1000 Results for Essays and Research Papers on "Literature"
Literature of North America
Words: 1824 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 96395256North American Literature of the 20th Century: A Literature of Alienation
North American literature of the twentieth century began as a predominantly white male-dominated literature, on the heels of 19th century romantic literary expression, such as within the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Stephen Crane, and others. Similarly, in the early…… [Read More]
Literature as Psychology
Words: 330 Length: 1 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 71676871Psychology and Literature
Both psychology and literature explore how people interact with each other. Both psychology and literature explore how prior events affect what follows. Both psychology and literature look at how a person grows, develops and changes over time. However, psychology looks at how events affect what people do and how they act in very precise…… [Read More]
Literature as Educational Philosophy
Words: 1450 Length: 5 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 83453756classroom, regardless of the age of the learner, we realize that there are multiple learning styles and responses to divergent stimuli. The modern pedagogical environment is faced with a number of challenges that are directly related to learning. In fact, as an educational pendulum swings, we find any number of methods that are thought to be new and innovative; yet…… [Read More]
Literature of Latin America and the Caribbean
Words: 1200 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 74539576OCTAVIO PAZ "TRANSPLANTED LANGUAGES"
Octavio Paz's 1990 Nobel Lecture accentuated the issue of transplanted languages and the literature that emerged in a transplanted culture. Latin-American and Caribbean literature is good example of the use of transplanted languages since the influence of European and American cultures is quite pronounced. When people migrate from one place to another or…… [Read More]
Literature and Codes of Behavior in the Middle Ages
Words: 2336 Length: 8 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 61033929courtly love your purchase.
COURTLY LOVE AND MIDDLE AGES LITERATURE
In this paper, we shall study the tradition of Courtly love in the Middle Ages as reflected by literary works produced in that period. The paper will first focus on what the exact nature of Courtly Love, then proceed to briefly discuss its development…… [Read More]
Literature and Sexuality
Words: 1661 Length: 5 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 93493185Abbe Prevost's tale of Manon Lescaut performs several different functions at once. It is in part a cautionary story. It is in part a push to create a fully modern sensibility in French literature. It is in part an exploration of the trope of Romanticism. And in all of these things it is partly a story about the New World,…… [Read More]
Literature Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston
Words: 782 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 87868388Zora Hurston
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Zora Hurston's 'Their Eyes were watching God' occupies an important place in African-American literature on account of that fact that it is not part of the protest literature that emerged during Harlem Renaissance. The novel revolves around a powerful belief: a person's failure is caused more by…… [Read More]
literature and religion annotated bibliography
Words: 852 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Annotated Bibliography Paper #: 20098938Religion features prominently as a theme in literature. In fact, some of the earliest works of literature are rooted in their religious and cultural traditions, including the ancient literatures of the Middle East and Mesopotamia.
As the role of religion in society changed, so too did the role of religion in literature.
Modern literature,…… [Read More]
Literature Frankenstein
Words: 2126 Length: 6 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 79449813Gothic novel era is widely accepted as the years from 1764 to 1834. The Gothic genre has remained "an elusive minor literary upheaval that has had eminence influenced on most genres today" (Summer 164). The Gothic novel includes magic and mystery; horrors abound, while ghosts, castles, and charnel houses take part in adding to the mood of terror. The true…… [Read More]
Literature Beowulf
Words: 1450 Length: 5 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 97697863Beowulf: A Classic Medieval Archetypal Leader
Beowulf is one of the earliest epic poems. It tells a classic tale of a great hero. The style of the epic reflects a much earlier writing style found in the Viking sagas. Yet the story is that of a Danish King. Literature and art are the keys to understanding society.…… [Read More]
Literature Russian
Words: 1563 Length: 5 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 65528767 Leo Tolstoy
During Leo Tolstoy's lifetime (1828-1910), Russia and Europe went through a number of political and intellectual changes. Writing evolved from Romanticism to Realism during the period. As the term "realism" implies the realistic novelists like Tolstoy focused on observation and attention to detail. In Russia the czars retained absolute power by preventing the political and…… [Read More]
Literature and Society
Words: 874 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 47480304American Cultural Values: Whitman and Otsuka
America has been criticized and praised as having one of the most individualistic systems of cultural values in the world, rather than any cohesive system of national ethics. This is partly the result of America's status as a nation of immigrants. However, merely because America is an individualistic nation, and made…… [Read More]
Literature Aspects of Shakespearean Comedy Taming of the Shrew
Words: 1619 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 7264364Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare. Specifically, it will show how the play demonstrates the comedic aspect of thematic concern with love and beauty. In Shakespearean Comedy, a shallow, often narcissistic type of love at the start is not only grounded too heavily in "beauty" of the conventional sort, but also leads to a mistaken notion of what beauty…… [Read More]
Literature House of Mirth
Words: 1489 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 11918626 House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton. Specifically, it will look at the theme of success in the novel, and how a success-oriented society can destroy the weak and untrained.
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH"
Lily Bart begins her tumble into poverty from the very beginning of the book, because she does not conform to society,…… [Read More]
Literature Australia
Words: 591 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 62632395 British and Australian characters based on stereotypes. Discuss how the characters are different.
Review the book and relevant literature on the book and the author.
Nevil Shute's characters epitomize the British and Australian stereotypes but are also characters of depth with moral values.
Town Like Alice, (Alice) written in 1950 is…… [Read More]
Literature More Specifically Mythology
Words: 1050 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 22110743 Greek Hero Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey and the Northern Hero Beowulf in the saga BeoWulf, discussing how either can be heroes and arguing in some ways that it is more than deeds that marks a hero, but also the way in which they behave and relate to others. Bibliography cites 2 sources.
Beowulf and Odysseus: the Most…… [Read More]
Literature Wuthering Heights and Effie Briest
Words: 2064 Length: 7 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 9929283 judge books by covers.
But it is something entirely different to job a story by its form, for the way in which an author chooses to frame a story is as important to our understanding of it as the content of the story itself - something that is becomes clear to us when we examine books that…… [Read More]
Literature Theory and Gothic Fiction
Words: 2129 Length: 7 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 3488903Gothic Literature
Art, as defined by Plato in his paradigmatic work The Republic, serves both as a definition qua definition - a way of telling us what art should be in and of itself - and as an exemplar of other aspects of society. Plato was fundamentally concerned with the relationship between the world and art (including…… [Read More]
Literature Dry Needling
Words: 3480 Length: 12 Pages Document Type: Peer-Reviewed Journal Paper #: 52083263 Dry Needling
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Over time, dry needling has turned out to be a well-liked therapy method in manual physical rehabilitation (Dommerholt et al., 2006). Physiotherapists as well as other healthcare service providers in numerous nations utilize dry needling within the clinical therapy of…… [Read More]
Literature and Culture of the English Renaissance
Words: 3132 Length: 9 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 47970641Chastity in Renaissance Literature and Political Power
Chastity was a concept that was promoted throughout Renaissance society by the church and those in political power. Chastity was promoted not only as a virtue and measure of the worthiness of a woman at the time of her marriage, it was also utilized as a means to repress women…… [Read More]
Literature on the Social and Psychological Use of Storytelling
Words: 4632 Length: 16 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 88308940Storytelling Review of Literature
For hundreds of years, stories have been used to teach children about morality and ethics. Indeed, many of the same myths, legends and fairy tales have been handed down from generation to generation, remaining largely intact.
However, these myths also contain hidden meanings that illuminate the cultural or historical aspects…… [Read More]
Literature Search
Words: 799 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 25542595Managing Diversity
Diversity Management -- Literature Search
The following articles provide an overview of diversity in the workplace, specifically within teams and managerial groups. With respect to team effectiveness, these articles address how various conceptualizations of diversity can impact team effectiveness. Overall, many of the articles point to mixed results, with some studies finding…… [Read More]
Literature Australia Literature
Words: 664 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 28597043 Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing From the Land Down Under, by Phyllis Edelson. Specifically, it will contain an analysis of pages 1-52, "What is the Australian's view of the Bush?"
AUSTRALIA'S VIEW OF THE BUSH
Australian's love the bush. They hate it; they suffer when they live there. It is dangerous, deadly, and…… [Read More]
Literature Review after PICOT Review
Words: 1052 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Research Paper Paper #: 89613319 Yu et al., 2014
Non-targeted research, quantitative
996 males
Kruskal-Wallis H Test
Obstructive sleep apnea correlated with males (but not females) with hypertension
None stated
Scheers-Anderson et al., 2015
Secondary Research/Literature Review
Review of governmental data
literature review tips and tricks
Words: 782 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 18629154Search Tips and Tricks
There are a number of ways to find relevant academic literature. The first thing to remember is that most academic databases are designed with fairly rudimentary search functions – if you're accustomed to Google you'll be disappointed with the terrible U/X and primitive search of most academic databases. One of the most important ramifications of…… [Read More]
Literature Theory
Words: 2025 Length: 6 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 97297693Plato, Marx, And Critical Thought
David Richter's book is absolutely indispensable, as it is one of the few anthologies willing to acknowledge the existence of and include well-chosen examples from the long history of critical thought and how it helps us understand what we read, why we read, and what we value.
The greatest…… [Read More]
Literature Drama
Words: 1189 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 9184697records court transcripts from "The Trials of Oscar Wilde," when the opposing council at the trial asks the defendant, Oscar Wilde, if he kissed one of the boys whom Wilde was supposed to have engaged in homosexual practices, Wilde appears unfazed. When asked if he kissed the boy, Wilde, with customary wit, responded that he did not, because "he was…… [Read More]
Literature Review Junior Golf
Words: 1800 Length: 5 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 55014425Junior golf programs provide a level of learning that instills confidence, ability, and aptitude to those who participate. Social cognitive theory provides a framework from which to advance a deeper understanding of learning and development. From communication and observation, youth who participate in junior golf programs formulate a sense of fairness, competitive spirit, and confidence that transcends the sport and…… [Read More]
Literature Claude Monet
Words: 1641 Length: 5 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 27497387art is the lifeblood of a culture and the most entertaining form of expression, paintings are the key to the discipline of art. With the advancement of paintings, their techniques and the shifting trend all combines to determine the direction of a nation's culture. Like all other fields, history has witnessed revolutionary amendments in the field of art specifically in…… [Read More]
Literature Fables Parables
Words: 2548 Length: 8 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 9491028 Myth to Reality
The Hidden Meanings of Fables and Parables
Since earliest times, human beings have sought to improve the world in which they live. As Man is a social creature, the day-to-day interactions between himself and his fellows take on at least as much importance as his contacts with the natural world. Certain…… [Read More]
Literature and History
Words: 8876 Length: 32 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 51478975 tomorrow / Bright before us / Like a flame. (Alain Locke, "Enter the New Negro," 1925)
From the 1920's Alain Leroy Locke has been known as a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Through his writings, his actions and his education, Locke worked to educate not only White America, but also the Negro, about the beauty of…… [Read More]
Literature Review Primary and Secondary Sources in Patient Centered Care
Words: 578 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Article Critique Paper #: 57704324Communication by Nurses in the ICU
What are the concepts of the study addressed in the Literature Review?
In this article, there are no discussions made on the previous studies that were conducted on the research concepts. Moreover, it does not have a literature review section. Recorded information on the document relates to what…… [Read More]
Literature Poetry
Words: 797 Length: 2 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 9575290Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) wrote his 1913 poem "We Wear the Mask" in open defiance of the commonly accepted fallacy of his day that African-Americans were happy in the subservient roles they were forced to assume in the face of white racism. Dunbar, through the use of irony, through inverting the positive connotations of smiling, and through the religious rhetorical…… [Read More]
Literature Shakespeare
Words: 1127 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 83480362 Measure for Measure," and "As You Like it," by Shakespeare. Specifically, it will explain how Shakespeare developed the three themes of love, the stages of human life, and the city vs. The country in these two plays.
THEMES IN TWO PLAYS
Love is a common theme in many of Shakespeare's plays, and these two…… [Read More]
Multicultural Literature
Words: 2417 Length: 6 Pages Document Type: Research Paper Paper #: 46128341Multicultural Literature
what is multicultural literature? What are the characteristics of quality multicultural literature?
Within the latter part of the twentieth century, a pattern referred to as multiculturalism acquired popularity in American education (Almerico et al., 2006). Gay (1994) within an intensive research of the very commonly used meanings of multicultural literature recognized 13…… [Read More]
Human Resources Literature Review in an Article
Words: 826 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Research Paper Paper #: 29889688 Human Resources Literature Review
In an article titled "Management Derailment: Personality Assessment and Mitigation," which was published in the American Psychological Association Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology in 2010, the research team of Joyce Hogan, Robert Hogan and Robert B. Kaiser conduct a thorough literature review on the subject of management derailment. By examining over 100…… [Read More]
Turkish Literature Compare Shahnameh With
Words: 2367 Length: 7 Pages Document Type: Research Paper Paper #: 93908330
The folkloric tradition was so popular because people were able to relate to it. Although Ferdowsi wrote his text with the intention that people of all backgrounds would be able to celebrate the history of the land, the folkloric tradition derived its appeal from the fact that everyone could relate with the characters in a very…… [Read More]
Compare Modern to Contemporary Literature
Words: 1084 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 64319687 Modernism, and how the literature that is considered to be Modernist literature is representative of the period. Then explain how contemporary world literature comes from Modernism
Discuss three Modernists and their work.
Then discuss two contemporary authors. Explain how they represent NOW (or the contemporary world which is from 1968 on.)
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Value of Literature Must Apply
Words: 1491 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Term Paper Paper #: 57886508 With the link to the Bible, the story "…resonates with the richness of distant antecedents" and it no longer is "locked in the middle of the twentieth century"; hence, it never grows old, Foster concludes (56).
C.S. Lewis on the Importance of Reading Good Literature
C.S. Lewis, noted novelist, literary critic, lay theologian and…… [Read More]
American Ethnic Literature There Are so Many
Words: 2099 Length: 6 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 52693344American Ethnic Literature
There are so many different voices within the context of the United States. This country is one which is built on cultural differences. Yet, for generations the only voices expressed in literature or from the white majority. Contemporary American ethnic literature is important in that it reflects the multifaceted nature of life in the…… [Read More]