Feminist literary criticism

The thesis for Bell’s article on Dolly Madison on the other hand focuses on more specific parts of the article. The thesis of this articles gradually develops from talking about how most first ladies are usually overlooked and making its way to the main point which is mostly about Dolly Madison’s character and personality as a first lady. This part of the thesis focuses on the dual-temperaments of Dolly Madison where in one moment she is “ruling Washington by means of her famous soirees” and…

Among elusively indefinable terms vital to further understanding literature is the great white whale of literary merit. Its definition has been disputed, contemplated, and stretched to the vaguest of proportions until it no longer serves as a helpful tool in determining whether a work is, in fact, of literary merit. Its relative subjectivity comes into play when attempting to define such a term; what is meritorious to some may not be so to others. The variety of works considered exemplary does…

Athanasourelis, John Paul. "Dashiell Hammett: Individualism in Transition." Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. Jefferson: McFarland (2012): 54-69. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 317. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. Athanasourelis’s article depicts Sam Spade’s individuality through his actions leading up to Brigid O’Shaughnessy’s conviction. Sam’s initial intentions are to help Brigid avoid the police.…

other characters into revealing their true natures: be it the bible’s salesman’s true intentions or revealing her mother’s condescending nature towards “salt of the earth.” As for a symbol, however, remember that O’Connor was frequently criticized by literary critics for her bawdiness and usage of regionalism for her works; effectively, Hulga was a parodic symbol of how O’Connor viewed those critics. This assumption bases itself on how most critics viewed regionalism as a relic of realist-era…

Mapping Project: Fadlan and Battutah In Franco Moretti’s, Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History, in a chapter titled, “Maps,” Moretti notes that “there is a very simple question about literary maps: what exactly do they do? What do they do that cannot be done with words?” and “Do maps add anything, to our knowledge of literature?” (Moretti, Maps, 35). In this essay, I hope to explain the significance of maps in both Ibn Battutah’s, The Travels of Ibn Battutah and Ibn…

A political allegory is when a book or a work of art, tells one story but actually is using that story as a metaphor to hide a political meaning underneath. A political allegory could be found in fiction, drama, paintings, films and music. The dictionary states that an allegory is a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one, it is derived from the Latin and Greek word ‘Allegoria’ “meaning ‘veiled language’ or ‘figurative.’…

Literature has served as a catalyst for varying conversations over time. Psychoanalytic examinations have often come from great literary works. One significant author that focused on psychological incorporation throughout his works was Hermann Ungar. His novel, The Maimed in particularly had a large focus on psychoanalytic aspects. Through these fictional works, one can notice and analyze the several psychological symbols. Herman Ungar’s work was largely based upon dark tones, combining…

Through the literary techniques of personification, paradox and imagery of simple experiences or objects, Jane Hirshfield manages to simplify the complex emotions and ideas within society by utilizing symbolisms of everyday items and experiences to convey her perceptions about solitude and regrets in life as well as analyze the complexity of one’s identity. Hirshfield’s Zen Buddhist affiliations contribute to the philosophical tone of her poems in their abstract conceptualization of life…

literature, despite an individual reader’s personal beliefs • Since culture is greatly influenced by its dominant religious system, even if a writer does not necessarily adhere to the beliefs, the key values of that religious system will affect the literary work • Despite a reader’s religious affiliation, generally a reader will recognize some Christ-like features in characters, such as being crucified, tempted, or having disciples • Christ figures do not have to exhibit every single Christ-like…

Tracing the Roots of Nontraditional Rhetoric In the first semester doctoral program in rhetoric and composition at the University of Texas at El Paso, I had an opportunity to study a course entitled “Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing Studies” in a multicultural setting in which there were students from Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Like the composition of the class, the syllabus was constituted by diverse thematic titles such as civil discourse, contemporary rhetoric, composition…