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The Fall of Icarus in Modern Literature
The Fall of Icarus in Modern Literature
Ana Stipić
In its original form The Story of Daedalus and Icarus is a synonym for people who are too ambitious and therefore they end up losing everything. The lesson is that we should be moderate in every situation. Bruegel gives a different perspective by connecting the fall with human ignorance and thus he inspires modern poets to write about the painting. Auden uses many metaphors and, inspired by the fall, he depicts the fall of humankind. Williams with his brief but effective poem gives a...
The Fallen Angels in Milton's Paradise Lost
The Fallen Angels in Milton's Paradise Lost
Biljana Ježik
Paradise Lost is an epic poem written by the seventeenth-century poet John Milton, in which the poet symbolically describes the fall of man beginning with the fall of the angels. This paper focuses only on Book 1 of Miltons Paradise Lost in order to describe how the fallen angels are depicted in the poem, and what they represent today. Many of the angels that rebelled against God have throughout the history of mankind established their own religions where they are worshiped by Non-Christian...
The Fantastic in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Fantastic in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Martina Lešković
Lewis Carrolls world of nonsense, Wonderland, is undoubtedly filled with otherworldly creatures, symbols, and scenarios, all experienced by its main character Alice. From falling down the rabbit-hole to playing an unusual version of croquet with the Queen, Alice is faced with a series of challenges that require her to let go of her common sense and the known facts about the outside world while accepting the lawless, illogical, and mad reality as her new normal. While being aware of the...
The Fantasy Literature Archetypes in the Harry Potter Series
The Fantasy Literature Archetypes in the Harry Potter Series
Antonia Maslak
The archetypes are characters and plots that reappear in literature throughout history in different cultures and narrative genres. Archetypal literary criticism analyses a literary work through its archetypes, which puts focus on the roles of the characters in the story and the narrative structure. J. K. Rowling uses archetypal characters in the Harry Potter series and this allows the readers to identify themselves with her unique characters because they are already familiar to them even...
The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works
The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works
Dino Lončar
Howard Philips Lovecraft is now considered to be an iconic American writer of horror and science fiction; however, he did not believe that his fiction would leave such a monumental mark on literature as it did. Lovecraft did not write for money or commercial success, and his references to Greek and Roman mythology, use of Latin quotes, eighteenth-century New England world view, racism and paranoia make him a writer whose works hardly seem accessible, even for his time. But this is exactly...
The Female Dominance in Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning
The Female Dominance in Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning
Dunja Vidak
Robert Browning's poem “Porphyria's Lover” is one of those poems which can easily be interpreted in a number of ways. Even though it does not seem ambiguous at first, the reader may find himself puzzled every time s/he reads the poem. Browning never mentions the name of the main male character although he is the narrator; only Porphyria’s name is relevant. The poem may easily be considered morbid or even unrealistic because at the end the speaker strangles his loving Porphyria without...
The Female Identity in Harry Potter Novels
The Female Identity in Harry Potter Novels
Sara Tišljar
The famous author of Harry Potter novels, J. K. Rowling, managed not only to invent an interesting, thrilling, and edifying plot but also to create a whole new magical world of characters that are loved all over the world. These characters are not perfect – they have many flaws and virtues which makes it easier for the reader to identify with them. Throughout the series, these witches, wizards, and muggles are spreading empowering messages of love, strength, and, most importantly, the...
The Female Identity in the Play A Raisin in the Sun and the Novel Americanah
The Female Identity in the Play A Raisin in the Sun and the Novel Americanah
Doroteja Marušić
Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun depicts the life of an African-American family in the 1950s.An important aspect of this paper will be the analysis of three generations of African-American women – Lena Younger, Ruth and Beneatha and how they deal with the changing conditions of the 1950s in the United States. The aftermath of these changes is depicted in the novel Americanah by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Adichie in her fictional novel shows how a young...
The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature
The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature
Dijana Janković
The flood myth, as one of the most diffused stories in the world, has puzzled many scholars and artists with its meaning and symbolism. It has at the same time challenged and reinforced the tenets of Judeo-Christian beliefs, and thus influenced the contemporary culture of the Western World. It became a part of some of the renowned works of ancient literature, such as the Bible, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In spite of certain differences which can be found between the...
The Genre of Bildungsroman in Contemporary Anglophone Literature
The Genre of Bildungsroman in Contemporary Anglophone Literature
Mia Mrkalj
The maturation and psychological development of a protagonist is a common theme, frequently explored in many contemporary novels due to the complexity of the topic and the various potential ways how the topic could be approached. As a result, the genre of the Bildungsroman, centered around this concept, is particularly popular for both readers and authors. The genre deals with the maturation process of the protagonist, who is exposed to many influences, whether it be culture, religion,...
The Gothic in the Neo-Slave Narrative
The Gothic in the Neo-Slave Narrative
Ana Kvesić
This paper analyzes the Gothic elements in Toni Morrison’s neo-slave narrative Beloved (1987). It argues that the main character, Beloved, is the embodiment of the Gothic elements in the novel. In order to justify this claim, the paper first provides an explanation of the Goth-ic genre and its main features along with a definition of the term neo-slave narrative and its connection to the Gothic. The analysis of the novel consists of three parts, each dedicated to Beloved’s different...
The Haunted House in E. A. Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House/Ukleta kuća u Padu kuće Usher E. A. Poea i Prokletstvu kuće Hill Shirley Jackson
The Haunted House in E. A. Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House/Ukleta kuća u Padu kuće Usher E. A. Poea i Prokletstvu kuće Hill Shirley Jackson
Iva Romić
This paper deals with the portrayal and role of the haunted house in Gothic literature, specifically in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. The idea of the paper is to introduce the haunted house as a prevailing Gothic element that can obtain the role of a central character in the literary text and therefore simultaneously appear as an object and its personified form. Even though Poe’s “The Fall of the House of...

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