Essays on Fiction

An insightful reflection on the complex web of race, class, and identity in 19th-century Louisiana, “Désirée’s Baby” is one of Kate Chopin’s most devastating and difficult short tales. This story examines the effects of cultural biases and the harsh irony of destiny with Chopin’s signature …

The theory of the collective unconscious, which is generally credited to Carl Gustav Jung, is one of the most fascinating and prominent concepts in the field of psychology. Beyond particular experiences, it is about the common store of memories, concepts, and experiences that all people …

It is no wonder that an increasing umber of short story business books (that also can be read during a short flight or train) has been published in the past decade. Before we would sneer at the genre, it is worth seeing who the authors …

The protagonist Gogol Ganguli is at the center of Jhumpa Lahiri’s book “The Namesake,” which weaves a complicated narrative around the lives of a Bengali immigrant family in the United States. This masterfully crafted story explores important issues of integration, identity, and the weight of …

In “The House on Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros, a small girl called Esperanza sees the story come to life. Her trip, both actual and figurative, serves as the novella’s main plot and perfectly captures what it’s like to grow up in a Latino area …

J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” is a literary classic because it affects readers of all ages and backgrounds. Holden Caulfield’s introspective narrator covers identity, alienation, and the search for authenticity in a phony society. John Green wrote it. This article analyzes “The Catcher …

“Home to Harlem” by Claude McKay is regarded as a significant work in the history of the Harlem Renaissance because it perfectly captures the lively culture, vivid living, and intricate interaction of identities in 1920s Harlem. The novel underscores the universality of the search for …

How have you been? I hope well, but I don’t think I can say the same for myself. It seems we are moving somewhere very far away. I heard Mama and Uncle talking about winter clothes and food. Couldn’t we move some other time? Who …

“Annabel Lee” stands as one of the most famous “death” poems of the nineteenth century, although it’s stature is certainly matched by Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” a poem which uses a number of  similar poetic devices, but rests upon an …

The intriguing short tale “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is set in a Venusian setting where it always rains, and the sun only beams briefly once every seven years. In this unusual environment, Bradbury subtly weaves the themes of envy, loneliness, and …

INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE COURSE OUTLINE Course Description: This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of literary study and analysis. Students will be introduced to the fundamental elements of poetry, drama, and fiction; basic literary terminology; and strategies for analyzing texts based on close reading. …