Papers On British Literature
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Lessing's "Briefing for a Descent into Hell"
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A 3 page paper discussing two
psychiatrists' approaches to Dr. Watkins' madness and determining which of the two would
gain the approval of R.D. Laing. Doris Lessing maintains that our treatment of "madness"
is a blight on humanity and agrees with Laing that some can be a positive experience.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSLessingHell.wps
Lessing's "The Golden Notebook"
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A 3 page paper discussing whether the women of the
book failed their children. This book was published in 1962, at a time that current ideas of
motherhood and duty to children did not exist. Anna is divorced and a communist,
immediately gaining two strikes against her mothering abilities in the eyes of society. All
the women can be said to have failed their children in some way, not because of their
actions, but because all mothers do at some time fail their children. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
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Lewis & Tolkien/Paralleling Reality
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A 15 page research paper that contrasts and compares C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe with J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The writer argues that while these books are ostensibly children's books, on a deeper level, they reflect the reality of the adult world -- the real world. While the context of the books are fantasy, the episodes in the narratives parallel those of everyday life, psychologically, imaginatively, and materially. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: khlwwth.rtf
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' / Political Satire
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A 10 page research paper which discusses Carroll's political commentary in 'Wonderland' in the areas of business, poverty, education for women, and other feminist issues. The writer posits that Carroll's commentary on these subjects represent a reading of women authors and other 'radical' philosophers and authors of the period. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Cnalicew.wps
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice Through The Looking Glass'
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A 5 page evaluation of the character, Alice, in the book 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll. The aspect examined involves the advice given to Alice by all of the adult characters she encounters in her adventure. do these adults give her useful, valuable, productive information? Or are they just there to illustrate how often adults squelch creativity in the young? While the adults may have something of importance to say in many cases, especially in light of Alice's apparent dreaminess, generally speaking the adult characters are nothing more than oppressive individuals who are determined to put the young and creative in their proper place in society. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Alice.wps
Lilliputians and Shaka Zulu
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An 8 page paper which compares the culture and
practices of the Lilliputians, from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," and Shaka Zulu.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAlillip.rtf
Literary Analysis of Richard Hughes' Short Novel, "A High Wind in Jamaica"
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A 2.5 page paper which considers the novel's purpose, the techniques employed to convey the purpose, the aspect which makes this literary element so intriguing and central to understanding the work, with support of this position provided, along with a consideration of possible arguments against the thesis statement, and responses to such
arguments. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGhiwind.wps
Literary Terms & Examples
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A 5 page research paper that lists five terms from the study of Victorian and twentieth century English literature and then defines those terms and relates them to specific examples from literary works. Bibliography lists 2 works.
Filename: khlittms.rtf
Literary Works
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The social, political, religious and ethnic configurations of
feudalism and the growth of towns in the middle ages was seen as being in
conflict to the beginning of the industrial era. The literature of this
particular era tends to incorporate many of the issues involved within the
transition, including a predominant Christian theme and, or, the inclusion of
spirituality and a reference to antiquity. This 7 page paper explores and
compares a few of the literary works that have come out of that era, including
Sidney's Astrophil And Stella, Book I of Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Milton's
Lycidas and Book IX of Paradise Lost, Pope's The Rape Of The Lock and Swift's
Gullivers Travels. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTtoomch.rtf
Literature as Education and Entertainment
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A five page paper looking at Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," Philip Sidney's "Astrophel and Stella", and John Milton's "Paradise Lost" in terms of their ability to both educate and entertain us -- the poet Horace's criterion for good literature. The paper concludes that all three works fulfill this mission due to their strong characterization, careful attention to form and structure, and vivid writing. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: KBhorace.wps
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