Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Themes to explore for Final Paper (LA Prose and Theory of Literature I)

Please find the following themes to write a paper of about 8-10 pages. The topic you choose should be different from the one you used for your group presentations (both for The Scarlet Letter and The Bluest Eye). Otherwise, you will be penalized.

The paper should be written using A4-sized paper, Times New Roman 12, 1.5-spaced. The due date is June 19, 2009 (print-out and soft copy, please).

Well, have fun researching!

Daisy Miller

1. Value Differentiation
2. Freedom versus repression
3. Social class
4. Social status
5. Self-actualization


The Scarlet Letter

1. Alienation
2. Breaking Society's Rules
3. Appearance vs Reality
4. Love Triangles
5. Religious Communities
6. The Nature of Evil
7. Identity and Society

The Bluest Eye

1. White Beauty Standard
2. Sexual Initiation and Abuse
3. The Power of Seeing and Being Seen
4. Parenthood
5. The Effect of White Cultural Values on Black Culture
6. Satisfying Appetites vs Suppressing them
7. Acceptance of Anger within Oneself
8. Self-Hatred
9. Self-esteem/self-concept

1 comment:

Mooikite Sanctuary said...

Too late to say this to you. But, it's better than not. UNESA doesn't have any literature classes. Why? Because, literature is just a fake in UNESA. I've been writing many songs and nobody mean 'em as literature works. Because, all of the lecturers, I think, just sluts who always mean a paper is a god.