POSSIBLE LONGER PAPER TOPICS        
   (http://www.bhsu.edu/dsalomon/eng102/spring2000/home.html)
          
     You may choose any topic you like for this longer paper, provided it is connected in some
way with something we have done or will do this semester. This leaves the field wide open: any of
the novels, films, poetry or plays. The paper must use at least three secondary sources and be 8-
12 pages in length.
     But you can't write a paper called "Twelfth Night." Someone already wrote that, and we
tend to believe Shakespeare did a pretty good job. What you want to write is something on some
particular aspect of the work you'd like to study. The Theme of Deception in "Rashomon" would
be a possibility. Some others are listed below. These are merely some suggested topics. If you
can't come up with something, come and talk to me and I'll help you.
          
          1) Losers 'R Us: Tommy Wilhelm and "You"
          2) Psychological Issues in Seize the Day
          3) Drug Addiction in Bright Lights, Big City
          4) Shakespeare On Film: How Does Twelfth Night Transfer to Film?
          5) Tony Crunk's Poetry: Reflections on America
          6) What Happened to Thomas Pynchon?
          7) Science Fiction and Paranoia: City of Truth
          8) The Crying of Lot 49 and the American Novel 
          9) The Crying of Lot 49 as Science Fiction 
          10) Deception in Pynchon and Morrow
          11) Poetry as Social Comment: Tony Crunk
          
     These are just a few suggestions off the top of my head. I encourage you to be creative
and interesting. Remember, I have to read these, but you have to spend a few weeks researching
and writing them.
     I would also encourage you to begin this paper early, at least the research and basic ideas.
Don't wait until the last minute. You'll be in trouble because the end of the semester will bring
other work from this and other classes. You will also find that books you would like to use will
already have been taken out of the library by other students.
     When you submit the proposed topic for this paper, I'll return it to you either approved
(possibly with suggestions), or disapproved (probably because it's too broad or too narrow for
this paper).
     
Keep track of all due dates!

April 3: Submit topic via e-mail: davidsalomon@bhsu.edu
May 3: All papers due** NO EXCEPTIONS
Any questions, just ask!