CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

In contemporary literature, love is a popular theme in many character based fictional works. These different loves include romantic love between man and woman, friendship love, parental love, and ndividual love toward a community or cause.

Analyzing the impact a character's career has on modern narrative, as seen in three contemporary stories.

A book reveiw on the book "The Incarnation."

We want all of our high school students to read our novels but they don't. What should an English teacher do to get his or her students to read?

Focuses on love in two versions of "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" as well as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". Presumes that love is, and will always be, a timeless conversation.

This paper provides a basic overview of the popular author, Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Rant), and looks at how his works fit in to contemporary literature.

A justification for studying literature.

This essay is a review of the literature surrounding global warming in anticipation of a research question: How is our sense of reality informed via discourse?

This is a scholarly research paper on the effects of the Industrial Revolution on British Literature, influences in literature at the time and the failure of public education to redress the problem of illiteracy.

Exploring the shift in traditional roles as they apply to contemporary Epics.

This essay explores the importance of Realism, Naturalism and Regionalism in the United States at the height of their literary popularity among the contemporary writers' circles.

A brief overview of the trials Russian literature and press underwent during the beginning of the 20th century.

American literature has covered all kinds of subjects and genres. The one thing that remains the same is that it has always been a struggle to forge a truly "American" identity.

A look at cultural representations of Early Modern British society through literature

A college research paper that shows the development of literature from the Epic of Gilgamesh through Aristotle.

Brazil, the shining beacon of progress of South America, has had a long and storied infatuation with high literature dating back to its earliest beginnings with the writings of the Jesuits in the Colonial Period and continuing through more modern times with liberal artists.

Editors of the International Research Confederacy on African Literature and Culture (IRCALC) are currently receiving submissions in existing literatures of Africa.

The legend of Iram is referenced and alluded to in literature throughout the world.

Whether you want to catch up on your fantasy reading or you want to be a fantasy writer, there are five names with which you should be intimately familiar. These masters have indelibly shaped the direction of popular contemporary fantasy.

Better understand humanity through philsophy, religion, literature and history in Comparative Literature and Humanities classes offered at CU.

Looking for a challenging, yet creative and fun way to get your high school students interested in both literature and history?

My list of all-time memorable characters found in literature.

In contemporary literature, authors often find it essential to create twisting plots that offer many surprises throughout the text. These twists in the nature of the plotline have become necessary to keep the focus of a modern audience.

Ever since man began carving symbols or hieroglyphics into stone, he has had an almost obsessive desire to tell tales, record his experience, and prvoide testimony to his inner or public passions, ambitions, and fears.

An observation of religious allusions and concepts used for both modern and ancient literature.

The most misunderstood and under-appreciated cost of World War II for the United States was the damage done to the environment during wartime operations.

Popular culture is often viewed as a distraction in the English classroom, but it can be used to advance students' enjoyment of classical literature.

The lives of Fred Rodgers and C. S. Lewis and their influence on modern spirituality explored and analyzed.