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Bitter Lemons
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A review of Lawrence Durrell's account of his experience in Cyprus as portrayed in 'Bitter Lemons'.
Filename: JLcyprus.rtf

BLACK AND SULA
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This paper examines Toni Morrison's novel Sula, and the author's use of color and sensual description to help move the plot along. The paper notes that Sula can be considered "black" literature as it echos much of the story-telling aspects prevelant in oral storytelling. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTsulato.rtf

Black and White in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”
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A 3 page paper which discusses the significance of Joseph Conrad’s use of black and white in the novella “Heart of Darkness.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAdrkblk.rtf

Black Comedy in Friedrich Durrenmatt’s “The Visit”
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A 5 page paper looking at Friedrich Durrenmatt’s twentieth-century German play “The Visit” in terms of its significance in the genre of black comedy. First black comedy is defined, and then darkly comic aspects of Durrenmatt’s play are examined. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBdurrenmatt.wps

Black Elk Speaks Book Review
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This 5 page paper looks at the book by John G. Neihardt entitled 'Black Elk Speaks'. It is the life story of one of the last great holy men of the Ogala Sioux and has many lesson and messages for the reader. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEblkelk.wps

Black Humor In Apollinaire & Lautreamont
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A 18 page paper discussing these two pre-Surrealist writers' use of black humor as an anti-war technique. The paper focuses on two of their works, Apollinaire's Le Poete Assassine and Lautreamont's Les Chants de Maldoror. It also features an extended analysis on the changing conception of the function and techniques of comedy through the ages. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Comedy.rtf

Black Snow by Liu Heng
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An 8 page analysis of Liu Heng’s work Black Snow. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAsnwu.rtf

Black Women Rising Above Oppression in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”
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A 5 page paper which examines how black women overcome oppression and rise above the standards established by society in the novel, specifically considering Celie’s relationship with Shug, and how she and her female contemporaries are ultimately stronger and fare better than their deceitful and domineering male counterparts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGcpcelie.rtf

Blackness: “Betrothal in Santo Domingo” and “Young Goodman Brown”
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A 5 page paper discussing Heinrich von Kleist's “Die Verlobung auf St. Domingo” (“The Betrothal in Santo Domingo”), set during the Haitian Revolution, and Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” Each of the two works share themes of choice, doubt, hypocrisy and the coexistence of good and evil; the protagonists also share many characteristics. The purpose here is to determine if von Kleist and Hawthorne reach similar conclusions, and it must be concluded that they do indeed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSblacknessLit.rtf

Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Literature Into Film
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This 6 page report discusses Blade Runner, the 1982 Ridley Scott movie starring Harrison Ford and Philip Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which “inspired” the movie. Looking at the difficulties of translating literature into film, this report discusses the fact that Blade Runner actually enunciates the ideology of the text rather than simply telling the same story. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWrunner.rtf