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C/LI/104. Dissertation. Portrayals of Henry VIII in literature, films and historic studies
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- 10000
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 109.99 GBP
The dissertation examines the portrayals of Henry VIII in literature, TV and cinema comparing them with his portrayals as a historical figure in academic studies. Literature is reviewed on the personality of Henry VIII analysing his attitudes towards power, religion, etc. Conclusions are made about the difference between creative and academic representations of Henry VIII. The dissertation is based on secondary research.
KEYWORDS: Dissertation, portrayals of Henry VIII, literature, films, historic studies,
S/LI/559. An examination of More's Utopia
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- 2450
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines More’s Utopia, and assesses his opinion of his work. On the title page of Utopia, More calls the work ‘A Handbook on the Best State of a Commonwealth’ and the paper then compares this with the depiction of the island of Utopia in book 2. The paper also examines the secondary literature regarding More and his Utopia.
KEYWORDS: Utopia, Thomas More, Commonwealth!,
S/LI/556. An examination of the stereotypes generated regarding the “other”
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- 4000
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 49.99 GBP
This paper examines the concept of the “other” and aims to identify the stereotypes that have been generated. The “other” is described as a place isolated from European progress. The paper examines the “other” in relation to films and novels. Novels like Confessions of a thug by Philip Meadows Taylor and Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert are evaluated, and films like India Jones And The Temple Of Doom. Themes like sex, violence and education are analysed.
KEYWORDS: India Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Confessions of a thug, Salammbo, Gustave Flaubert, Philip Meadows Taylor, the other, sex, violence, education,
S/LI/525. An analysis of language in Armance by Stendhal
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- 2050
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines Armance by Stendhal, and focuses on the way in which language is used within the novel. The paper examines the way in which the role of language can be used to conceal the true identity of fictional characters. The paper analyses the characters in detail to assess the way in which language reveals or conceals their identity.
KEYWORDS: Armance, Stendhal, identity, fictional characters,
S/LI/524. “The roman personnel ends up confirming the sexual and social differences which it appears to confront”. Discuss in reference to Adolphe and René
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- 2050
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines Benjamin Constant’s novel Adolphe and Chateaubriand’s René, to analyse the way in which the Roman Personnel ends up confirming sexual and social differences. The paper examines specific characters from the novels in order to see whether the statement is true.
KEYWORDS: Benjamin Constant, Adolphe, Chateaubriand, René, Roman Personnel, sexual differences, social differences,
S/LI/523. An examination of Ninteenth century French literature and the portrayal of Paris
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- 2550
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper discusses nineteenth century French literature in order to examine the way in which Paris is portrayed. The paper examines literature like Zola’s L’Assommoir, Descartes La Description du Corps Humain, and Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. The paper then summarises the different view points that literature presents regarding Paris.
KEYWORDS: nineteenth century French literature, Zola, L’Assommoir, Descartes, La Description du Corps Humain, Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal,
S/LI/520. An examination of social change in Indiana
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- 2150
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines George Sand, and discusses the way in which her novel Indiana promotes a fanciful rejection of social change. The paper examines the way in which society is presented in the novel, and analyses extracts and characters to further assess how society may have been rejected.
KEYWORDS: George Sand, Indiana, social change, society, social rejection,
S/LI/519. A comparative analysis of desire in Flaubert's L'Education Sentimentale and Balzac's Père Goriot
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- 2650
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines nineteenth century French literature in reference to the theme of desire. The paper compares Flaubert’s L’Education Sentimentale and Balzac’s Père Goriot. The characters in each novel are examined to assess whether nineteenth century French literature focuses on the fulfilment of desire.
KEYWORDS: Nineteenth century, French literature, desire, Flaubert, Balzac, L’Education Sentimentale, Père Goriot,
S/LI/518. An examination of the private life in Balzac's Le Père Goriot
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- 2050
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines Balzac’s view that individual’s private life’s is a field of conflict and destruction rather than a blissful sanctuary. The paper examines Balzac’s novel Le Père Goriot in reference to the private life. The paper examines extracts from the novel to further the discussion, and it also looks at the narrative voice within the novel.
KEYWORDS: Balzac, private life, conflict, destruction, sanctuary, Le Père Goriot!,
S/LI/517. An analysis of Zola's study of temperaments in Thérèse Raquin
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- 1350
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 19.99 GBP
This paper examines Zola’s Thérèse Raquin, a 19th Century novel. When completing this novel, Zola claims that he intended to study temperaments and not characters, the paper aims to ascertain whether this statement is true. The paper analyses all of the characters in the novel, and identifies the extracts and themes that make Zola’s claim invalid.
KEYWORDS: Zola, Thérèse Raquin, temperaments, characters!,
S/LI/511. ‘Women's authority is greater than men's in the Chastelaine'. Discuss.
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- 1800
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 19.99 GBP
This paper examines the concept of authority in La Chastelaine de Vergy (13th century), and examines the text in reference to Gaunt’s Gender and Genre in Medieval Literature (1995). The paper aims to explore the way in which the tale shows authority to be regulated by desire and social standing. The way in which women’s authority is greater than men’s in the tale is also examined. The paper concludes by summarising the relationship between authority, gender, love and social standing.
KEYWORDS: Authority, La Chastelaine de Vergy, Gender and Genre in Medieval Literature, desire, social standing, love,
S/LI/486. How Kafka does manage significance in “The Trial”?
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- 5000
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 59.99 GBP
The paper analyses the ways of attaching significance to objects and gestures in Franz Kafka’s novel “The Trial” discussing stylistic devices used to build the climax and the denouement of the story, the overlap between the voice of the narrator and the voice of the protagonist, the structure of the novel, etc.
C/LI/92. Book review of “When Jesus came the Corn Mothers Went Away” by Gutiérrez
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- 500
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 9.99 GBP
The paper reviews the book “When Jesus came the Corn Mothers Went Away” by Ramón Gutiérrez discussing the institution of marriage in the New Mexico Pueblo Indians and New Mexico’s social history. The strengths and weaknesses of the book are highlighted.
KEYWORDS: Book review, When Jesus came the Corn Mothers Went Away, Gutiérrez,
C/LI/87. Two essays on Men in the Sun, Season of Migration to the North and Beer in the Snooker Club
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- 2350
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper presents two essays on Palestinian, African and Western literature. The first essay examines the treatment of Palestinian people in the novel Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani. The second essay concentrates on Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North and Waguih Ghali’s Beer in the Snooker Club. This essay concentrates on the role of gender in the novels.
KEYWORDS: Literature, middle east, west, Palestine, Men in the Sun, Ghassan Kanafani, Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North, Waguih Ghali, Beer in the Snooker Club, gender, African literature,
C/H/58. Review of “The history of Mary Prince: a West Indian slave”
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper analyses the theme of resistance in “The history of Mary Prince”, a personal account of the trials of a black female slave in England during the nineteenth century. The acts of resistance enacted or threatened by Mary are discussed in the broader context of collective rebellion and socioeconomic climate of the period.
KEYWORDS: Review, The history of Mary Prince: a West Indian slave, female slave, resistance,
C/LI/82. Review of “Autobiography of a Slave” by J.F. Manzano
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- 780
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 9.99 GBP
The paper reviews the “Autobiography of a Slave”, a personal account of his life as a house slave in Cuba by Juan Francisco Manzano, discussing the themes of darkness and oppression typical for gothic literature, and their use in the depiction of the colonial life of the nineteenth century.
KEYWORDS: Autobiography of a Slave, Manzano, Cuban literature, colonial life,
C/LI/62. Symbolism in 'The Carpenter's Pencil' by Rivas
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- 500
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 9.99 GBP
The paper analyses the story 'The Carpenter's pencil' by the Spanish author Manuel Rivas examining the symbolic meaning of the pencil as a tool of salvation for the protagonist of the story.
KEYWORDS: Carpenter#s pencil, Manuel Rivas, symbolic image,
C/LI/39. Refection of travel experiences in Thomas More's “Utopia” and Jean de Léry's “History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America”
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- 1350
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper analyses the features of the fictional island of Utopia that are based on Thomas More’s travels arguing that cultural and geographical discoveries imply the learning of new concepts that can be applied to improve social life in the home country. More’s use of his travel experiences is compared to that of Jean de Léry in his “History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America” and the attempts to achieve religious freedom through his voyages of discovery.
KEYWORDS: Thomas More, Utopia, travel, geographical discoveries, Jean de Léry, History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil,
S/LI/424. Even when not explicitly addressing sexual politics, utopian discourse is always betraying its preoccupation with gender. Discuss
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- 3000
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper looks at the representation of women as originators and transgressors of sin rooted in the Genesis myth, and the changes in attitudes towards women through history from patriarchal to feminist paradigms reflecting on the idea of feminist utopia.
KEYWORDS: Gender, utopia, feminist, sexist,
S/LI/423. Colonial stereotypes of Pacific Islanders
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- 3000
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper looks at the stereotypical representations of the native inhabitants of New Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii, Fiji and Tonga as ‘Pacific Islanders' discussing their cultural diversity and making references to the essay ‘Towards a New Oceania' by Albert Wendt, the story ‘Tales of the Tikongs' by Epeli Hau'ofa, and other works by the Pacific authors.
KEYWORDS: Colonial stereotypes, Pacific Islanders,
S/LI/397. Caribbean authors on the problems of exile
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- 5650
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 59.99 GBP
The paper looks at the problem of the exile addressing the cultural issues of colonization from the perspective of both, colonizers and the colonized. The works of the Caribbean writers are reviewed including E. Said, S. Selvon, V. S. Naipaul, etc.
KEYWORDS: Colonization, exhile, Caribbean,
S/LI/388. Review of Barnes' “Flaubert's Parrot”
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- 3100
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper reviews the book by Julian Barnes “Flaubert's Parrot” devoted to the French novelist Gustave Flaubert and the interpretation of his writing by an amateur scholar who reflects on the objectivity of Flaubert's biographical portrayal and the possibility to reveal the “truth” of Flaubert's life. Barnes' ideas and narrative techniques are discussed arguing whether the author can be considered as a God, and whether literary criticism can destroy the beauty of the novel by trying to explain it to the public.
KEYWORDS: Review, Flaubert, Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot,
S/LI/359. “One is not born, but becomes a woman” (Simone de Beauvoir). Discuss with reference to Carole Ann Duffy's ‘Head of English', Fay Weldon's ‘Life & Loves of a She-Devil' and Joan Riley's ‘The Unbelonging'
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- 2800
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper addresses the issues of feminism in the writing of the Scottish author Carole Ann Duffy, the NZ author Fay Weldon and the English poet John Riley. The concept of feminism is described both as a literary and a social phenomenon analysing the portrayals of the woman's role in modern society.
KEYWORDS: Feminism, Simone de Beauvoir, Carole Ann Duffy, Fay Weldon, John Riley, woman’s role,
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