“Traveling to some remote countries of the world in four parts: an essay by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships” is the full title of a satirical novel, conceived by Johnathon Swift in 1720 and released in 1725-26.
“Robinson Crusoe”, analysis of the novel by Daniel Defoe
One of the most famous English novels first saw the light in April 1719. Its full name is “Life, the extraordinary and amazing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a sailor from York, who lived 28 years in complete solitude on an uninhabited island off the coast of America near the mouths of the Orinoco river, where he was thrown by shipwreck, during which the entire crew of the ship, except him, died, outlining his unexpected release by pirates; written by himself “over time was reduced to the name of the protagonist.
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“Life is a Dream”, analysis of the play by Calderon
The famous play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca was first presented to the public in 1635. Created in the heyday of Spanish literature, it became one of the iconic works of its era. In it the playwright most fully revealed the true essence of human existence and nature. And he helped him in this, he developed a genre of religious and philosophical drama.
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“The Great Gatsby”, analysis of the novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
The History and Idea Behind The Great Gatsby
Great works of literature stand the test of time. One such work is “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although it took years for its impact to be fully recognized, it now has immense popularity and staying power amongst readers worldwide. Continue reading
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“Richard III”, analysis of the play by Shakespeare
History
Richard III is an authentic play by William Shakespeare accepted to have been composed around 1593. It portrays the Machiavellian ascent to power and succeeding short rule of King Richard III. The writing is gathered among the chronicles in the First Folio and is regularly grouped as such. Every so often, in any case, as in the quarto version, it is named a catastrophe. Richard III closes Shakespeare’s initial tetralogy. Continue reading
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“The Man Who Laughs”, analysis of the novel by Victor Hugo
One of the most famous novels of Victor Hugo was created in the sixties of the XIX century and published in April 1869. In it, the French writer raised several important universal and social issues related to the eternal themes of life and death, spiritual love and bodily passion, truth and lies, an insurmountable abyss that exists between a beggar, a suffering people and endowed with wealth and the power of nobility.
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“Hernani”, analysis of the romantic drama by Victor Hugo
The romantic drama “Hernani” was written by Victor Hugo in the early autumn of 1829, after the prohibition of the production of “Marion Delorme”. She appeared on the scene in February 1830, a few months before the famous July Revolution. In the preface to the drama, Hugo compared romanticism with political liberalism, thereby gaining the attention and love of the public at the beginning.
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“Les Miserables”, analysis of the novel by Victor Hugo
The epic novel “Les Miserables” was created by Hugo for thirty years. The French writer put two strictly opposite images of his era, the convict and the righteous, in the basis of the plot, not in order to show their moral difference, but in order to unite them into the single essence of Man. Hugo wrote his novel intermittently. In the beginning, the plot twists and turns of the work were created, then it became overgrown with historical chapters.
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“The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, analysis of the novel by Victor Hugo
The idea of the novel “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” arose from Hugo in the early 20th century and finally took shape by the middle of 1828. The prerequisites for creating an epochal work were natural cultural processes that took place in France in the first third of the 19th century: historical literature was popular in literature, writers turned to the romantic atmosphere of the Middle Ages, and the public struggle for the protection of ancient architectural monuments in which Hugo took direct part. That is why we can say that one of the main characters of the novel, on a par with Esmaralda’s gypsy woman, Quasimodo ringer, archdeacon Claude Frollo, captain of the royal shooters Phoebus de Chateaupers and poet Pierre Gringoire himself is Notre Dame de Paris key events of the work.
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“Lost Illusions”, analysis of the novel by Honore de Balzac
Created from 1835 to 1843, the novel Lost Illusions is one of the longest in the Human Comedy by Honore de Balzac. The work refers to the “scenes of provincial life.” The central theme of the “Lost Illusions” is the process of the formation of two Angouleme personalities – the young poet and writer Lucien Chardon (after the mother de Ryubampre) and his friend and husband’s sister, the owner of the printing house, and inventor David Séchard. Continue reading
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