Modern North American Literature 101: Genres and Themes, the Core Fabric
This fourth article in Modern North American Literature covers the movements and literary trends that most influenced its literature.
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Ella Fincken
- Feb 6
- 8 min
Poetry of the Vietnam War
This article explores the political rhetoric of the Vietnam War, and the ways soldiers sought to reconstitute the reality of the conflict.
Martin Chef
- Jan 30
- 7 min
Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology: Naturalism in the American countryside
Throughout the ages, many writers have endeavored to portray reality through their works and through the prism of different aesthetics,...
Maria Stachouli
- Jan 28
- 9 min
Approaches to American Studies 101: Maps and American National Identity
The following series of articles aspires to highlight the cross-fertilization of two rapidly growing interdisciplinary fields: narrative geo
Charlie Hartley-O'Dwyer
- Dec 18, 2022
- 8 min
White Patronage of the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is not characterised as being a white intellectual and cultural movement. On the contrary, it is considered to be...
meganmaistre
- Dec 18, 2022
- 8 min
Regressing Adolescence in 'The Catcher in The Rye'
This article examines how the Salinger's protagonist rejects the world of adulthood in favour of the safety and innocence of childhood.
Charlie Hartley-O'Dwyer
- Dec 10, 2022
- 8 min
The Body in Coates' Between the World and Me
How does Ta-Nehisi Coates portray the body in his autobiography Between the World and Me?
Anna Artyushenko
- Nov 13, 2022
- 7 min
Witchcraft in Literature 101: Social Commentary in The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick (1984) by John Updike is set in a typical small town of New England, with a Puritan heritage, at the end of the 1960
Maialen De Carlos
- Aug 30, 2022
- 5 min
American Gothic: Shirley Jackson
This article analyses the influence Shirley Jackson has made in contemporary gothic literature through her short story The Lottery.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Aug 29, 2022
- 8 min
The Bell Jar: Subversion, Identity, and Downfall in Plath's Bildungsroman
The Bell Jar illustrates the quest for female identity while subverting the conventions of the Bildungsroman and the autobiography
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Aug 16, 2022
- 7 min
Postmodern Retellings 101: Anne Sexton’s Rapunzel
Anne Sexton re-writes Rapunzel to explore teen romance and girlhood.
Melis Güven
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
Confessional Poetry: Sylvia Plath
Being one of the prominent confessional poets, Sylvia Plath transmutes her feelings such as confusion, anxiety, and doubt into her poems.
Maialen De Carlos
- Jul 30, 2022
- 6 min
The American Short Story and Realism: Raymond Carver
This article will analyse the figure of Raymond Carver and his work "What we talk about when we talk about love".
Maialen De Carlos
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
The Innovation of the American Short Story: Ernest Hemingway
In this article, I will continue explaining the evolution of the American short stories by analysing the figure of Ernest Hemingway.
Nikolett Mondovics
- Jun 1, 2022
- 7 min
Ligeia: Demoness or Damsel?
This article explores how the interpretation of Ligeia's character from Poe's short story changed over time.
Jessica Vizuette
- May 10, 2022
- 8 min
Gothic Elements in The Fall of the House of Usher
This article discusses the main Gothic elements in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Gaelle Abou Nasr
- Nov 15, 2021
- 5 min
Anti-Transcendentalist Texts: Tragedy at the Hands of Separation
A analysis of the theme of separation in the works of Alexander Pope, John Donne, and William Faulkner
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