Ideas for the Literary Research Paper



Topic Ideas for the

Literary Research Paper

The following ideas are meant to jump-start your thinking. You do not have to select one. You may come up with one on your own, but you must have my approval first. We do not want bad surprises later.

❑ The Symbolism of the Mississippi River in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

❑ A Comparison and Contrast of the Themes in the Dramas of William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams (or any other two playwrights)

❑ The Irony in The Scarlet Letter

❑ The Writing Style of Mark Twain (or any other author)

❑ Conflict in A Raisin in the Sun (or any other work of literature)

❑ Emily Dickinson’s Life Experiences in Her Poetry

❑ Nineteenth Century American Poetry: The Style of the Era

❑ Nature in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

❑ Nature in the Poetry of Robert Frost

❑ Common Themes in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe (or any other writer)

❑ Depression in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath

❑ The Poetry of Anne Bradstreet: The Role of the Female in Colonial America

❑ The Concise Writing Style of Ernest Hemingway

❑ The Unreliable Narrator in Poe’s Short Stories

❑ Feminism and Sexism in The Scarlet Letter

❑ The Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie

❑ Jonathan Edwards’ Sermons: The Irony and the Symbolism

❑ Langston Hughes’ Use of Colloquial Language in His Poetry

❑ The Role of Chicano Folklore in the Works of Rudolfo Anaya

❑ Maya Angelou’s Reality in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

❑ The Ethnic Experience in American Literature

❑ Spirituality in Native American Literature (or Chicano Literature or African American Literature)

❑ The Mexican-American and Stereotypes in the Works of Gary Soto

❑ True Love: The Brownings’ Poetry of Romance

❑ The Puritan Influence in American Literature

❑ The Elizabethan Age and the Rise of Drama in England

❑ N. Scott Momaday and the Native American Experience in Literature

❑ The Rise of the Mystery Novel

❑ A Comparison of the African-American Woman in the Works of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker

❑ A Description of the Chicana in Modern Literature

❑ Children’s Nursery Rhymes: Their Contributions to Modern American Literature

❑ A Comparison of Two Heroes of Hemingway’s Novels

❑ The Irony in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”

❑ The Relevance of Folklore in Native American (or African-American or Mexican-American) Literature

❑ A Study in the Poetry of the Psalms (King James Version of The Holy Bible)

❑ Common Themes in the Novels of Nineteenth Century American Literature

❑ Faulkner vs. Hemingway: A Contrast in Writing Styles

❑ The Rise in the Popularity of Science Fiction Literature

❑ Hip Hop and Rap as Contemporary Poetry

❑ The “Beat Poets” of the 1960s: Their Contribution to American Poetry?

❑ Tupac Shakur's Poetry from the 'Hood: Its Literary Merit

❑ El Cucuy and La Lllorona: Who Are They and What Do They Mean to American Literature of the Southwest?

❑ The Role of Advisors to the Leader Then and Now: In Oedipus and in Modern Politics

❑ Playing the Race Card: The Literature of America's Deep South (Focus on the works of William Faulkner and Harper Lee)

❑ You might think about constructing a paper entirely over any work you choose, focusing on one of these elements: theme, characterization, setting, irony, symbolism, etc. (basically, any of the literary terms).

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