comparative literature

Students select a topic about the impact of war on combatants or another group affected by war.

Students conduct independent historical research on their chosen topic in addition to selecting and reading two to three poems centered on the British experience in World War I.

Students...

Students use Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street" and Anne Frank’s "The Diary of a Young Girl" to write a literary essay that compares and contrasts the characters Esperanza and Anne Frank.

The paper should answer at least one of the following questions, and cite evidence from the...

Students read the novel Wuthering Heights and analyze the major cultural issues that arise in the novel, including questions of race, class, and gender.

Additionally, students may want to compare the elements of the romance between the couples (Catherine and Heathcliff, Catherine...