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Finding and researching a good topic on English Literature takes time and patience.
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research topics in literature, please check out the link that can be found at the bottom of
this article):
1. Gender roles
How are the roles of men and women portrayed in the novel? Are they distinctly
different? Do they have equal rights? What gender expectations do they follow or fight
against?
2. Comparisons between genres
How does each genre tell its story? What are the differences and similarities between the
two? Is one more effective than the other?
3. Historical background
Who is the author and what is their story? Were there controversies associated with
him/her or their work? What is the significance of this novel in the time it was written?
How does it reflect the society and beliefs of its time?
4. Politics
What issues in politics does this novel address? Discrimination? Rights? Equality?
5. Religion
How is this novel religious? What beliefs is it promoting or questioning?
6. Comparisons between two characters
This can be between characters in the same novel or two different ones. How are their
differences and similarities important to the novel?
7. Comparisons between two novels
If the novels seem completely different but represent the same genre or come from the
same time period, this may be something you want to explore.
8. Allusions within the novel
What are some significant allusions within the novel? These could be religious, refer to
other novels or authors, etc. How is this important to understanding the novel and its
place in English Literature?
9. Criticism
What are some of the most notable criticisms out there? What is your response and how
does it compare to other critics out there?
10. Symbolism
What are important symbols in the novel? How are they significant?
Researching for an English Literature essay can be tough but finding a topic you are really interested in
helps make it easier.
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we see as a novel today, considering how writers presented and executed their works of
fiction, who influenced them, and how they influenced others. We also looked at literary
techniques such as psychological realism and the differing roles of men and women in
the formation of this most popular form of writing.
My class was focused on topics such as psychological realism and gender roles so this is
something that I kept in the back of my mind as I read through the novel I chose to
research.
Now, as you read the book of your choice (or your professor's), focus on one or more
aspects from your English literature class prompt so that your research topic relates to
the actual class youre taking. I decided to focus on chastity within the novel and how the
gothic novel portrays male and female chastity versus the novels of formal realism. This
English literature research topic took a lot of work to get to. Don't be afraid of setbacks or
having to start over.
The best way initially is to write down a broad topic to research and then list any
information relevant to that topic. It doesnt matter how insignificant the piece of
information may seem, list it. Then go through and see what interesting conclusions you
can make from the information. Looking at gender, how are males portrayed versus
females? Looking at genre, how is the gothic novel different from a formal realism novel?
Putting things out on paper is the best way to get it all out in the open and free your mind
thats jumbled with information. Once it's on paper, you can actually look at it all and
piece it all into one neat picture (through words of course) that anyone can understand.
Without doing this, its like trying to put together a puzzle with all of the pieces turned
down, so you arent sure which ones actually go together.
Finding a topic
The research
The writing
Looking at what youve put together in your brainstorm, its easy to see where you need
to do research on the novel. No one wants a paper full of generalizations so take each
topic you can't automatically define and start researching it. Do you know how to define
gothic or formal realism? Research it. What were the gender expectations for this time?
Research it. You want to go as in depth into your topic as possible, which involves even
more research than reading two or three novels.
It also doesnt help to learn some background on the author. Were they a rebel or a strict
conservative? Was this novel popular? How did it affect the readers of its time? For
example, Lewis was actually brought to court for The Monk because it was seen as a bad
influence for his female readers. This is something not only interesting but relevant to the
topic of female chastity in my chosen English literature research topic for my essay.
Doing some background research on the novel like this can bring ideas together into a
thesis for your paper and lead you in a solid direction for your actual research for your
paper. If you havent finally figured something out by this point, you may have to consult
your professor.
The Chaste, the Gothic, and Formal Realism in Eighteenth Century Literature
This is the first of five articles that present a good example of a research essay in
English literature.
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The history of theater: how does a place influence dramatic conventions,
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Angry Young Men of all periods (the Puritans, the Romantics, the
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Imperialism and the novel, colonial and post-colonial mentalities as
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Telling stories: narrative mode in English poetry (Medieval, Augustan,
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Eroticism and censorship.
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The question of literary genres: orthodoxy and transgression
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The tragic and the comic in Irish fiction of the 20th and 21st
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Continuity of tradition: contemporary English realist writers and their
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Experimental womens writing in contemporary England and Ireland and
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Nature of performance: the concept of mise-en-scene, dual nature of the
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Unique nature of Elizabethan theatre: cultural, social and political
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History of Shakespeare on screen: choose a director/film and discuss
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