Recitatif - Toni Morrison (1983) - Race as a social construct
Text analysis - 4 pages - Literature
"Recitatif" of Toni Morrison only short story follows a fairly traditional structure: the narrator relates several episodes in her life, all centered around chance encounters with a childhood friend. Yet the narrative is thoroughly informed by an experiment in omission. Indeed, the two...
Notes of a Native Son, Baldwin, J. (2017) - How can a black man, marginalized and silenced, dehumanized, can see in his struggle the struggle of mankind?
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
In the eponymous section of his most celebrated collection of essays, "Notes of a Native Son", James Baldwin, one of the most prominent African-American writers of the last century, explores questions of race through a very personal lens: he recounts his relationship with his father and his...
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley (1818)
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
The text studied is an abstract from the novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. Its genre is fantastic, or horror novel. It is sometimes considered to be a gothic novel.
King Lear - Shakespeare (1606) - A tragedy from the Renaissance
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
The violent language used by King Lear in his speech, marking his anger, leads us to another characteristic: the role of art as an instrument of knowledge. Indeed, King Lear's speech evolves through the extract. In the beginning, Lear orders the storm ("Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!...
Is There a Single Right Interpretation? - Peter Lamarque (2002) - [I]t would be a mistake to give up the truth-seeking aspiration of interpretation altogether
Text analysis - 4 pages - Literature
Lamarque argues that abandoning the pursuit of truth-seeking in interpretation would be a mistake. In this reflection, I will delve into the significance of truth-seeking in interpretation, drawing on relevant documents and scholarly discourse in the field of literary studies. In his statement,...
British and American literature up to the 18th century
Text analysis - 1 pages - Literature
Shakespeare's sonnets deal with themes of life such as love, the passing of time, old age and death. They are therefore universal themes that still speak to us today. Among these sonnets, I chose sonnet 73 which deals with the theme of old age because it is a theme that is not sufficiently...
"North and South" (Nord et Sud) de Elizabeth Gaskell
Text analysis - 7 pages - Literature
Ce document est un commentaire de texte complet et rédigé, entièrement en anglais, sur l'œuvre "North and South" (Nord et Sud) de Elizabeth Gaskell. L'analyse de "Nord et du Sud" aide le lecteur moderne à voir au-delà des versions souvent romancées de la vie victorienne, fréquemment...
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf (1929) ; Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley (1818) - The Quest for Education
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
While analyzing A Room of One's Own and Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, the quest for education among the youth in England and the prejudices they had to overcome in their quest to receive an education will be explored. The characters will elaborate on various social and system hurdles...
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje (1992) - The complexity of identity
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
Michael Ondaatje's thriller novel, The English Patient, tells the stories of various characters after the war that disrupted their lives changed their culture and challenged their identity. Most of the characters have endured traumatic experiences that Ondaatje makes apparent by employing...
The picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde (1890) - Do the seeds of Dorian Gray's destruction ultimately lie in Dorian's self-hatred?
Text analysis - 1 pages - Literature
From the beginning of the novel, Dorian portrays the essence of male beauty and youth. Basil is taken aback by the perfection in Dorian's appearance. Lord Henry is friends with Basil. Basil is hesitant for Lord Henry to be introduced to Dorian. Basil knows the ways of Lord Henry and is well...
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (1890) - Psychological mechanisms of dissociation and projection
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
Throughout the novel The Picture of Dorian Grey, it becomes clear that Dorian Gray's psychological well-being becomes compromised with every negative thing that happens within his life. To make matters worse, the majority of his issues stem from actions that he has consciously taken, making him...
Youth marginality in Britain: Contemporary studies of austerity - Shane Blackman and Ruth Rogers (2017) - Offering evidence-based recommendations for policymakers to achieve social justice for young people
Text analysis - 3 pages - Literature
The selected book for review is Youth marginality in Britain: Contemporary studies of austerity by Shane Blackman and Ruth Rogers. This book was published in 2017 and is based on case studies on factors affecting young people in the United Kingdom. The book has 17 chapters written by different...
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (1899) - Cruelty
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
Within the text of Heart of Darkness, cruelty is a prominent concept. The corruption exhibited is essential to the book, shaping not only the story but the characters such as Kurtz. Cruelty is an important factor for the victims because it serves as a crucial motivation to live and as a major...
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (1849); Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood (1988); Juno - Jason Reitman (2007) - Difficulties in friendship and love relationships
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
This passage is an extract from the novel David Coperfield by Charles Dickens, at the time David Coperfield was married to Dora Spenlow. David felt completely in love with Dora, and they decided to get married. However, their relationship is not reasonable because Dora has no sense of everyday...
Maggie, A Girl of the Streets - Stephen Crane - Maggie is impossible to weep over
Text analysis - 3 pages - Literature
Individuals are determined by heredity and their social category (which covers the place they live in and their standard of living). Maggie, the protagonist of Stephen Crane's novel Maggie, A Girl of the Streets published in 1896, is modelled, shaped, and ultimately determined by her...
A Book of Dreaming (A bok of swevenyng)
Text analysis - 7 pages - Literature
A Book of Dreaming traces its roots to the Latin Somniale Danielis and has been reproduced in numerous manuscripts across Europe from the 9th to the 15th centuries. In other words, some stylistic effects could have been lost in the translation from Latin to Middle English. Indeed, the editor,...
As I Lay Dying - Dewey Dell
Text analysis - 9 pages - Literature
Il s'agit d'un commentaire littéraire sur la section 14 dédiée au personnage féminin: Dewey Dell. Dans cette analyse j'ai cherché à montré l'ambivalence de l'esprit maternel à travers l'interaction entre le sociolecte, l'idiolecte et le dialecte de Dewey Dell. Ainsi,...
Is a road trip running away from things or running towards something?
Text analysis - 1 pages - Literature
A road trip is a travel, an escape by campervan or motorcycle (like a Harley Davidson), through vast spaces and during long hours on the road, to discover new landscape, cities or countries. I will take three texts as examples.
Oedipus The King - Sophocles (425 B.C.) - The Dramatic Power of Fate
Text analysis - 3 pages - Literature
Over the centuries, people have believed in the influence of divine or diabolical power in their lives. One of the most often discussed themes of ancient Greek tragedy is fatalism, the idea and belief that human actions are guided by the hand of fate, destiny, the gods or some other supernatural...
How to become a part of the Great British story?
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
Cultural heritage, representing culture and civilisation, has a vital importance in Great Britain, and in this context the school has an important place. Access to culture is achieved primarily through education and training and, in addition, literature, theatre and art, which are unique and...
Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories - Alice Munro (1946) - Comparaison with Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth (1990)
Text analysis - 3 pages - Literature
The first text we study here is a story from Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories, which was written by Alice Munro in 1946. From the beginning of the text, the protagonist explains that her mom spends all of her time working on sewing her daughter's dress for the dance. She spends...
Twelfth Night, Act 3 scene 1, v.59-162
Text analysis - 4 pages - Literature
Act III opens in Olivia's garden. We can say that this scene is light and jovial because Viola (disguised as Cesario since Act I) has just encountered Olivia's Clown Feste. It is mainly a scene between Olivia and Viola, and we may say that the last time they were together on stage was in...
"The Reception" by Maria Barrett
Text analysis - 3 pages - Literature
This is an extract from Dishonored written by Maria Barrett in 1996. Thanks to the title "Reception", we can know at the first sight that this text relates an invitation and a kind of meeting. This story deals with relationships and reactions between the different characters and reveals the...
Martin Luther King: "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
Text analysis - 5 pages - Literature
King's final speech took place in a specific context of tension and it represented the heyday of the civil rights movement. Large riots in major cities and the divisive issue of the Vietnam War had shattered the liberal consensus for civil rights and created an atmosphere of crisis. On April...
W.E.B. DuBois "Of Alexander Crummel" - The Soul of Black Folks
Text analysis - 5 pages - Literature
With the collection of fourteen essays The Soul of Black Folks , published in 1903, W.E.B. DuBois created a huge division within the movement of black protest in the USA. When the most influential leader of this movement, Booker T. Washington promoted educational training and especially an...
Amanda Smith Jemand -The South is our home - Black Women in White America
Text analysis - 5 pages - Literature
The document "The South is our home" written by Amanda Smith Jemand is an article extracted from the journal The Independent, Vol.52 N°2725 dated February 21, 1901. This article was reprinted in the book Black Women in White America. This book is an anthology of documents about black history in...
Soliloquies in Richard III
Text analysis - 6 pages - Literature
Ce travail propose une analyse de trois principaux soliloques de la pièce de Shakespeare ayant pour titre Richard III. Quelle est la fonction d'un monologue/ soliloque? Comment Shakespeare les utilise-t-il pour nous montrer la vraie nature de ses personnages?
Art and Life in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Text analysis - 3 pages - Literature
Ce travail propose une réflexion sur le thème de l'art et de la vie dans le roman The Picture of Dorian Gray d'Oscar Wilde. Comment ces deux concepts interagissent-ils tout au long du livre? Quels rapports les personnages entretiennent-ils avec l'art? L'art est-il plus important...
Commentaire du texte "Their First slave" extrait du roman Queen écrit par alex Haley en 1993. Rédigé en anglais.
Text analysis - 2 pages - Literature
This text is an extract from the novel Queen written by Alex Haley in 1993. The excerpt is called "Their first slave". The story takes place in the USA, and more precisely in Nasheville, in the 19th century, that is to say when slavery was still legal. Two young Irish immigrants, Washington and...
Résumé Anglais Terminale S Emma Jane Austeen 550 Mots
Text analysis - 1 pages - Literature
Let me tell you about a XIX century love story... Her name is Emma, Emma Woodhouse. She is beautiful, clever and rich. Her mother died when she was only five. So Mr. Woodhouse, her father, found Miss Taylor, a housekeeper, to look after his two daughters. Thus Emma lived with his father, Miss...
