IOP+Titles

IOP Titles (Linda) **Draft Title: ** "The Effectiveness of the Explanation (or lack thereof) of Symbolism in “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Comments:
== · What does this mean? ==  · Good because looking at the text as literature (symbolism)…but… · Good because at least aware of the need to look at the effects of a literary feature · Which symbol (too broad)? ** Revised Title: ** “The Function of Flower Symbolism in Margaret Atwood’s novel //The Handmaid’s Tale”// ** Draft Title: ** Effect of structure and the unexpected ending in Kundera’s //The Unbearable Lightness of Being// // Comments //  · Good--Will lead to analysis (effects)  · Good--focuses on a literary aspect (structure) · Talking about structure in general will be too much for five minutes · What is an ending called in literary terms? Revised Title: The effects of Milan Kundera’s use of ‘false cadence’ in his resolution to the novel //The Unbearable Lightness of Being//  · Better—uses literary terminology (resolution)  · Good—the student has a musical interest and there is a more precise narrowing of what interests them about the resolution ** Draft Title: ** In Arundhati Roy’s //The God of Small Things// and Maxine Hong Kingston’s //The Woman Warrior//, how do the authors use allusion to comment on social separation and exclusion, and their causes?  · Good: The angle is literary (allusion and theme)  · Not so good: Rather broad! Are you going to talk about **all** of the allusions in **both** books?  · Are you sure you want to do a comparative analysis (only 10 minutes)  · Would it be better to focus on the function of //one// allusion in //one text?// ** Revised Title: ** The function of the Ts’ai Yen allusion in Maxine Hong Kingston’s //Woman Warrior// ** Draft Title: ** Punctuation in Arundhati Roy’s //The God of Small Things//  · What about it?  · Good—to focus on an aspect of her style that interests you <span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Could end up being purely descriptive <span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Can you be more specific about what you are going to say about it? ** Revised Title: ** Arundhati Roy’s breaching of English language conventions to challenge social boundaries in //The God of Small Things// ** Draft Title: ** Societal influence on individualism in //The God of Small Things// **// Comments: //** <span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"> · What does this mean? <span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"> · How is this literary? <span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Rather broad! <span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Can you provide some further ‘narrowers’? <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 150%;">Revised Title: How is the theme of social non-conformity developed through the portrayal of Ammu and Velutha’s doomed relationship in Arundhati Roy’s //The God of Small Things//