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French-Canadian Literature, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of French Canadian (Quebec) literature.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that much French-Canadian literature, especially the more early forms, had geographic themes; even when many of the writers began moving into the cities, they used their new environment as a foundation for their works. The author points out, that Albert Laberge wrote about rural life, but in a negative fashion, contrary to most literary artists of his time; where previous rural novels included idyllic characters and surroundings in an environment of socio-moral ascension, Laberge saw humans as snared in a world of misery and mediocrity, leading to moral and social decay. This paper relates that, in the last few decades, French-Canadian literature has become globalized with the inclusion of ethnic writers immigrating from Italy, Haiti, and China.
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"Patrice Lacombe wrote Paternal Ground in 1846, the very first "novel of the ground,? as it later was called. This theme of the strong relationship with the land dominated French Canadian literature for nearly a century. Lacombe?s work relates the despondency of a rural family following their youngest son?s decision to leave home to travel abroad. The older son tries to keep the farm going, but loses it through bad business decisions. The father tries to work in the city, but is desolate. Fortunately, the young son returns with enough money to buy new land, and the family is safe once again."
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French and English Canadians, 2005.
An analysis of the conflict between French and English Canadians.
1,445 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses the conflict between English and French Canadians as a key element of Canadian history. While the focus of the paper examines the years 1760 - 1867, a general discussion of events leading to the fall of New France is relevant and is included. The paper contends that French and English conflict in the new world, specifically in what is now officially Canada, has a long and volatile history, dating back to the emergence of an English fur trade in what is now known as the Hudson's Bay. The paper traces the nature of this conflict, roughly from the fall of New France to the English through to Canadian Confederation in 1867. Included in this discussion of the English - French conflict is the fur trade, the treaty of Utrecht, the lower Canadian rebellions and the Quebec Act.
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"Tensions between New France and the English colonies on the North American continent began to escalate when King Charles II gave the Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights and property ownership to Rupert's Land. This vast area included all the lands within the area drained by the rivers flowing into both Hudson and James Bays.1 This tension became open conflict, punctuated with several cease-fires, between 1689 and the fall of New France in 1760. Even in the post conquest era, conflict continued between English Canadians and French Canadians. In the twenty-first century contemporary Canadian politicians grapple with the issue of Quebec sovereignty."
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Modernism in French Literature, 2003.
An examination of various aspects of 20th century French literature in relation to modernism.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines several themes in French intellectual and literary history and looks at the work of Proust, Surrealist writers and male and female writers. Literary quotations are in French. It also discusses how the literature is related to modernism.
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The Romantic Period of British Literature, 2003.
This paper discusses the Romantic period of British literature, from approximately 1785 until 1830, which was spurred in part by the French revolution and followed the Age of Enlightenment period of literature.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper explains that the Romantic period is about the ordinary and the outcast becoming glorified; romantic literature parallels romantic domestic life: Men spend their time talking of great ideals while women go unrecognized for meeting those same ideals as they get down and do the real work. The author points out that, after Wordsworth and Coleridge, Lord Byron is the next big name in the Romantic period of British Literature. The paper relates that the women writer of the Romantic period, such as Mary Robinson, Mary Wollstonecraft and
Anna Leticia Barbauld, also were predominantly members of the aristocracy, but, by the virtue of being women of their era, they were more down-to-earth.
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"Wordsworth and Coleridge are essentially credited with starting the Romantic Era of British literature with the publication of the Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth and Coleridge were heavily influenced by Milton and this shows the "Preface to Lyrical Ballads," in which Wordsworth defends his poetry, but not without making dozens of references to Milton throughout. The Lyrical Ballads themselves are very difficult reading, obviously intended for the elite. Then we have the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" in which we have a tale set up much like the Odyssey in which the "Ancient Mariner" has an epic adventure in which he is taken to the South Pole by a storm an kills an albatross which causes bad luck and releases spirits, but fortunately for our narrator he is saved by the "grace of the Holy Mother" and is witness to such epic-style special effects as ghosts, miracles, and reincarnation. This certainly does not fall under the heading of "glorification of the ordinary." It is another epic."
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Multi-Cultural Children's Literature, 2005.
A look at the history of multi-cultural children's literature in the United States.
2,104 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper explains that the history of multi-cultural children's literature is inextricably tied to the social history of America. This history is examined and the writer points out that the incorporation of multicultural children's literature into the popular American library has been a story of civil rights, historical trends, and individual agency. Some books examined for their contribution to this trend are Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book", the French "Tin Tin" series by Herge Moulinsart among others.
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"The history of Hispanic-Americans, though not as brutal as that of the African-Americans, is equally grueling in its disregard for native culture. Enslaved in South and Latin America, this demographic faced the same cultural history that the African-Americans did, but without the same causal cry for acknowledgement and involvement into the common knowledge base as witnessed by African-Americans. Many of these groups also have roots in the Native Americans (First Nations' Peoples) of the United States, and as such, have received a historically inaccurate and unflattering history though children's literature in America as the demographic with whom the brave American settler's battled and, later, the heartless killers who ravaged the west of the idolized American Cowboy."
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American and British Literature, 2004.
This paper discusses the similarities and differences between British and American literature.
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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The paper compares and contrasts British and American literature and contends that they are similar in their response to the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, but they diverge in their interpretation of romanticism. The paper relates that the short story and transcendental writing are also different between the two nations, as opposed to mysteries which are alike and equally popular in both.
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"Although America and Great Britain are separated by an ocean, they are connected at the pen so to speak. The similarities in their literature are more numerous than their differences. This is partly due to their common heritage, America having originally been a colony of England. Even beyond that, though, the literature of both countries was influenced by the same factors. One such factor was the Industrial Revolution. The influence of that revolution upon both countries was significant."
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"Make it New!": Free Verse in American Literature, 2008.
An exploration from a personal viewpoint of the beginnings of free verse in American literature and its perfect fit to modern life.
3,965 words (approx. 15.9 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 107.95
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This paper describes the writer's personal journey in search of the origins and nature of free verse. In search of a definition of free verse, the writer finds that the only requirement agreed upon is that it lack a formal pattern of meter. Its origins go back at least as far as Homer and other Greek writers, who frequently diverged from regular patterns of meter and rhyme in their writings. The writer examines the social, cultural, technological, and political issues that caused free verse to take off in popularity and give life to the first two major poetic movements of 20th century America: Modernism and its sub-movement, Imagism. The writer draws parallels between free verse and modern life and concludes that this study brought about the realization that free verse is anything but free and the writing of it is far more challenging than the writer had first imagined.
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Introduction
What is Free Verse?
Leaves of Grass, King James, and the French Connection
Free Verse Comes Back to America
Conclusions
What I Thought I Knew and How My Opinions Have Changed
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"Before starting this investigation I, like many others I suspect, assumed that free verse naturally had its beginnings solely in America. That it was a product of our rebellious national psyche that manifested itself in the form of a new movement in poetry; one that broke loose from the old traditions and tempos of lyrical writing. It appears however, that once again I was mistaken. Well, not so much mistaken, but rather I was shortsighted. For free verse has gone through several reincarnations spanning centuries and continents. The final re-birth being the one that took place in America in the early 20th century which resulted in free verse as we know it today."
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The French Film Industry as a Reflection of French Society, 2002.
This essay analyzes two French films, and discusses how they mirror the social rifts in modern France.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper looks at the problem of fracture sociale in France. The author examines this problem as seen in ?Le D?ner du Cons? and ?La Haine? and compares the two with particular attention to class and social barriers in modern France.
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"?Le D?ner de Cons? is a farcical comedy about a club of bored, successful and obnoxious Parisians whose lives revolve around a male adolescent game of one-upmanship. Pierre Brochant is an arrogant publishing executive who livens up his upper class existence by attending idiot dinners. The concept is discomforting, rooted as it is in an attitude of arrogant superiority."
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Responsibility in World Literature, 2004.
An analysis of the theme of responsibility in "Complicity" by Iain Banks, "Waiting for the Barbarians" by J.M. Coetzee and "Le Mur" by Jean-Paul Sartre.
2,220 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper deals with the theme of responsibility in three works of world fiction; Iain Bank's "Complicity" (Scottish), Coetzee's "Waiting for the Barbarians" (South-African) and Sartre's story "Le Mur" ("The Wall") (French). It analyzes whether the characters in these different works are responsible for their own fate and whether they can also be held responsible for the fate of others. It attempts to show through the literature how our actions or even the lack of them bring forth ethical questions on our responsibilities towards the consequences of our actions and on the degree of responsibility we have in this regard towards others.
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"Sartre makes the question of responsibility even more complicated. In his story le Mur he asks the question if an individual is responsible for something he caused but could not expect to cause. The protagonist of the story is Pablo, as a member of the resistance captured by soldiers he is given two choices by his captors. Or Pablo gives away the hiding place of the leader of the resistance or he is executed. At the beginning of the story he refuses to give his leader away and is put in prison. In the room where he is held prisoner Pablo goes trough many different stages of fear, and at the end his (regular) life now seems precious, but far away: ??C?est un sacr? mensonge.?"
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The Development of Quebec Nationalism, 2002.
An overview of the progress of twentieth century French Canadian nationalism from Lionel-Adolphe Groulx to the 'Quiet Revolution' .
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper assesses the evolution of French Canadian nationalism during the twentieth century. It begins with the theories and teachings of Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, the leading spokesman of French-Canadian nationalism during the first half of this century. It then analyses the changes that Quebec nationalism underwent during the 'Quiet Revolution' of the 1960s.
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Japanese Canadians in Canada, 2004.
The paper examines the treatment of Japanese Canadians by the Canadian government during and after World War II.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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The paper contends that the treatment of Japanese Canadians by the Canadian government during and after World War II was deplorable. The paper then discusses how the Canadian government acknowledged the racist character of these policies in 1988 and offered redress to the Japanese Canadian population.
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"Japanese Canadians during the Second World War were forced to contend with a decades-old torrent of racial discrimination that culminated in their internment and forced labor by the Canadian government. The treatment of Japanese Canadians during this period appears particularly cruel-even sinister-when one considers that of the Canadians evacuated from the Pacific Coast of Canada, most were Canadian-born and naturalized Canadian citizens."
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The Peasants and the French Revolution, 2001.
Examines the role of the large population of French peasants in the French Revolution of 1789.
952 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 33.95
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This essay examines the role of the farming peasantry of France in pushing forward the French Revolution. What grievances and suffering had the peasants endured that led to open revolt in 1789, and what revolutionary responses did they take? While not representative of the political or intellectual strength that provoked the French Revolution, the peasant?s role in toppling the old regime cannot be ignored. This essay describes and evaluates that role.
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"It should be said before beginning that during the initial struggle between the status quo and the other classes (aristocracy, bourgeoisie, workers), the peasants had played little or no role. In fact, they had literally no part in ?provoking? the first responses and revolts, and before July, 14, 1789 there was scarcely any question of the peasants. Their grievances and complaints were of little interest to the National Assembly, in which they had no members (Lefebvre 131). Yet, if one examines the story of the French peasantry and evidence provided by Georges Lefebvre, it can be argued that they had had been suffering longer and had more to complain about than any of the other classes of French society and that their actions in July and August, 1789 were utterly crucial ones. In the end, it was the mass peasant uprising of 1789 that pushed forward the revolution, destroying the remnants of the manorial and feudal system, and finally bringing all the non-aristocratic social classes in France fully together in their efforts to topple the status quo."
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Nobility and the French Revolution, 2002.
Examines the role of the French nobility in the causes of the French Revolution of 1789.
2,531 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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It is impossible to assign to any group--nobility, monarchy, bourgeoisie, peasantry, urban commoners, clergy, or philosophers--sole responsibility for creating the conditions that ended in the French Revolution of 1789. The paper shows, however, that in any of the dominant historical explanations, the role of the nobility remains the strongest element in setting the scene for the Revolution. This is true whether one considers the passive or active nature of its influence. A review of some common theories of the origins of the Revolution in this paper demonstrate that the nobility always bore major, and often primary, responsibility for setting the scene of Revolution.
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"The popular image of the French Revolution is that of the haughty, remote, untalented Louis XVI and the spendthrift, irresponsible Marie Antoinette driving the country to near-bankruptcy and causing a general reaction against the selfishness and autocratic ways of the absolute monarchy. There is, of course, some truth in the claim that the royal couple's ineptitude was the major cause of the Revolution. Bernier holds, for instance, that when, on the day Louis XV died, the new king dismissed the old ministers, because "Marie Antoinette insisted," the "seeds of the Revolution were sown" (52). Louis XV had started to change the tax system so that the rich would assume a more proportionate share of the burden. The nobility objected strongly and Louis XVI, to gain popularity with them, rejected the ministers and the reforms that might have saved his throne."
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Canadian Health, 2005.
This paper compares and contrasts Canadians' health and the Canadian health care system with that of other OECD countries.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 62.95
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The paper points out that in this context it must be acknowledged that cross country comparisons of statistics may sometimes produce more questions than answers. The paper offers an example: If we compare Canada's maternal mortality statistics with those of Norway for 2000 we find that while Canada only had 6 deaths per 100, Norway had 16. The paper considers that Norway's Scandinavian neighbour only had 2 per 100,000, together with the fact that there appears to be no obvious parallel with infant mortality, health expenditure, or number of doctors and therefore must admit that this statistic stands as a puzzling anomaly.
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"A comparison and contrast analysis of the health of Canadians and the Canadian health care system with that of other OECD countries is necessarily qualified by the differences in definition and approach to health care issues as a consequence of distinct wellness and health care cultures in different countries. To cite just one example, with respect to acute and long-term bed, the OECD report Health at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003, notes that caution is required in making cross-country comparisons of long-term care beds."
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Bonaparte and The French Revolution, 2002.
Examines Napoleon Bonaparte's role in the French Revolution and other French military campaigns.
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 6 sources, $ 48.95
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This paper will consider the impact that Napoleon Bonaparte had in his involvement with the Revolution in France, and the effect of his military campaigns in Europe.
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