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Jie, Chang. "Quasi-scientific Approaches Made by Impressionist Painters (Claude Monet) and Literary Naturalists (Emile Zola)." Review of European Studies 1.2 (2009): 133-137. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 7 Nov. 2010. This article compares literary Naturalists and Impressionistic painters by Quasi-scientific research. The author first puts Naturalism and Impressionism into the landscape of Positivistic cultural movement in the mid 19century. In particular, it tells the readers about the different themes of impressionism and the research behind them, which included the mention of Claude Monet. Also, it talks about the tone and influence behind certain works of both the literary and artistic aspect.

Bird, David W. "Differentiating Catalan and Italian Futurisms." Romance Quarterly 55.1 (2008): 13-27. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. This article is the author's attempt to separate Italian Futurism and Catalan Futurism. Although these two movements share the term "futurism", according to the author they are quite different. The first part of the article is a detailed description of what Italian and Catalan futurisms are exactly. The second part focuses more on Catalan Futurism and why it is a more independent movement than previous authors has given it credit for.

Fawcett, Hilary. "Fashioning The Second Wave: Issues across Generations." Studies in the Literary Imagination. March 1975-2010. Hilary Fawcett discusses fashion and how it effected women rights. The styles of the nineteen-seventies greatly influenced the women's rights movement. Fawcett also explores the connection between fashion to how women are percieved; she describes the fashion of her generation in the 1960s and 1970s, to the style and fashion of young girls now. This article will help me describe styles from the seventies and compare them to styles today. It will also help me explain the amount of respect clothing can give off to the public, when women are wearing different trends.