The main problem was that the British and the Bulgarians had no way of communicating on equal terms. ... They marked the waning of the popular religious tract as a dominating presence on the meagre literary scene. ... His was the most popular British literary name in the period discussed. ... The Bulgarian literary milieu very often transformed totally the material from abroad according to its current uses. ... Carlyle appeared twice on the Bulgarian literary scene, both times as a point of reference . ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As Patterson said, "While literature necessarily arises from a historical matrix, it can never be adequately understood in terms of that origin, no matter how carefully the scholar seeks to reconstruct it"(Patterson, p 9). When it comes to interpreting the history of South Asia, one must look into literary as well as historical texts in order to see the big picture. ... Even in the Dharmashastras (Law Books), a literary source, there are biased views due to the Brahman authors. ... Literary texts give information regarding to history, such as geographical clues and cultural traditions. The R...

• Word Count: 1079
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his essay, "Cool Like Me," Donnell Alexander uses several different literary devices to prove his claim that African Americans embody all that "cool" entails, inherently. ... This topic is a sensitive one, but it becomes a lot more understandable when one can really hear what Donnell is trying to say using the literary devices that he does. ... Sure, Alexander does a wonderful job expressing cool as it applies to him and his ancestors, but in terms of defining it for all humanity, he is incomplete. If one was to use his terms of defining cool for all peoples everywhere (not just on a pur...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Voices are as many as the students in the class in terms of differences in their likes and dislikes, and opinions about a number of things being culturally bound and oriented. ... The aims of the course are: To introduce you to a range of major authors and works of the period To introduce you to key themes, issues and problems To develop a broad historical understanding prose production at this time To develop literary critical skills of contextualization, close analysis, and argumentation To further develop your research skills and to prepare you for the research paper By the end of the mod...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The struggles that Claire faces with divorce and being neglected in terms of affection is something that many teenagers (especially those teenagers that fall in the middle-upper class ranges) face in their own lives. ... Cultural and feminist literary lenses can be used to analyze John Hughes The Breakfast Club to better understand different aspects of the film....

• Word Count: 1156
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The essay will further examine the similarities and differences between the literary text and the film adaptation through a consideration of the variations on the original (style and content), and how these variations in the adaptation change the meaning and effect of the original. ... This poses a challenge in terms of representation. ...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate