Research Topics – B period
- How Transcendentalism shows up in modern literature
- How the author’s past experiences influence the style of writing in relation to books on war
- How global events affect the writing, especially in historical fiction
- Effects of religion on literature
- Defining American Gothic literature
- How the author’s personal experience shows up in the text
- Comparing and contrasting/short stories to longer works of fiction
- Problematic protagonist
- Comparing style between works
- The effect of fear vs. melancholy
- Evolution of feminism in American literature
- Comparing/contrasting author’s of a particular style (Poe and King)
- How a characters personality develops through the plot line of a novel
- Opinions v. anecdotal experience (Slaughterhouse 5)
- Discussing conflict in different books -
- Danger of conformity
- Fantasy v. reality
- Text v. Movie – the author’s view v. the director’s view
