Moby Dick and the Blithedale Romance Drawing upon 2 primary works, Moby Dick and the Blithedale Romance, discuss how they engage with the ancient Western wisdom tradition found in the either the Book of Job or Ecclesiastes. In the course of your paper, you should engage the contradictions those wisdom books pose to dominant narratives […]
Examine how two of the authors we have read use humor, and whether such humor advances or undercuts their sense of national literature.
American Fiction Write an essay that asks a question about “American Fiction,” and that uses two texts we have read for class to develop and answer that question. For instance, examine how two of the authors we have read use humor, and whether such humor advances or undercuts their sense of national literature. You might […]
Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole.
In literary works, a symbol can express an idea, clarify the meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely […]