Next set of sentences to check... vol. 2

Howdy,

As promised (gee... I'm wicked ) here comes another set of sentences I'd like you to check... Thanks a lot in advance, your help is appreciated!

1. In the previous topic I was told that a the should be omitted in fron of human kind. How/what about human race ? Here's a sentence from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:


The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself.

2. I know it's a bit silly but... do we say:

a) Next sentences to check
or rather
b) Next sentences to be checked

I'm not sure which one sound more like a proper English sentence. Maybe both of them are OK, but in that case, what's the difference?

3. What do you think about this sentence in general? Is it a nice english sentence in a formal style?

This paper is an endeavor to find a satisfactory answer for the complex/intricate question of how and in what way the rhetoric of canonical works of post-apocalyptic fiction at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries reflects transformations/changes in/of poetic imagination in the context of (the) apprehension of (the) terminal end – against the background of dominant/prominent/pre-eminent philosophical an aesthetic ideas of the discussed period.

a) when is "endevor" countable and when is it uncountable?
b) which of the two suits better - complex or intricate ?
c) should I use transformations or changes here?
d) and which preposition follows these words? in or of?

4. Is this sentence properly worded? And shouldn't I put being there?

In order to achieve this aim an attempt is (being) made to take under scrutiny literary representations of the end-of-the-world presented in selected narratives and the post-apocalyptic mode of depicting the world commonly sub-categorized within a broader literary framework of science or speculative fiction.

5. If you were to choose one of these... which one would it be and why?

disquisition/paper/study/thesis/dissertation

6. In this sentence I'm simply not sure whether I should or should not include the elements from the brackets... and which of the words separated by a slash sounds better?

The substance of the apocalypse and of what comes after (it) has bothered/permeated (and still bothers/permeates) literary imagination for ages, whereas its dimension, in spite of being subject primarily to intellectual analysis implies/entails telling socio-political and philosophical consequences and seems to have a special meaning in the context of the 20th century scientific achievements, particularly nuclear fission, and the risks/dangers/threats ensuing from it.

7. As far as this sentence is concerned I wanna ask about:

a) with or without the in "life after death"
b) increase or growth?
c) in or of after one of those words?

d)with or without the in fron of "film-making industry" ?


the world and (the) life after death has been a part of numerous religious and philosophical systems. In the last sixty years we can notice a sort of observable increase/growth in/of the post-apocalyptic current in the Western culture, in literature and (the) film-making particularly.

Thank you for your patience and help. Oh, by the way, don't hestitate to slap me down (I hope it's a good expression?) if these sentences are crappy... It's gonna do me only good. I know it's a lot though...