Western Literature Essay Examples

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A Research Report on the Homeric Poems (1072 words, 2 pages)

2 12 page research report. Very good. The Homeric Poems Oral or Written Tradition Homer. A name synonomous with Greek literature and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his 'masterpieces' of western literature the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer's poems ... Read More

The Practical Issues of Society in The Republic, a Book by Plato (599 words, 2 pages)

Platos book, The Republic, deals with practical issues such as the nature of justice, the human condition, and the basis of societal order and political power. It is a treasure trove of ideas and has long been a central work in Western literature.In ancient Athens, women were not considered citizens ... Read More

The Context, Development, and Impact of The Arabian Nights (The Thousand and One Nights) as a Literary Orientalist Work (1823 words, 6 pages)

The Arabian Nights has been present in the discipline of literature since the dawn of time. It is a collection of stories and fairy tales rooted in a Persian prototype which was written before the ninth century. Other stories of it go back to the Mesopotamian, Indian, and Egyptian cultures, ... Read More

Martin Puncher and Modernism Inside and Outside the Theatre (1445 words, 5 pages)

Martin Puchner, one of the co-authors of Anthology of WesternLiterature 9th Edition, is a philosopher and literary critic and currentlyis the chair of drama and Comparative English at Harvard University. Knownfor his various works on modern and contemporary society, he emphasizes onthe role of actors in every single society and ... Read More

A Critique of Camille Palgia’s Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 (528 words, 2 pages)

An Analysis of Camille Palgia's Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" depicts the lamentations of an aging manwho, looking back over his life, realizes that much of the things he hadare fading away. Through analysis of the sonnet's formalistic content,historical context, archetypal references, and psychological implications,literary critic Camille ... Read More

A Contrast between Soviet Picture Books and American Comic Books (2280 words, 8 pages)

Young children in societies are taught the morals and skills necessary to survive and be adult citizens of their countries. This education is both through parental guidance and through media created especially for children. Looking at traits of heroes and villains in Soviet and American childrens literature, the hopes and ... Read More

The Nigerian Perspective in Things Fall Apart, a Post-Colonial Novel by Chinua Achebe (704 words, 3 pages)

By the time that Chinua Achebe was working to publish his novel, Things Fall Apart, British colonialism in Nigeria was coming to its end and Nigerians were faced with numerous questions about the country and identiy they wanted to posess. How was their history going to be expressed? They had ... Read More

The Elements of Stereotyping and Discrimination in Not without My Daughter, a Movie by Brian Gilbert (584 words, 2 pages)

In Not Without My Daughter, the movie did not give a fair representation of Muslims, their culture, or the women of the time. The film relied on religious stereotypes and patriotic imagery to dehumanize Iranian Muslims during their time of political revolution.The West have always had some type of perception ... Read More

The Themes of Questioning Society and Contemplating Nature in Walden by Henry David Thoreau (889 words, 3 pages)

Walden is a longer story by Henry David Thoreau, and in the excerpts of this story that are being represented we see many different ideas. Thoreau urges those in society to question advancements in technology, the needs for those advancements, loneliness, warfare, and intelligence in the modern age. The most ... Read More

The Cultural Resistance of Western Literature in Its Movement Around the Globe (1394 words, 5 pages)

Literature Without BoardersLiterature, especially American or Western, encounters little cultural resistance in its movement around the globe. Flowing through cultural boundaries as it makes its way onto the shelves in classrooms, libraries and bookstores all over the world, literature, as Azar Nafisi puts it in her book, Reading Lolita in ... Read More

The Different Examples of Polytheistic and Monotheistic Beliefs (1374 words, 4 pages)

Deities throughout the culture and literary works in western literature are portrayed in two different accounts polytheistic and monotheistic beliefs. Monotheistic beliefs in God predominate the Muslim and Christian culture, meaning the people only believe and pray to one God, while the polytheistic belief system predominates over later Greek and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Concepts of Heroism in Later Greek, Roman and Early Christian Literature (1395 words, 4 pages)

Concepts of Heroism in Later Greek, Roman and Early Christian LiteratureThe concept and theme of heroism is arguably the centerpiece of most western literature. Concepts of heroism are clearly evident in later Greek, Roman and Christian literature such as Oedipus the King, Lysistrata, the New Testament Gospels and the Quran. ... Read More

The Author’s Freedom and the Work by Agatha Christie in the Topic of Literature (1854 words, 5 pages)

Agatha Christie is one of the most popular authors of the 20th century. She would often draw inspiration from the medical field and other lifes experiences to come up with her plot. In general, she was most renowned for her expertise in criminal book writing. This drew her a lot ... Read More

An Examination of the Fear of Death in The Epic of Gilgamesh (1170 words, 4 pages)

The Epic of Gilgamesh, recognized for being the worlds earliest form of decent and respectable literature, digs deep into the theme of fear of death. Following the epic, newer works of literature such as the Iliad written in 750 BC, and Medea in 431 BC, have also explored the inescapable ... Read More

The Dramatic Shift of Literature Over the Last Century (2305 words, 8 pages)

IntroductionIt is clear that literature its style, its function, and its process has undergone a dramatic shift in the last century. As tastes have changed, so has literary style. As reading practices have changed, so has literary function. Finally, as story telling itself has changed, so has the process of ... Read More

The Sensitivity in Expressing Emotion and Describing Things in Japanese Literature and in the Works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1039 words, 4 pages)

Comparing with the great majority of Western literature in modern days,Japanese literature, as a typical genre from Eastern literature, is muchmore sensitive in emotion expressing and things describing. At themeanwhile, due to this characteristic sensitiveness, a lot of masterpiecesfrom modern Japanese literature tend to illustrate blurred image and thingsin a ... Read More

An Introduction to the United States Indian Wars (3016 words, 11 pages)

The US Indian WarsIntroduction The US Indian wars were conflicts for ideologies, culture and landresources.They all began initially with local battles between Indians andthe settlers, but the civil war prompted a new phase of the campaigns thatwould number about forty by the time of the last of the battles - ... Read More

Shakespeare’s Portrayal of Conceptual Themes in Human Nature Are Well Renowned (3006 words, 4 pages)

Throughout western literature, the works of William Shakespeare are renowned fortheir portrayal and explanation of conceptual themes associated with human nature. Ofthe 17th century poet s works, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet aptly displays subtleconceptions and meaningful ideologies that explain 15th century Italian society. Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare ... Read More

The Role of Fate in Plays and Literature of the Greeks as Depicted in Sophocle’s Works (1130 words, 5 pages)

Fate played an important part in the plays and literature of the Greeks as is shown in Sophocles play Oedipus RexSophocles lived during the Golden Age of Greece. He is renowned as one of the greatest dramaticist of western literature. He was a greek through and through as he held ... Read More

An Examination of Drama of Ancient Greece (2986 words, 4 pages)

Final Paper Drama of Ancient GreeceThe Greek dramatists have bequeathed immensely to the current mode of modern Western literature. Shakespeare and his contemporaries revered them for their distinct and explicit language, their dramatic scenes, and their extravagant processions. The language of their stories has connoted itself into both, the Western ... Read More

The Homeric Poems Have Been Passed Down through an Oral and Written Tradition (1065 words, 2 pages)

Homer. A name synonomous with Greek literature and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his "masterpieces" of western literature the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer's poems have been passed down through generations and studied by many. But how did the ... Read More

A Review of the Book Montana 1948 by Larry Watson and David Huddle (1231 words, 4 pages)

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, David Huddle (Afterword) Shopping with us is 100 safe. Guaranteed. (We'll set one up for you) View my Wish ListList Price 12.00Our Price 9.60You Save 2.40 (20)Availability Usually ships within 24 hours.See larger photoPaperback - 175 pages (April 1995) Pocket Books ISBN 0671507036 Dimensions (in ... Read More

The Faerie Queene: Did Edmund Spenser Steal His Storylines from Virgil and Ariosto? (1854 words, 3 pages)

Edmund Spenser vs. Virgil and Ariosto Some scholars believe Spenser did not have sufficient education to compose a work with as much complexity as The Faerie Queene, while others are still extolling him as one of the most learned men of his time (587). Scholar Douglas Bush agrees, scholars now ... Read More

An Analysis of the Loyalty Portrayed in Sir Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (1746 words, 3 pages)

Becca KoffAmerican Lit.Prof. CoaleFebruary 21, 2000The Green Night and Le Morte dArthurMany British literature writers of the Middle Ages wrote about reality of the Middle Ages including the social, political, and economical styles of writing. During the Middle Ages, chivalry was a big aspect of every day life. Chivalry, a ... Read More

An Analysis of Montana 1948 By Larry Watson. David Huddle (2463 words, 8 pages)

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, David Huddle (Afterword) Shopping with us is 100 safe. Guaranteed. (We'll set one up for you) View my Wish ListList Price 12.00Our Price 9.60You Save 2.40 (20)Availability Usually ships within 24 hours.See larger photoPaperback - 175 pages (April 1995) Pocket Books ISBN 0671507036 Dimensions (in ... Read More

The All-Time Best Stage Presentations of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare (1684 words, 4 pages)

Romeo and Juliet, Lovers for All TimesFor English 442 Purdue University1998 Chrisitan L Mattix--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ever since the publications of the good quarto, published in 1599, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, has been one of the classics of Western literature (Evans 1093). In being this, it has been produced many different ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of Sickle Cell Disease (4581 words, 10 pages)

By Gerry VanCleve and Kevin LemerondPages with Brief DescriptionPage 1Cover Page 2Pages with brief DescriptionPage 3A Brief History of Sickle Cell DiseasePage4-5 How Does Sickle Cell Cause Disease?Page 6 The Sickle Red CellPage 7How Do People Get Sickle Cell Disease?Page 8-9Do Factors Other than Genes Influence Sickle Cell Disease?Page 10OverviewPage ... Read More

An Analysis of the Significance of Virgil’s Relationship With Dante in “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri (1219 words, 3 pages)

Ryan HensonMind 180Essay 2What is the significance of Virgils relationship with Dante?The Inferno is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest poets in the history of western literature. In it, he uses his mastery of language to blend elements of classical literature with a more contemporary Catholic ... Read More

An Analysis of The Role of Irish in Rebuilding the Civilization After Rome Fell in “How the Irish Saved Civilization” by Thomas Cahill (746 words, 3 pages)

Thomas Cahill opens his story describing Romes fall, For as the Roman Empirefell, as all through Europe matted, unwashed barbarians descended on the Roman cities,looting artifacts and burning books, the Irish who were just learning to read and write,took up the just labor of copying all of western literature - ... Read More

A Brief History of Ancient Greek Literature (4168 words, 18 pages)

The great British philosopher-mathematician Alfred North Whitehead once commented that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato. A similar point can be made regarding Greek literature as a whole. Over a period of more than ten centuries, the ancient Greeks created a literature of such brilliance that it has ... Read More