Academic Writings on Literature: a Collection

By Robin Nicole

A greater part of writing assignments in post secondary education deal with analysis. In the college or university English course, this usually means analyzing a piece of literature: mostly poetry, short stories, and the occasional novel. Academic Writings on Literature: a Collection is a must have for those students who need to see samples of various analytical essays. This selective collection gives examples of essays on character, theme, and author's bias in all three of the major literature genres.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robin Nicole
• Release date: May 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310752964

Robin Nicole

Former MS/HS English Teacher for five years, I chose to branch out and go for my childhood dream of becoming a writer. I'm now a freelance writer, my office being anywhere with wifi access. I currently write various informational articles, poetry, short fiction, copy script, etc. for various internet companies.

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Academic Writings on Literature: A Collection

Copyright 2014 Robin Nicole

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Table of Contents

Prologue

Character Analysis: Everyday Use of Hereditary Things by Alice Walker

Hawthorne and Slavery in The Maypole of Merry Mount

Symbolism in Gloria Naylor’s novel Bailey’s Cafe

Crown of Thorns: Gordie’s Seesaw of Beliefs in Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

A Friend’s Critique of Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina

Love & Marriage in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Creator/Creation Connection in The Lamb: a Connection to The Tyger by William Blake

Analysis of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

The Simple Language of William Wordsworth in We are Seven

A Character Analysis: Catherine Morland in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abby

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Prologue

The analysis of literature, be it the poem, short story, or novel, requires the viewing of literature through the eye of a critique more so than a mere reader. You will find in this collection, samples of dissecting characters, themes, and symbols in literature, both American and international.

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Character Analysis: Everyday Use of Hereditary Things by Alice Walker

Alice Walker uses two sisters, Maggie and Dee, to show the contrasting views towards African American heritage within the African American culture in the short story entitled Everyday Use. Maggie, the youngest sister, believes that heritage is to be cherished, used in everyday life, and passed down from one generation the next. Dee, the oldest, on the other hand, feels that heritage is something to be studied, exhibited, and broken free from.

The youngest sister, Maggie, has what could be called an ordinary view towards her heritage as an African American. First of all, she believes heritage is to be cherished. Alice Walker shows this through Maggie’s harsh reaction to her sister’s desire for the patchwork quilts (which were made by their mother and aunt from pieces of their grandmother’s dresses. As