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This article compares two translation scholars while illuminating the nature of the translation worldview as pertains to global affairs.

"Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest" (France, 1901, p.24). Anatole France in The Revolt of the Angels reconfigures chastity as a variant of sexuality rather than an opposing force to it. This view frustrates extant readings of Euripides’ Hippolytus, which claim that the “play is a symbolic conflict of two ideals, an austere chastity and the natural desires of the flesh." (Grene, 1939, p.46). This essay will then take the view that sexual passion and purity

This article explores the evolution of the vampire archetype & its impact on pop culture, evaluating evidence for & against their existence.

Throughout the ages, many writers have endeavored to portray reality through their works and through the prism of different aesthetics, but also different philosophies. This desire to relate literature to reality probably reached its pinnacle with the naturalism movement during the late nineteenth century. In opposition to Romanticism, literary naturalism emphasizes the scientific approach in depicting a fictional reality. By exploring the scientific laws and parameters influ

Ian McEwan’s Atonement explores the portrayal of children’s contact with sin and trial.

Representing Italian literature in the 14th century, are the “Three Crowns": Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio.

Remembering the Holocaust and the atrocities of the Second World War, even 80 year later, is a particularly difficult ordeal, and still to this day many artistic creations endeavor to find a way to remember this dark period of History. Maus is one of such works, and when it was first published in 1980, the graphic novel by Art Spiegelman immediately struck the whole world. The specificity of its form and the depth of its narration quickly established it as one of the major pi

Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf is an example of ethical fiction in literature.

An article examining the narrative techniques used in 'Lolita' that attempt to manipulate the reader's sympathy.

Survey of Italian Literature 101 series aims to offer readers a comprehensive overview of the rich and diverse Italian literary tradition.

This article explores the nature of translating dialects in literary translation.

Written by Vladimir Bartol and published in 1938, Alamut is considered as a classic among the historical fiction genre. Only in 2004 was its first English translation published; as a matter of fact, only after the World Trade Center tragedy in 2001 did the popularity of the novel slowly reach its peak. Indeed, set in the North West of Iran in the 11th century, the story mainly focuses around the Assassins (Hashshashin), a sect lead by Haasan Ibn Sabbah, and as such, offers

The Magic Mountain (1927) explores the bizarre coming-of-age story of Hans Castorp who is never able to mature completely.