Perspectives

In what follows, we will give you some ideas on a number of aspects that can help you gain a broader perspective on “Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx.…

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Literary period

The short story is a Postmodernist work of fiction. Postmodernism grew as a literary movement following WWII. Postmodernist writers have a preference for recognizable characters in familiar situations (situations …

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Works with the same theme

For the theme of homosexuality, we recommend stories like “Smile” by Roddy Doyle, and “Kiss and Tell” by John Sam Jones. “Smile” follows a boy in a Catholic school who becomes one of his teacher’s favorites in the class. The tea…

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Screen adaptations

Annie Proulx’s story was adapted into a film by the same title in 2005, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The f…