POETRY | NARRATIVE | THEATRE

 

 

 

 

“Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air”- Carl Sandburg

 

 

Analysis of Byron’s poem “Prometheus”. Aim: to extract its symbolism and remark those particular aspects which form part of the romantic reinterpretation of Byron.

 

SECOND PAPER: Theological assumptions in William Blake and Gerard Manley Hopkins: rebellion or submission?

A comparative approach to Blake and Hopkin's theological beliefs through the analysis of the poems "The divine image" and "God's Grandeur".

 

 

 

 

 

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. - E. L. Doctorow

 

 

 

FIRST PAPER: Contrast and Resemblance in James Joyce's "Dubliners"

Analysis of the main points of divergence and convergence among the different chapters.

 

SECOND PAPER: The language of "A clockwork orange", by Anthony Burgess.

Analysis of the language used in "A clockwork orange", the causes that justify its use and the consequences that it has in the reader's perception of the book.

 

THIRD PAPER: A Marxist reading of George Orwell's "1984"

A reading, in Marxist terms, of the main characteristics that define the political system created in "1984".

 

 

 

 

"Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality". - Eugene Ionesco

 

 

FIRST PAPER:

Characters' mind in John Osborne's "Look back in anger" and Arnold Wesker's "The kitchen"

A Comparative analysis of the behaviour and thoughts of the main characters of these two plays.

 

SECOND PAPER:

Interpersonal relations in Harold Pinter's plays

Analysis of the different relationships between the characters in Pinter's plays, namely "The Dumb Waiter", "Party Time", and "Ashes to Ashes".

 

THIRD PAPER:

Theatre of the Absurd

An essay on this interesting theatrical trend.

 

 

 

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Academic year 2007/2008

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