French literature of the 19th century

Mark Twain, the father of American literature, was a prestigious humorist and satirist in late 19th century. His thorough understanding of American society and familiarity with children’s physiology left a deep imprint on the history of American literature. As one of the his most representative works, the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn depicts the experience of Huck, a southern boy, and Jim, a runaway slave, on the Mississippi River and the relationships and conflicts between them. Those…

writer from the 1800s, once stated, “Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked” (quote 9). Along with torture, insanity is one of the main focuses in the Gothic movement. The movement came as an offshoot of Romanticism in the early 19th century before the beginning of the Victorian era. The Gothic form had a curious appeal in terms of weaving a beauty of the unpleasant, the horrifying, and even the grotesque (Spiro par. 1). There were many influential authors that contributed…

Alexander Pope and Anti-Feminism One of several English authors we read during the semester was Alexander Pope. He was born in London in 1688 and was very ill as a child. He practiced Roman Catholicism. Pope wrote during the English Augustin Era. He is best known for his heroic couplets which are bountiful in The Rape of the Lock. Alexander Pope’s works such as The Rape of the Lock are often debated on whether or not Pope was supportive of or against feminism. Although feminism would have…

Sea of Poppies is regarded as a narrative in epical form. The epic always contains the mythological stories related to the lives of saints, gods and super humans. Such stories are full of mysticism and miracles. The Ibis becomes the symbol of incarnation for Baboo Nob Kissin while her voyage from Calcutta to Mauritius is regarded as a pilgrimage. Nob Kissin had been influenced by Taramomy in his life from childhood. Nob Kissin family was the devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a saint, mystic…

“Of Mice and Men” was also adapted to theater in both The States (2014) and Spain (2012). The Broadway version is something which caused a ripple of fame for director, Anna D. Shapiro. Spanish director Miguel del Arco presented his version of the novel as a play in Madrid in 2012, where it was also surrounded by amazing reviews. One might wonder how such a short novel could have inspired a chain of successful interpretations all over the world, but the answer lies in the simplicity and…

events of 1881-84 in Russia, following the death of Tsar Alexander II. This created and fueled the movement in its formative years. Russia was engulfed by 215 pogroms, which destroyed nearly $80 million worth of Jewish property6. Newspapers and literature cultivated the stereotype of the “sly Jew” and Herzl highlights the encounters of anti-Semitism, such as abusive language, that were more dangerous than political…

of a magician, the montage must be transparent, a simple tool creating effects that must not be seen by the viewer. In this acceptation, montage helps by creating an illusion of reality. Reacting and refuting the concept of a make-believe reality, French essayist and film critic Andre Bazin stated that some basic rules should be applied in terms of montage to ensure authenticity. These rules were developed by Bazin in a text called Forbidden montage (“montage interdit”) in…

Charles Dickens was a man of many works that led him to fame in the world of literature in the 1800’s. His early life was filled with many struggles with money, but it never stopped his push to learn more. Dickens wrote many novels novellas, and his way of publishing, by serial, was a unique way to get more money out of his works. His later years following his divorce with Catherine Hogarth proved to be hard times for him and his mental state. After his death, Dickens left a legacy of works that…

was not “well exploited” in terms of the development of the financial market and industrial progress. Was Africa being exploited for cheap raw materials? The raw materials extracted from Africa were marginal to the European economic activity at 19th centuries (Stein, 2015). This means that the raw materials extracted from Africa presented little industrial value to Europe: the raw materials from Africa were used by more obsolete industries because most of the materials from Africa were available…

instigating the movement. He was released two years later. The movement, however, was quite successful in terms of uniting the country in a movement under one leader (Masselos, 138, 1972), joined by their resentment of British rule. While earlier in the century, the English language and European political principles gave rise to the Indian nationalist movement, these were the tools used to strengthen the movement and to create unity among the Indian…