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Book recommendation as my thesis subject

Posted: 14 Jul 2009, 02:47
by laklak77
Hi i am an international Baccalaureate student and i am obliged to write an extended essay
I choose english as a subject and i will compare or analyse two similiar books or an authors books referring to a common concept
previous essay topics are like that

An exploration of Jane Austen's use of the outdoors in Emma

The Empowerment of the Feminine in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

How and why have Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar and Charlotte Perkins Gilman in The Yellow Wallpaper used inanimate objects as motifs for female madness?

"Slaughterhouse Five" and "The Things They Carried"
as Anti-War Novels

Symbolism in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"

The Influence of the Supporting Cast of "Cinderella" on
the Story as a Whole

Dance in Jane Austen’s novels
“What are the role and the significance of dance in Pride and Prejudice
and Emma?”

Death in Emily Brontë’s and Emily Dickinson’s poetry
“How is the subject of death treated in selected poems by Emily Brontë
and Emily Dickinson?”

Fiction and history in Blaise Cendrars’ L’Or
“How and why does Cendrars modify facts and rewrite history in his first
novel?”

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I really need a book and a concept recommendation
i can do something from jane austen but it is too classic
is there any other novels i can do in relation with jane austen or other classics

so far i have in mind : Girl,interrupted and one flew over the cuckoos nest
but i dont know how much i can produce or choose how kind of a concept to analyse and also i am not sure there are much literary metarial to evaluate

so i would be really glad if you can recommend me some books that you saw distinct similiar points or some concepts that effects the novel

thanks in advance

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Posted: 24 Jul 2009, 18:06
by Montetre'
The Life Out Here by Me!

Posted: 15 Aug 2009, 12:25
by The Mythwriter
Well, I can certainly recommend "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, it is certainly filled with more literary meaning than you could probably ever use in one thesis. Having never read Jane Austin, I'm not sure how well it could relate, though.... yet I found the themes of redemption and fulfillment to be the most prominent, and women actually have some very significant roles on both sides, maybe that can relate to Austin.

Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 17:45
by paulineee
um does it have to be jane austen?
because if not then i suggest wuthering heights and jane eyre . or u could also do jane eyre and wide sargasso sea ..

i did my IB eng essay on jane eyre and wide sargasso sea last year and it turned out ok :)