Literary criticism of Sophoclles’s play Oedipus The King translated by Robert Fagles

Sophoclles’s play Oedipus The King translated by Robert Fagles: the research paper must involve research involving reference to at least one of the following
1. Literary criticism
2. Historical information
3. Biographical information
4. Another work of literature
the research project must have a thesis statement!
The research project must have thesis driven arguments. This means that every argument and supporting example must be clearly related to the thesis statement

Mexican Culture

  • Mexican Culture: The country’s future plans and prospects (for development) under Globalization; which industries are going to be developed, how will political be resolved; what will be the consequences of their relationship to the US (good or bad) be? What will be the long term effect of NAFTA, and CAFTA. What should the country do to protect their natural resources for the long term; how should the country establish immigration / emigration reform?

Public Art in NYC

  • Public Art in NYC–The use of public space for at is always controversial. You must explore the history of public art in New York City, identifying key social, political, economic and artistic issues, as well as trends.
    You must find & use examples of social, political, economic and artistic issues, and trends from a book:
    The arts of democracy : art, public culture, and the state / edited by
    Casey Nelson Blake.
    Blake, Casey Nelson.
    Also find social, political, economic and artistic issues, and trends in the articles I will send separately.

Reflecting on the three major problems reviewed in the current Wilson text, are they primarily problems of race, primarily of class or do both race and class contribute? Discuss.

  •  In the late 1970’s , William Julius Wilson published a book titled “the declining significance of race. by this he meant that class could be more significant than race in explaining the plight of lower-income African Americans. Before the 1970s, the racism of America society limited possibilities for black in all areas of American life. After the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, legal, political and social barriers began to fall down, but not completely. At the same time that this was occurring, a castle-like underclass was emerging within the black community that seemed resistant to improve by anti-discrimination efforts by political and social institutions, hence the work cited above. Reflecting on the three major problems reviewed in the current Wilson text, are they primarily problems of race, primarily of class or do both race and class contribute? Discuss.

Evaluate “The Things They Carried” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” as anti-war propaganda.

  • “The things they carried” is very descriptive when addressing the horror of war; however, it is not always recognized as an anti-war novel. In a well-developed 3 page paper, evaluate “The Things They Carried” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” as anti-war propaganda”
    Identify the three common images or scenes addressed by each author and compare how each uses tone, diction, dialogue, and setting to portray a specific judgment about war. Explain how this rhetoric contributes to the theme of each work; specifically, do the works have an effective anti-war message, or do other themes dominate the message of the work? Use at least 2 quotes from each text.