S/LI/289. The City is a Woman: Modernity and Gender. Influence of built environment on gender in Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" and Simone de Beauvoir's "The Mandarins"

The paper analyses the portrayal of female social roles through space descriptions in the novels "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf and "The Mandarins" by Simone de Beauvoir discussing the symbolic meanings of private and public space with relation to gender.

S/LI/252. Discuss the Relation between 'Literature' and Ideology with Reference to Shakespeare's Hamlet

The paper examines the connection between literature and ideology in their relation to reality, societal attitudes and values. Political and social issues raised in Shakespeare's Hamlet are analysed.

S/LI/253. Discuss the Representation of Femininity in Nabokov's "Lolita" and Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"

The paper analyses the female characters of Nabokov's "Lolita" and Eliot's "Daniel Deronda" examining the authors' techniques of presenting various aspects of femininity, discussing the concept of sexual objectification, and arguing the nature of female independence.

S/LI/248. "The World and the Jug"

The paper examines the debate between Ellison and Howe about the scope of themes developed by black writers in their novels. The black writers' stereotype is criticised arguing that their concerns go beyond the novels of protest against slavery and segregation.

S/LI/228. Why was the New Testament Written? What factors led to the formation of the New Testament writings, and what functions did individual writings (or parts thereof) perform in Christian communities?

The paper examines the origins of the New Testament seeking to investigate why and when it was written, the role of the Apostles, the relation of the New Testament to the Old Testament Law, the formation of the Church tradition, etc.

S/LI/218. 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse

The paper analyses the novel 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse presenting its gist and tracing the reflections of Freud's system of psychoanalysis and Jungian individuation. The political and historical context around the creation of the novel is described; Hesse's literary legacy is evaluated.

S/LI/208. Autobiography gives voice to marginalised groups and marginalised experiences. Discuss with reference to The Autobiography of Malcolm X and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The paper examines cultural contributions made by the references to personal experiences arguing the role of autobiographies in the shaping of history. 'The Diary of a Young Girl' by Anna Frank is analysed reflecting on the metaphorical role of autobiographies in portraying national identities of the Jews and the blacks.

S/LI/199. Define and discuss the theory of narrative by drawing from specific media forms such as cinema, novel, advertising, games or television

The paper examines the theory of narrative discourse reviewing the approaches to narrative by Fisher, Ryan, Hayden White and F.R. Ankersmit, etc. Key narrative concepts are discussed analyzing the features of narrative in cinema, fiction, advertising, games and television.

S/LI/195. Themes of racial and gender discrimination in fiction

The paper analyses the novel Grace Notes by Zora Neale Hurston and the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Bernard MacLaverty focusing on the reflections of racial, religious and gender issues in both novels and comparing their social contexts, the conflicts described in them, and the portrayals of the protagonists.

S/LI/185. David Lodge: essays on fiction and criticism

The paper examines the life and work of the literary critic David Lodge reviewing ideas expressed in his essays and discussing the place of the novel in modern times, the concept of 'non-fictional', autobiographical novel, the representation of reality by recent English novelists, etc.

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