— Anonymous Love is Love After reading many different types of literature, I found most connected to “A Carcass” by Charles Baudelaire. Even though the poem talked about a rotted dead body throughout the whole text, but somehow, I found out the poem itself might be talking about love. At the beginning of the poem, […]
Continental European
After reading many great texts …
— Ali Zandani After reading many great texts throughout this course, I think “ This way to the Gas, Ladies, and Gentlemen” by Tadeusz Borowski is one the greatest texts I have ever read because of the Information It carries and the history it’s covering. This text shows how prisoners were cruelly treated in the […]
Tartuffe by Molière is one of the great works …
— Ali Zandani Tartuffe by Molière is one of the great works that came to my mind. In this play, Tartuffe the deceiver one pretending to be religious who is taken into a house of a wealthy man named Orgon in order to educate his family members. At the beginning, Tartuffe was able to fool […]
Dear Future Great Works Reader …
— Anonymous Dear Future Great Works Reader, One of the works that you will be reading in this class is Candide. I’ll tell you now that it has thirty chapters. But do not sweat it. Each chapter is about one be to five pages long. It will probably take you about four hours to read […]
Fuenteovejuna is a play based on …
— Anonymous Fuenteovejuna is a play based on the uprising of villagers who fight back against their violent commander. The play mainly surrounds the relationship between the commander and his villagers. There are multiple occasions throughout the play where he abuses his power and takes control of the villagers’ freedom. He creates disharmony and reflects […]
