Literature and psychoanalysis are put into dialogue in order to perform an innovative reading of Machado de Assis's The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas,which is considered one of his masterpieces,alongside Quincas Bo...
In the mid-seventies,Paraguay was two decades into what would ultimately be the second longest dictatorship in its history,second only to the reign of its“founding father,”Doctor Jose Rodriguez Gaspar de Francia.The...
The Scarlet Letter,written by American romantic writer Nathaniel Hawthorne,is famous for its profound theme and writing techniques of symbolism and metaphor.Scholars studied this work from different perspectives like ...
Kneel To The Rising Sun,one of Caldwell’s best short stories,tells of the lynching of a negro sharecropper Clem who has the courage to offend his landlord Arch.However,the protagonist of the story is not Clem,but an ...
The Painted Veil written by William Somerset Maugham was a marvellous novel discussing love, life and spiritual salva-tion. The process of the fallen heroin Kitty's awakening and maturity was profound in the theme of ...
On May 8, 2012, African-American writer Toni Morrison who has been in her eighties had her tenth novel Homepub-lished. Morrisonarranged the setting of Home in the 1950 s in the United States after the Korean War and s...
This thesis mainly focuses on the figure's outlet by analyzing their spiritual world. Connie's body and soul got rebirth through the development of her sex with various men, which lead to the destruction of Clifford b...
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, and it is also famous for vivid psychological description. It mainly portrays the downfall of Macbeth who transforms from a brave hero with nobility and loyalty to a ru...
Cormac McCarthy is one of the most intelligent and extraordinary writers in American history. No Country for Old Men continues his everlasting theme — violence and brutality. By using Lacan's Phallus theory, this pap...
Graham Swift's last novel Wish You Were Here carries many sad memories that threaten Jack's present life and changes its direction. Vera's, the dog's and Tom's death, all have their far-reaching effects in Jack'...