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Modern English Literature XX-XXI cc
C/LI/103. Post-Modern Picture Books and Their Appeal for Adults and Children
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- 2011
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This paper examines postmodern picture books, and aims to assess their appeal for children and adults. The postmodern characteristics of picture books are outlined, and the paper examines the way in which meaning can be created thorough use of text, images and para text. The elements that are designed to appeal to certain age groups are assessed before conclusions are made.
KEYWORDS: postmodern picture books, postmodern, books, images, text, meaning, reading, literary devices,
S/LI/558. An examination of the theme of paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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- 2011
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This paper examines Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, and focuses on the character Tyrone Slothrop. The paper examines the theme of paranoia, and aims to assess the extent to which the novel as well as Slothrop dissolves into a state of paranoia.
KEYWORDS: Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon, paranoia, Tyrone Slothrop,
S/LI/552. Dissertation. A guide to originality in modern literature
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- 2010
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This dissertation provides a detailed guide on how to be original, and aims to assess how originality is defined. The paper uses two texts from modern literature to further the study, T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland and John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse. The dissertation provides the following rules to achieve originality, recycle it, be a rebel, and prioritise eccentricity over meaning. After a thorough analysis of the rules are undertaken, the paper then discusses the way in which originality can be approached by means of a different way of thinking.
KEYWORDS: Dissertation, original, originality, rebel, eccentricity,
S/LI/548. An examination of the theme of “struggle” in Virginia Woolfs Novels
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- 2011
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This paper examines the concept of the “struggle” in a range of novels by Virginia Woolf. The novels examined are The Waves, Orlando, The Years, and Mrs Dalloway. The texts are examined in reference to Georg Lukacs The Theory of the Novel (1920). The paper examines the structure of the work, the narrative voice and the characters in relation to the theme of “struggle”.
KEYWORDS: Struugle, novel, Virginia Woolf, The Waves, Orlando, The Years, Mrs Dalloway, Georg Lukacs, The Theory of the Novel, narrative voice, structure, characters,
S/LI/540. An examination of the presentation of Molly Bloom's sexuality in Ulysses 'Penelope'
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- 5150
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- 2011
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This paper focuses on James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, and focuses on the presentation of Molly Bloom’s sexuality in the section “Penelope” of the novel. The paper compares this text to the following chapters from Homer’s The Odyssey: 'The Prelude to the Crisis', 'The Great Bow', 'The Battle in the Hall', and 'Odysseus and Penelope'. The narrative structure and language is assessed, as well as the concept of feminism. The secondary literature and commentary on the aforementioned topics are also assessed.
KEYWORDS: James Joyce, Ulysses, Molly Bloom, sexuality, Penelope, Homer, The Odyssey, The Prelude to the Crisis, The Great Bow, The Battle in the Hall, Odysseus and Penelope, feminism,
S/LI/539. An examination of Beckett and the Cartesian principles
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- 2011
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This paper examines modern literature in relation to the way in which Beckett follows Cartesian principles. The paper aims to examine the way in which the individual uses language to construct their identity to prove their existence. An examination of the range of secondary theory related to the subject is provided, including Descartes’, Katz, and R. S. Thomas.
KEYWORDS: Modern literature, Beckett, Cartesian principles, language, identity, Descartes, Katz, R.S. Thomas,
S/LI/533. To what extent does Virginia Woolf's Orlando portray gender as a socially constructed notion?
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- 2011
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This paper examines Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando and evaluates the portrayal of gender. The paper aims to evaluate if the novel portrays gender as a socially constructed notion as apposed to a biological fact determined at conception. After an in depth analysis of the text and the secondary literature surrounding the novel, the paper concludes by summarising the message that Woolf portrayed within the novel.
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf, Orlando, gender, society, biological,
S/LI/514. A Comparison of Mrs Dalloway and To The Lighthouse.
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- 2011
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This paper compares and contrasts Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To The Lighthouse (1927) both by Virginia Woolf. The paper begins by contextualising the novels in relation to the period in which they were written. The influence that society had on her work is discussed, and the paper compares her work to other writers like Flaubert, Joyce, and Jane Austin. The paper examines extracts from both texts to analyse the way in which Woolf handled the narrative aspects of the novels.
KEYWORDS: Mrs Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, Flaubert, Joyce, Jane Austin, narrative,
S/LI/513. An examination of Woolf's use of genre in her work
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- 2011
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This paper discusses the way in which Virginia Woolf experiments with genre. The paper looks at Woolf’s works, as well as the work of people that inspired her. The genres examined range from biography to fantasy and from elegy to realism. The way in which she employed and distorted these genres is examined, and the reasons why she used them are explored. Conclusions are made regarding the similarities between Woolf’s uses of genre in her work.
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf, biography, fantasy, genre, elegy, realism,
S/LI/508. An examination of Conrad's narrative strategy in the Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim
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- 2011
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This paper examines Joseph Conrad’s narrative strategy in the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness and the 1900 novel Lord Jim. The paper begins by outlining Conrad’s background, and aims to examine the narrative strategies used in the text. The different types of conflict present in the narrations are assessed, and the paper also examines the characterisations of the main protagonists.
KEYWORDS: Joseph Conrad, narrative strategy, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim,
S/LI/505. Thomas Eliot's views on historical sense and tradition
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- 2011
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The paper examines the understanding of historical sense and tradition by the English poet Thomas Eliot in his essay “Tradition and Individual Talent” explaining the significance of historical sense for a poet, and arguing whether literature is born of tradition or creative talent.
KEYWORDS: Thomas Eliot, historical sense, tradition,
S/LI/493. Adaptation of ‘The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista' by Ballard
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- 1400
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- 2011
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The paper addresses the adaptation of “The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista” by J. G. Ballard reviewing the theory of adaptation and its clash with the critical theory. References are made to different views on the nature of adaptation arguing that the adaptation of narrative material into a screenplay is a creative process that helps understand the features of the genre.
KEYWORDS: Thousand Dreams of Stellavista, Ballard, adaptation,
S/P/501. The theme of surveillance in Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Keesey
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- 1100
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- 2011
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This paper discusses the concept of looking and surveillance in Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Keesey. Both novels are discussed in relation to Michel Foucault’s essay, Panoptimism (1975), which discusses how surveillance can be a means of obtaining power.
KEYWORDS: Looking, surveillance, Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Keesey, Michel Foucault’s, Panoptimis, power,
S/P/497. To what extent do Great Expectations and Orwell's essays embody a political ‘purpose
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- 1150
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- 2011
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This paper aims to assess to which extent George Orwell’s essays and Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations embody a political purpose. The paper begins by outlining one of Orwell’s reasons for writing, which is indeed a political aim. The experiences that Orwell faced in his life are examined in order to suggest why his work may take a political tone. 1984, Animal Farm, and Shooting an Elephant are just three of Orwell’s works that are said to be political in the paper. The paper then moves on to discuss Great Expectations, and discusses the ways Dickens approach is more subtle compared to Orwell. A comparison is made between the novel and Marx and Engels’ The Communist Manifesto. This comparison is further discussed in detail, and the paper concludes by identifying Orwell’s criticism of Dickens in his approach to his political agenda.
KEYWORDS: George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Great expectations, politics, 1984, Animal Farm, Shooting an Elephant, Marx and Engel, The Communist Manifesto,
S/LI/471. Effect of the doubled narrative in “The Collector” by Fowles
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- 2010
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The paper analyses the novel “The Collector” by John Fowles focusing on the author’s depiction of different experiences of the same event through the use of the “doubled narrative” technique with the kidnapper and his victim in the role of narrators. The genre of the novel is discussed.
KEYWORDS: doubled narrative, The Collector, Fowles,
S/LI/438. The difference between myth and literature in relation to Beowulf and Ted Hughes Tales From Ovid
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- 1000
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- 2010
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Both works explore our fascination for the mysterious. This paper discusses the result of when myth and literature combine in as far as they do not appear as separate elements, but as one artistic fusion of complements. The essay suggests the human imagination is vocalised in the craft of writing, as our precious cultural heritage of myth is immortalised in literature.
KEYWORDS: Literature, myth, Beowulf, ovid, old English, modern English, writers,
C/LI/52. Differences in children's literature – adventure, fantasy, fairytale
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- 950
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- 2010
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The paper examines how adventure, fantasy and fairytale genres in children’s literature are different in their descriptive content, appeal and relationship to their readers. The research refers to published studies on the subject: N. Anderson’s Elementary Children’s Literature: Basics for Teachers and Parents, E. Bearne’s Myth, Legend, Culture and Morality, and Bettleheim’s The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, and other secondary data sources – on-line resources, journal articles, and works of fiction. The paper discusses the importance of children’s books in terms of the development of reading skills, and how the forms of literature under discussion have changed over time and according to literary and social trends.
KEYWORDS: Children’s literature, fantasy, adventure, fairytale, education, literacy,
S/LI/422. Representations of imperial colonialism by Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad
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- 2010
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The paper looks at the novel ‘The Beach of Falesa' by Robert Louis Stevenson discussing his critiques of colonial intervention in the Pacific while romanticising western life. Stevenson's attitudes expressed in the novel are compared to those of Joseph Conrad and his anti-colonial exposure of imperialist evils in the ‘Heart of Darkness'.
KEYWORDS: Stevenson, The Beach of Falesa, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, imperial colonialism,
C/LI/36. Analysis of ‘The Collector' by John Fowles
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- 1000
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- 2010
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The paper analyses the novel by John Fowels ‘The Collector’ discussing the problem of sexual domination and Ferdinand’s violence towards Miranda as a form of class struggle between the protagonists.
KEYWORDS: John Fowles, The Collector, sexual domination, class struggle,
S/LI/413. Family relations in “Top Girls” and “Sisterly Feelings”
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- 900
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- 2010
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The paper examines the relation between sisters portrayed by Caryl Churchill in “Top Girls” and by Alan Ayckbourne in “Sisterly Feelings”.Gender roles of women in society are addressed comparing the ideas of bourgeois and socialist feminism, discussing attitudes towards the institution of marriage, etc.
KEYWORDS: Caryl Churchill, Top Girls, Alan Ayckbourne, Sisterly Feelings, feminism, gender role, women, marriage, family relations,
S/LI/409. Literary biography of Virginia Woolf
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- 2100
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- 2009
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The paper looks at the life and work of Virginia Woolf examining her feminist activity and aesthetic principles reflected in her texts. Political changes and social conflicts of her times are discussed analysing the feminist themes in her novel “A Room of One's Own”.
KEYWORDS: Virginia Woolf, feminist, A Room of One’s Own,
S/LI/399. Working woman and man-woman relationship in Charlotte Bronte's ‘Jane Eyre' and Doris Lessing's ‘The Grass is Singing'
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- 2009
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The paper analyses the character of Jane in Charlotte Brontë's ‘Jane Eyre' arguing whether she is a model Victorian woman and addressing the issues of female independence and personal freedom. Jane is compared to the female character of Doris Lessing, Mary, a South African white woman who marries a white farmer working in Rhodesia. The pressure of the society on independent women is discussed.
KEYWORDS: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Doris Lessing, female independence,
S/LI/396. Psychoanalytical and social themes in Sheffer's 'Equus'
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- 2009
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The paper looks at the themes of religion and sexuality in Peter Sheffer's 'Equus' reflectig on the use of psychoanalysis by the pratagonists of the play, the psychiatrist Martin Dysart and the seventeen year-old Alan Strang. Symbolic meanings of the play as a “journey into the mind” are discussed.
KEYWORDS: Peter Sheffer, Equus, psychoanalysis,
S/LI/393. Fowles' 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' as a postmodern novel
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- 2009
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The paper analyses the novel by John Fowles 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' discussing it as a link between modernism and postmodernism. The storyline of the novel is traced showing the development of the main characters, discussing the personality of Sarah with reference to other female characters in world literature, and arguing whether she can be considered as a traditional Victorian woman.
KEYWORDS: John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, postmodern novel,
S/LI/361. Commentary on extract from ‘The Daughters of the Late Colonel' by Katherine Mansfield
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- 1500
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- 2009
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The paper describes an episode from Katherine Mansfield's short story “The Daughters of the Late Colonel” analysing the means of portraying Josephine, the main character of the story, and her dominance over her sister Constantia.
KEYWORDS: Katherine Mansfield, The Daughters of the Late Colonel,
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