World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 7

The term 'world literature' is used to refer to the entire world's national literature and the distribution of works in the broader world outside their country of origin.

Murakami is undoubtedly a biased introvert, but it does not make the book any worse because What I Talk about When I Talk about Running is an ode to humility and personal development.

"The Thousand and One Nights" is a collection of tales, legends, anecdotes, and fables from different cultures, mostly Middle East and India.

The book brings about passing interests to the agencies and publishing companies concerned with the quality of information made available on the internet and news media.

The theme of the unsavory and detestable features of the Dutch national character resurfaces most often in Part III of the book, which ends with Gulliver's experiences in Japan.

The dilemmatic nature of the argument and the contrast which is created by the personas of Creon and Antigone, characters of the famous Greek myth about Oedipus, are particularly interesting for their potential for interpretation.

The topic of religion is used in Joyce's work to reflect the duality of humans, as the narrator, in his most agitated state, is torn in two from the inner conflict.

Sir Gawain is a young knight of the Round Table, who agrees to the deal with the powerful and formidable Green Knight, who asks to be beheaded by Sir Gawain, and in return, the latter's [...]

Consequently, when a person takes their actions into consideration, they are mindful of the absence of the other, that is, they accept their loneliness.

Langston Hughes and his work as a model used, and what the researcher learned about Langston Hughes and their work are employed.

The book is about the several years Haruki Murakami has been running, the things it gave him, and the meaning of running according to him.

However, it would also be beneficial to look into the process of accepting and letting go of guilt for the death of their loved one going on in her family.

Van and Jeff understand why he is so eager to go over there: the territory is teeming with ladies, and Terry adores women.

For the first time, the authors started talking about the horrors of war and the animal fear that a person experiences.

This woman began giving the king a story during her first night, and when the morning came, she had not completed the story.

One of the notable trickster examples in the works of Shakespeare is Ariel from The Tempest, whose main ability to morph makes him one of the core characters.

The narrator, Mansa's brother, leaves the country to go to the city to look for his long-lost sister. The narrator is not fazed or stopped by how huge the city is or the fact that [...]

One of the most significant symbols used in the story that reoccurs throughout the narrative and becomes apparent to the reader only closer to the end is the characters' names.

The book is lengthy and entails various themes, such as gender and sexuality, betrayal and loyalty, otherness and connectedness, religion and spirituality, light and dark, and truth and storytelling.

The two of the most prominent magical elements in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" are unimaginable creatures of the old man with angel wings and a woman with a [...]

The authors often dismiss the description of the environment, places, or interior in the literature despite its ability to create a dynamic environment and set the tone for events.

Therefore, the subordinate position of women in the novel is explained by the use of language techniques by Gilead, and their status was accepted by reshaping identities under this condition.

To summarize the influence of both women on Gilgamesh, it is possible to cite Kelley to describe Gilgamesh's advice to him during one of the toughest period of the epic: When the gods created man, [...]

This fact shows that he is a strong-willed man, and being in the same situation, I would not be able to remain calm the way he did.

In the example of the Samsas', the author depicts how perceptions and feelings of family members change, revealing the illusory character of seemingly unshaken family bonds and relations within society at large.

The couple sits facing the side of the valley with no trees, and there is a brown area in the distance, which is in great need of water.

The severity of the future disaster is conveyed in the expression, "Hell is coming and you are a part of it".

The girl glimpsed on her poor Christmas tree, directed her match on it, and realistically imagined how the fire came across and through the tree and peaked at the top as the brightest star in [...]

One of Junot D az's works is the essay The Dreamer, which tells the reader about the story of his mother. The protagonist of the work is the author's mother, whose actions, in turn, are [...]

The information presented on this page is valuable and interesting as the author manages to share the opinions of several people about the same story.

This shows that Swift's proposal was not aimed at threatening poor women in Ireland, but he tried to change society and encourage Irish citizens and the British government to take action.

In my personal life, I will master the art of providing guidance and alms to the needy and strive to make a difference in every situation.

3 Further exploration of baptism from the perspective of the writings of Luke in the Gospels of Luke and Acts, as well as in the writings of Paul and Peter, serve to support this main [...]

It is also likely that the relationship between Eliot's mother and her neighbors is sour. Sen is a responsible person and knows how to take care of children.

They are written in a simple language, and they are usually direct to the point. As a result, the audience develops a satisfaction with a narration that takes the readers to the fantasy world, making [...]

The book is about war, and in the poem, the main character is the soldier repeating the theme of the book, and in whose case medals and other awards are meaningless if he loses his [...]

The information I will need to conduct this research will include literary works from the 19th and 20th centuries, with the two main ones being "White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling and "To the Person [...]

More importantly, it helps parents in having a better understanding of their children and how to make the best out of them.

In "The School" by Donald Barthelme, the reader is exposed to the idea that death always surrounds people to the point where it ceases to be a tragedy and becomes a normal part of life.

The author first presents God as the maker of the world and everything on the planet. The changing portrayals of different characters guarantee that the novel is not dreary to the reader.

This suggests that his link to his social community has indeed been severed, and he is incomplete with the absence of his racial identity. By changing and appreciating his identity, therefore, Lionel would understand the [...]

Therefore, people should give in to their yearnings to gain a true understanding of the human experience, appreciate their role in the universe and see through the smokescreen created by traditional religious doctrine.

Furthermore, the playwright indicates that the living indeed have to protect the interests of the departed. As stated above, the duty of the living for death is to perform burial ceremonies and protect the deceased's [...]

This essay argues that the text of The Thousand and One Nights is all about the art of storytelling. In the text, it is noted that due to her skills in narrating tales, the king [...]

This conflict is a battle between the protagonist, the primary character in the tale, and the antagonist, who is someone or something who opposes the protagonist.

One thing that bothered me in this reading was how the writers categorized their experiences and attributed them to the whole of the French society because the kinds of lives they saw in their overview [...]

Understanding the role of the literary work's perspective is essential to understand what the author has intended to tell the readers.

This is an appropriate way for him to achieve his goal because mounting a rebellion against oppressors requires the collective power and will of the people.

At first glance, it may seem that the Boss is better at coping with the loss of his son, since he is a successful businessman and energetic and healthy person.

Mathilde's desire for an imaginary life is the cause of all her woes, as it leads to the party invitation and the ensuing ruin.

Charlotte Gillman offers a variety of social criticisms in her work "The Yellow Wallpaper," and it closely aligns with that of Chopin.

Yvain raises the critical questions of adventure, chivalry, and pilgrimage, making the reader wonder about the conflict of love and chivalry.

A high level of creativity is utilized in the writing of the novel, and unless the reader is a writer, they may have little knowledge of the background of the novel.

Retaining that fragment can help one understand whether the country has advanced in the equality department regarding the language and income, as the boy "did not have any britches on" then.

In the "Gabal" section, there are many echoes of the "Adham" section, but the most interesting for me is the one when Zaqlut appeared in the Al Hamdan to punish the rebels.

I should confess that my teenage dreams did not stand the attack of maturity, but that day spent in an airport I opened my heart to beautiful strangers and freed my still existing inner child. [...]

He and his wife decide to keep the man in the chicken cage. Pelayo and his wife put the man in a chicken coop which is cruel.

Nevertheless, it might be claimed that Cernuda's dedication to the divine perception of love and continuous expression of loneliness provides the opportunity to refer him to neo-romanticism.

Thus, the distinctive feature of the novel is that Columbus himself confesses to his historical exaggerations and deception regarding the New World.

One of the characteristics of the Latin American boom authors is the creation of fictional scenarios. El Aleph combines the features of realism and fiction or magical realism which is a trait of the movement.

The second plotline is dedicated to the life and death of the mentioned father Pedro Paramo his omnipotence and powerlessness, as well as love, detestation, and desolation. The work's structure: The order of events is [...]

The first narrative strategy to be mentioned in regards to The Things They Carried is the point of view. Repetition is a narrative strategy that is traced to the end of the story."He hated her.

In this quote, Socrates makes it clear to the audience that the accusation against him is based not on evidence but rather on the lack of understanding of philosophers by other people.

Then, it should be noted that the biographical space that is provided by the representatives of the dramaturgy of the real corresponds to the subject and is placed in the intimate sphere, which results in [...]

Exploring the character of Ruth, Kang-Hamilton emphasizes the resilience that Ruth shows and the emotional support that she offers to her mother-in-law.

Carol Dweck, the author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, believes that it can. The growth mindset is something that can be acquired, and it can improve one's quality of life.

On the one hand, poetry can and should be enjoyable; on the other hand, however, it needs to compel the reader to critically examine the world order and the nature of things.

Rand makes the argument that diversity is an essential part of freedom and individuality. It is prohibited to concern oneself with physical appearance, which is a vital aspect of individuality and biological diversity.

Thus, the variety of protagonists presented in the book is distinctive, and each story is told from the perspective of this or that character and their vision.

Some of the ideas that the novella challenges are related to wealth, love, and virtue. At the beginning of the book Pangloss tells Candide that God is entirely good and would not abandon his own.

The narrative in the book of Genesis is constructed to depict that God created the society of people. It is seen in multiple appeals of the characters in the legend to gods.

George wrote the book following his recognition that poverty is the central puzzle of the 20th century. Thus, George's allegation is inconsistent with nature because the number of living organisms can increase to the extent [...]

A Raisin in the Sun revolves around the life of an African American Family. The underlying cause of the conflict is $10000 that every member of the family in his/her own way.

In doing as such, this book stands up to the separation points inside the women's activist sisterhood and offers a considered evaluate of the women' development in Middle East from the inside.

Example is, "Vice President Cheney, although a war hawk, he is now in a hospital undergoing a heart transplant" Appeal to force is another example of fallacy of relevance, this is where, the person putting [...]

The writer puts forth the information concerning the state of the transparency of the Pakistani Government and the corruption claims that warranted her father's death. The writer's mother is instrumental in her journey of faith [...]

In his short story, Poe covers the side of the senses and the rigor of the mind. Another metaphor is the combination of the heart and the clock that beat in the head of the [...]

When he requires his community to clear the weeds from a common division in readiness for a ceremony, he starts the task and is supported by others who prepare most of the business.

The character sketch of Candide is an exquisite piece of optimism, that according to Fleming & Voltaire presents the best of all possible worlds as the circumstances brought opportunities to Candide to experience all the [...]

This is the place she unwinds and gives her the courage of raising the children and facing the task of raising a family.

The tension is not resolved because this exploration does not factor in the causes of the evil meaning that the reinforcement of the doctrinal message overrides critical thinking. In paradise, the issue of God's Justice [...]

In other words, the narrator cannot feel at home anywhere in the world, and he cannot find the group to pertain to as he is the stranger in every setting.

Ping has constructed the stories and has tried to escort the readers toward the cultural oriental problem as an intellectual that has built and defined the place of Chinese in American life.

This is elucidated at the start of the novel by the notion that Donald Duk hates his name because of being Chinese.

First of all, it is necessary to mention that the political theme in the novel is represented as the background of the main theme and the main occasions of the plot.

The story "Hana's Suitcase" by Karen Levine is not fiction, where heroes and the plot are the imagination of the author; it is a documentary story where the situation and named people are real, they [...]

Aiko is currently in love with Adam but she does not show any interest in marrying him because she is either waiting for Adam to make the first move or wishing that everything would come [...]

Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" has better descriptions of the characters and the book overall, it also concerns a more relatable theme and familiarizing with the setting. In the story "A Sound of Thunder," [...]

One of the leading roles that the author of the work himself highlights is the role of the maid Dorine. Moreover, with her speeches, she urged people to listen to the voice of mind and [...]

As search speed is linear within the bin, access time only depends on the rank position of the word in the frequency order, known as the rank hypothesis.

On the other hand, one can say that this society favored the rich because they were always the first priority when it came to the selection of spouses.

The author underlines that the prosperity that came to Japan with the World War created a comfortable group of writers living in bourgeois ease and yet moving slowly toward socialistic philosophy and providing the background [...]

According to Milton, this is against the freedom of the press that is espoused in the constitution and it is also dangerous for the potency of life that the books carry.

The poem is full of expressively ugly sounds. The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and, till action, lust?

To a great extent, the Epic of Gilgamesh illustrates the self-discovery and moral transformation of the protagonist who cannot accept the brevity of his life.

The title of the book is indeed significant as it represents to the reader the whole spectrum of issues that the writer tries to reveal to the reader through her book.

For instance, Ferdinand promises to make Miranda "the queen of Naples" and it does not even occur to him that he may not be able to fulfill his promise.

The culture of read only is described as the culture people take in a submissive manner regardless of the degree of submissiveness.

The book provides an avenue for Investors and businessmen to learn a lot from the thoughts of Warren Buffett on issues pertaining to business and the methods he applies when making investments.

Classical realism, which can be viewed as the basis for the development of the rest of the approaches in question, has developed significantly, yet the links between different states of realism remain basically the same.

Therefore the writer tries to find out the state of mind of the criminals before they decide to commit an offence.

The fifth principle is extremely important and it seems to serve as a basis for the rest of the principles presented in the book under consideration.

There is also a subtle irony in this that if Shen Bijun were the one that cheated on Xiao Shiyi Lang, then she would have been criticized as if she committed an unforgivable crime, while [...]

Due to this, Rita is the heroine in the story as she embodies the spirit of endurance in the face of seemingly unending social problems.

One of the advantages of the novel is that it strives to give one a perception of a better world. They no longer implied that everyone could access the resources they needed without fear of [...]

The notions developed at that time romanticized the Middle East formulating the ideas that are still persistent today: that Arab men are overly sensual and easily become angry, females are beautiful and submissive, and the [...]

Leda's personality is shaped by her childhood traumas and relationship with her mother that influence her own experience of motherhood and her relations with her daughters and other people.

As positions of men and women in society changed significantly over time, literature gives the readers a unique opportunity to see the differences in the treatment and perception of the two genders centuries ago.

Given a chance to choose a friend among the characters, I would go for Jonas because of his impressive concern for society.

Sui and Paul note that the life of a Latino woman is full of challenges, which are the consequences of some of the stereotypes.

In conclusion, King's letter is an example of a work that has all the elements to be convincing and meaningful to society and its history.

The mother of the future writer was a childhood friend of Gustave Flaubert, who began to actively engage in the life of Maupassant when he entered the school in Rouen.

The beginning of the 20th century was a challenging period for the author's country, and he was one of the first to declare the importance of reformation changes in his stories.

In this context, a literary text becomes perceived as a narrative discourse or the description of a series of events to represent a certain story or a plot through accentuating actions performed by the characters [...]

The image of modern American society tries in vain to convey the prevalence of personality over social division. Americans' perception of financial status has been shaped for years by creating the notion of the "American [...]

The tales of the Grimm brothers hold a very special place in the pantheon of the world's renowned collections of stories for kids.

The advent of the modern Arabic literature forms has changed the landscape of Arabic literature, in general, allowing it to incorporate some of the Western ideas into its philosophy and, thus, representing a more diverse [...]

This is to teach the reader to appreciate the life they have and prepare for the inevitability of death. Gilgamesh struggles to understand that, even as a king, he will need to face the fact [...]

What woman in that period would not want to marry a high-ranking general and acquire the power that comes with it?

Among the examples of this phenomenon in Arabic literature are Naguib Mahfouz's "Midaq Alley" and Ahlam Mostaghanemi's "Memory in the flesh", where authors depict the hardships that Arab people have to face because of the [...]