“Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky
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A 4 page paper on “Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAdostv.rtf

“Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Tolstoy
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A 5 page paper which discusses what it was that Ivan Ilyich learned about the life he had led. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAivan.rtf

“Dr. Zhivago”: A Story of Destiny
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A 15 page overview of Boris Pasternak’s “Dr. Zhivago”, a novel first published in Italy in 1957. The novel is commonly perceived as a political novel. Even more important than the political overtones of the novel, however, is the human drama which it reveals. In “Dr. Zhivago” Pasternak manages to incorporate many critical aspects of culture, of conflict, and of the overriding importance of the individual and human interrelationships. It is a story of friendship, of interpersonal relationships and a story of destiny. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPzhivag.rtf

“Fathers and Sons”: An Analysis of the Eighteenth Century Novel by Ivan Turgenev
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A 9 page paper outlining the major theme of Turgenev’s novel contrasted with the social movements of the time. Identifies two major philosophical directions of the time, that which stood in respect of the age old institutions and ideologies of Russia and that of nihilism or positivism. Asserts that in many respects Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons” was a call for the intelligensia of the day to reject the cold scientific calculation which characterized the movement and to at least partially reembrace romanticism. Demonstrates this assertion with quotes from the novel and an exhaustive review of the precepts of nihilism. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPfathrs.rtf

“Kafka’s Metamorphoses”
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A paper which looks at the way in which Kafka deals with the bleakness of the human condition and the ironies of fate in Metamorphoses and In the Penal Colony.
Filename: JLkafka.wps

“One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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A 4 page analysis of According to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAivan2.rtf

“The family unit in Anna Karenina”
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A paper which looks at the way the family is treated in Anna Karenina, in terms of social and cultural values, the respective roles played by men and women in society, and the way that infidelity is perceived and dealt with on a gender-oriented basis.
Filename: JLannakar.wps

“The Grand Inquisitor”
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This 3 page paper discusses the meaning of the kiss in “The Grand Inquisitor,” a “digression” within the novel “The Brothers Karamazov” by Dostoyevsky. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVGrInqs.rtf

"The Bear" by Chekhov
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A 5 page paper which examines characters, dialogue, and situations found in Chekhov's "The Bear." These elements are discussed in terms of comedic content. "The Bear" is also compared with another of Chekhov's plays, "Three Sisters." Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAbear.wps