Category: Comparative Literature

Introduction Narrative fiction often seeks to attract and entertain readers with imaginative experiences of characters that go through a transformation; therefore, it often utilizes quest-like plots that allow readers to embark on journeys to achieve certain goals that will eventually lead to change. In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho provides his readers with a vicarious experience…

Table of Contents Introduction Shitty First Drafts: Creating draft in writing What is Narnia Works Cited Introduction Derrick Browns poem, Come Alive dwells on designing arguments when describing an item. Besides, Anne Lamott the passage Shitty First Drafts discusses arguments in terms of the ethos, pathos, and logos. Thus, this reflective treatise attempts to identify…

The issue of othering was studied by plenty of authors. However, the need to examine the current situation remains. In this connection, in Frantz Fanons The Fact of Blackness, Nina McConigleys White Wedding, and Eula Biss White Debt the act of othering and its impact as a generating factor of inequality in the multicultural global…

Poetry is an effective form of communication. Literature students read and compare poems from different eras in order to understand their similarities and differences. This contributes to the knowledge of an array of issues that exist in societies such as culture, religion, and media. This paper outlines comparative literature of the neighborhoods of Gary Soto…

The importance of love and affection in literature is permanently reinforced by secondary ideas that emphasize the eternal influence of higher feelings on the human race. The idea of pure love has been investigated by many authors, and Shakespeares Othello and Kalidasas Shakuntala may be considered rather similar in terms of the ideas that they…

Studying the phenomenon of friendship in literary works is quite popular among authors. The writer Sherman Alexie in his story This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona comically approaches the description of friendship between old friends. At the same time, Borges Luis, in the short story Funes the Memorious, does not show friendly…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction While at first glance Robert Frosts Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Virginia Scotts Snow are remarkably different, after careful consideration it becomes clear that there is a striking similarity between the poems meanings and messages. This paper aims to compare the poems and discuss…

The establishment of values and beliefs is a popular motif in both children and adult literature. Despite the superficial differences in narrative and manner of delivery, these stories are usually similar in their core premise. The following paper compares two such works, Surprised by Joy and The Wild Things. Surprised by Joy is an autobiographical…

A short story is an impactful and fundamental literature genre, as it utilizes essential stylistic qualities to convey a message. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place is a short story by Ernest Hemingway about a late night at a cafe where an old man is drinking. The plot centers around the discussion of two waiters regarding the…

James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway are two well known authors of the early twentieth century modernist short stories that offer various points of view including philosophical, sociological and linguistic approaches. Such literary works had a big impact on the perception of culture, and an alteration of the correlation between writing and the universe. The short…