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Faust Many consider to be the greatest work in German literature. Shows that complete happiness cannot be gained by things as is seen by Faust being given everything but never truly being happy
Candide a satire of extreme optimism, one can still be happy without being naive, "It is necessary to cultivate our garden"
School for Wives Arnolphe tries to take out the risk of a wife leaving him by "breeding" and innocent girl, yet all his scheming is useless because he cannot control the girls heart
Oroonoko Behn was one of the first english female writers, can be interpreted as an anit-slaver novel or at least depicting the harshness in which slaves were treated
An Essay On Man "Whatever is, Is Right", somewhat opitmistic poem trying explain the ways of God to man, basically says that how are we supposed to understand because we do not know God's purpose and therefore everything(good and evil) is nescessary for a reason
Don Giovanni "So ends he who evil did. The death of a sinner always reflects their life." kind of a reap what you sew type deal, Don Gio goes around taking girls innocense then gets dragged into hell
The Social Contract somewhat of an anti government essay, basically says that government officials cannot rule without the consent of the people and that, in reality, the people have all the power, "The legislative power belongs to the people, and can belong to it alone"
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Called for women to gain a more equal footing with men, especially in the form of education, wanted women to be treated as human beings rather than objects
The Tyger man is powerless in a powerful world
The Echoing Green talks about the beauty of the world, nature
Ode to a Nightingale worshipping a bird as a deity, wishes he were as carefree as the bird, not having to worry about mortality, time passage. realizes that writing poetry allows him to soar like the bird, transcending those fears
Don Juan A somewhat different take than that of Don Giovanni, Don Juan isn't as much as a player and is more into actual love, the book says "Byron exposes both the power and the gragility of love together with the power an fragility of anyone whol claims to understand love. Human insight is found directly on human instability."
The Bronze Horseman one of the most significant works of russian literature, shows conflict between needs of the state and needs of the citizens as the main character curses the statue of Peter the Great for building St. Petersburg in an unsafe location
Eugene Onegin A story about a man and a woman who love eachother, but never at the same time. It explores the relationship between art and reality.
A Simple Heart and Travels In Egypt 1st a simple story that the author described himself as a story about a sympathetic character (Felicite)
Get High ?live life to the fullest
After the Ball government oppression, capriciousness of people
Notes from Underground bitter about life, utilitarianism. exercise free will even in unwanted, useless ways just to prove that we have it, are unpredictable.
The Psychiatrist critique of modern medicine
The Yellow Wallpaper critique of professional medicine, especially in regard to how women's emotions were viewed
A Doll's House revolutionary at the time because a man wrote about a woman who cares more about her own development than her duties as a wife and mother
Heart of Darkness one of the most influential novels of the 20th century; often seen as a critique of both the rhetoric and practice of imperialism
The Dead people have many hidden aspects even when they seem normal
A Room of One's Own important to 20th century feminist thought; Woolf argues that women need certain conditions to write, and the conditions she mentions have been denied to women historically
The Wasteland confusion and desolation of modern world
Unsleeping City (Brooklyn Bridge Nocturne) nocturne, traditionally a soothing lullaby, made to seem more like a nightmare with harsh, disturbing dream imagery from the subconscious
Central Park explores central park in the mind
The Metamorphosis places characters in absurd situations, comments on identity
Requiem Speaks of Stalinist terror
The Lake Isle of Innisfree A poem about yearning to be in an ideal place. Yeats travels to the peaceful lake isle of Innisfree in his mind to escape the bustle of the modern world.
Easter 1916 nationalistic poem about the independence of Ireland after a contract was signed
Archaic Torso of Apollo questions the way we look at art, it should make us change our lives
Mother Courage satirizes the way people look at war. mc's valuing of some aspects of war (prosperity) is shown to be absurd because of all the tragedy it causes in her life. anti war
Survival In Auschwitz a readable account of life in a concentration camp, shows importance of relationships
Patriotism A horrible stroy told in a deadpan style, which nylizes the thoughts of a man who is about to commit suicide
Death Fugue A poem about life in a Nazi Death camp, in which the inmates were forced to dig graves and play music for the Nazis. Its style captures the tedium and despair of life in death camps.
Seven Laments for the War-Dead Amichai is an Influencial jewish writer, who is renouned for his innovations in the language of poetry in Hebrew.
Endgame existential literature with a lot of name symbolism/story about death
Child of Europe Bitter and sarcastic Holocaust poem which claims that those who survived were better than those who died.
The Garden of Forking Paths A short story which explores the different outcomes of different actions. basically is a mind fuck.
The Book of Yolek story of a jewish boy that is sent to a concentration camp to die, i think
Critique of Practical Reason An inflencial essay on moral theory which discusses the association between freedom and moral law as well as God and immorality.
To Autumn A peom which describes the tastes, sights, and sounds of autumn, but seems to have a negative conotation at the end.
A Wind Called Bob Rauschenberg A poem whcih describes the modern world through many abstract metaphores
The Library of Babel A short story in which Borges imagines that the universe is like a library.
Borges and I A labyrinth in which Borges splits himself into two people, the writer and the subject.
The Web A poem which anticipates the possibility of a "worl wide web" and the tangle of cause and effect which result.
An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment proposes a utopian republican system without revolution/ emphasizes metaphysics and the switch to a romantic way of thinking

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abcdef : In her notes for Oroonoko it says that there isn't really any concept of anti-slavery so be careful when you word it
pbocchin : yea, but what else can be said about, the only other thing i remember he saying is that it's a B level story and she didn't really like it
Orangeeyes12 : do we have to know the bok of yolek? i don't see it or anything about anthony hecht on the emain she sent us...
abcdef : For Oroonoko you can say that it is the first novel published by a woman
Orangeeyes12 : Changed Archaic Torso of Apollo, → questions the way we look at art, it should make us change our lives to Archaic Torso of Apollo → questions the way we look at art, it should make us change our lives
Orangeeyes12 : Changed Ode to a Nightingale, → worshipping a bird as a deity, wishes he were as carefree as the bird, not having to worry about mortality, time passage. realizes that writing poetry allows him to soar like the bird, transcending those fears to Ode to a Nightingale → worshipping a bird as a deity, wishes he were as carefree as the bird, not having to worry about mortality, time passage. realizes that writing poetry allows him to soar like the bird, transcending those fears
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  3. A Simple Heart and Travels In Egypt → 1st a simple story that the author described himself as a story about a sympathetic character (Felicite) - 4 misses
  4. Critique of Practical Reason → An inflencial essay on moral theory which discusses the association between freedom and moral law as well as God and immorality. - 4 misses
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