Unit 6 discussion – World Literature
Unit 6 discussion – World Literature
Both Leo Tolstoys The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Gustav Flauberts A Simple Heart (Soul) capture the conflict that existed between social classes in the nineteenth century. Please answer the following questions in a two to three paragraph response.Drawing upon evidence from the texts, compare and contrast the ways in which social class is depicted in these two works.To what extent are these stories a form of social critique?To what extent do the authors present these stories as such?