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    A literary mapping of the period-specific cultural zeitgeist in American literature of the twentieth century
    (AAB College, 2025-07-14) Ramadani, Fatmir
    The body of American literature is rooted into the demographics of its geographical location and thus serves as a documentation of its cultural, societal and political evolution throughout the course of its history. The notion that everyday work of literature is influenced by or does influence the spirit of the era it has been produced is the point of research in the current research paper. For the purpose of literary mapping of the period-specific cultural zeitgeist in American literature of the twentieth century, the analytical tool of Zeitgeist developed by Krause (2019) alongside the literary research paradigm of “New Historicism” is employed. The research proceeds in the domain of the scholastic mapping of war, illness, drug intoxication and religion and sexuality in American literature. The research is carried out through the content analysis of fictional narratives published in every decade of the twentieth century that hail from a diverse range of authors. The current research endeavors to provide a comprehensive account of the evolution of cultural zeitgeist in the American society from the Jazz Age to the Zeitgeist of Change to the postmodernist extravaganza and the disillusionment until the end of twentieth century.
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    An Investigation of the Representation of Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in the American Literature
    (AAB College, 2025-07-14) Ramadani, Fatmir
    The research paper is an attempt to investigate about the difference in approaches towards the issues of racial prejudice and discrimination in American literature. Most of the works produced in America, belonging to any genre, contain the discourse surrounding race. This discourse has been shaped by the diversity of genres, authors and eras where it has taken place. The current research is performed by the textual analysis of two impactful literary works separated by almost a century to analyze the evolution in the discourse. Anti-Black racism has seen its worst days in the United States of America in the form of the practice of forced slavery and even after its official abolition, it continues to persist. Racial discrimination and racial prejudice are grim realities of American society that have been internalized as an abhorrent mindset and literature of every era reflects it.

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