abolished black slavery, and we are introduced to a new American society, wherein black Americans are now educated and lived as equals with the white Americans. Despite these differences in the narrative structure, both novels are great eye- openers that illustrate what American society is like after the abolishment of black slavery and what society is like with black Americans as part of the whole operation of running a functional society."
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Place in Two Novels, 2002.
A comparison of two novels one by author Charles Dickens and the other by George Eliot.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the two novels: Charles Dickens' "Dombey and Son" as a novel of metropolitan life, and George Eliot's "Middlemarch" as a novel of provincial life. The author chose these novels to offer the reader a view of England through two different eyes. The novels also convey how writers manage to get their themes and thoughts across to their readers in different ways.
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"Dicken's novel "Dombey and Son" appeared in serial form in 1847 and 1848. It tells the story of Mr. Dombey, a proud, rich businessman who hopes to pass his prosperous company on to his son, Paul, but Paul dies as a child, and there is no one to carry on the business. Because he is so enamored of his company, and passing it on to his heir, he neglects his kind daughter Florence"
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Novels into Film, 2006.
A look at how novels are adapted to films and the changes that are made.
3,828 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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In this paper the author looks at how novels are adapted into films and the changes that are made to give a more graphic understanding of the novel. The author focuses on how the novel and the film are two very different mediums, the novel mainly linguistic and the film mainly visual. The paper shows how each medium also hails from different origins, caters to different audiences and undergoes different modes of production and forms of censorship. He specifically looks at how the camera has the ability to move and this mobility enables it to achieve visual effects that may not be projected to the reader of a novel and applies this notion to sexual scenes that appear or do not appear in films and how they are translated from novels. In conclusion, the author states that each medium has its own properties, for better and worse usage and intelligent film viewing and criticism, like intelligent reading, needs to understand and respect both the limitations these create and also the triumphs they invite.
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"Conceptually, female bonding is a pre-condition for lesbianism in feature films and lesbian audiences seem to find female bonding an acceptable displacement for overt lesbian romance. The spectator works to find lesbian context in a Hollywood cinema shy of lesbian content. As with sexuality in general, efforts to subdue lesbian connotations can stimulate innovations... When female bonding occurs in feature narrative film, its readiness for lesbian appropriation is often acknowledged by internal efforts to forbid such conclusions (Straayer, 350). Female bonding can include the exchange of intimate information, physical closeness, and support for each other in times of need. For the viewer, this female bonding creates an erotic subtext, with lesbian connotations. In movies where female bonding is central to the plot, such as Boys on the Side, Beaches, Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Color Purple, and The First Wives Club, women become strong and gain independence through each other (Tasker, p 146). As Evelyn Couch grows closer to Ninny and learns about Ruth and Idgie, she gains independence by losing weight, getting a job, and finding self-worth outside of her marriage."
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"The Cider House Rules" and Other John Irving Novels, 2002.
An analysis of the arguments created by John Irving in his novels "A Prayer for Owen Meany," "The World According to Garp." and "The Cider House Rules."
5,245 words (approx. 21.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 130.95
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This paper considers how John Irving's novels are challenging, infuriating and fascinating by examining three of them, particularly "The Cider House Rules," but also "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "The World According to Garp." It shows how each of the major themes in each of the books leads to one or more particular argument that the author is endeavoring to make. It discusses how the themes range from activism to abortion to religion to love and how John Irving uses epic novels spanning lifetimes to bring these themes for the forefront of the reader?s consciousness.
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"The Cider House Rules is a complex study of love, duty, and life. John Irving?s strong beliefs shine through every facet of the novel. The story and characters are so multi-faceted and the narrative so sweeping, that every argument is impossible to fully exhaust in one paper. However, the main themes permeate the entire work. Abortion, love, duty, and life experience envelope the lives of both Homer Wells and Dr. Larch. The author attempts and largely succeeds in imparting the importance of these values to the audience."
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Nineteenth Century Novels, 2005.
An analysis of several famous nineteenth century novels and how they reflected the social standing and status of women of that time.
1,902 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines several novels written by famous 19th century authors and explains how these novels not only reflect that dependency and domination of women of that era, but also reflect the authors' attempts to bring this to the attention of their readers. The paper uses authors George Elliot and Mary Elizabeth Braddon as examples of feminist writers whose work focused on the inner desire of women to be free, both sexually and emotionally.
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"Nineteenth century was a time of conventional domesticity for women and even though a fight for emancipation of women was on, gender roles were still defined by tradition. Women were regarded as the weaker sex and were dominated by men in all spheres of life. Nineteenth century novels thus portrayed women as the weaker, dependent sex but this was done not to reinforce the traditional gender roles but to challenge them and to create awareness among women regarding their emotional dependency on men. Even some feminist writers including George Eliot portrayed women as weak and fragile souls who looked up to men for emotional and financial support. Her main reason for doing this was to question the social norms that had turned women into such meek souls."
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Endings in Novels, 2002.
Four different novels and the impact that their endings have on the work. A look at why the writer chose to end the novel in this specific way.
1,024 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the novels "Little Doritt" by Charles Dickens, "MiddleMarch" by George Eliot, "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," by Thomas Hardy. Specifically this paper looks at the way the authors chose to end their novels and what it means about their lives.
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"Eliot uses the country town of Middlemarch to illustrate how characters in the countryside live and behave, and how their lifestyle is so different from those who toil in the grimy cities. They are able to walk in the countryside with their dogs, enjoy the fine weather, and ride when they want to, unlike the city dwellers, who often never see the sun, and whose lives end unhappily, as they did in this novel. While Dorothea seemed to deserve a happy conclusion, she was such a strong and powerful character that it seems almost inevitable that she will suffer in the end, and so the ending works for the novel."
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Social Protest Novels, 2004.
Analysis of "Uncle Tom?s Cabin" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" as novels of social protest.
1,798 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper looks at the techniques used in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and Remarque's novel, "All Quiet on the Western Front", to protest the social conditions they were writing about. Both authors use the language and the metaphors of their time to help emphasize their point. Stowe also used narration, commentary, and poetry to make her anti-slavery statement, whereas Remarque relied heavily on graphic depictions to make his anti-war statement. To help determine the effectiveness of the novels' social protest, the paper compares the two novels to David Halberstam's journalistic account of the Vietnam War.
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"There is a single problem common to Uncle Tom?s Cabin and All Quiet on the Western Front, despite the works? having been created in different centuries on different continents and nominally about different subjects. The single, common problem is this: the valuation of one group of human beings by another, with that valuation coming in lower for the group being valued."
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Freedom in Amy Tan's Novels, 2006.
A look at the importance of individual freedom in novels by Amy Tan.
1,148 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes the theme of freedom found in novels by Amy Tan and, particularly, in her novel "The Joy Luck Club". The paper shows that, while all of Tan's novels emphasize this theme, "The Joy Luck Club", in particular, underscores how important individual freedom is even when it seems to come in conflict with one's duty to family.
From the Paper
"In her novel, The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan stresses the importance of individual freedom more than duty to family in several stories. In "The Joy Luck Club," "The Red Candle," "Magpies," "Without Wood," and "Rice Husband," Tan emphasizes the importance of individual freedom in any culture. The women in these stories overcome difficult obstacles and emerge self-confident and proud. This is not to say that their struggles were easy. In fact, many of the women must face difficult situations with their mothers, which sometimes leads to conflict. Within these conflicts, we see how these problems can be solved through communication and understanding. While balance between duty to family and individual freedom can be difficult to find, the strong female characters in The Joy Luck Club prove that it is always are worthwhile venture."
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