dissertaion help? tess of the d'urbivilles? jane eyre?

[headinthclouds]

Hi
I have to write a dissertation for advanced higher english. I have read the trick is to keep breathing by janice galloway and some by muriel spark so far this summer. I think I want to do a classic book though im reading tess of the d'urbivilles and next jane eyre , i wondered if they would go together, so that I would have enough to write about both of them about 5000 words I think. Or additionally any other books that would go well with either of these, or any other books at all that you could reccomend.
I'd be really grateful for some advice, im starting to get stressed
thanks
U

[LitNetIsGreat]

Well yes, these would go very well together, but it would depend upon what you was interested in arguing. The best thing is just to read a lot of stuff and then everything falls into place by itself.

I would have thought that most English Literature students would have read the likes of Tess and Jane Eyre by the time they were at the stage of having to write a dissertation on them. Maybe your not a pure English Literature student though, which would explain it of course.

Enjoy, as they are great naturally.

[dfloyd]

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[kelby_lake]

I've watched three adaptations of Jane Eyre but never read it. I know Tess of The D'Urbervilles pretty well... maybe you could write about how the characters are shaped and transformed by their early experiences, how they become adults, etc....I don't really know what sort of dissertation topics you're supposed to do.

You could look at Rochester's character and maybe compare that with Heathcliff's in Wuthering Heights, looking at the Byronic archetypes.

[dafydd manton]

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I have to agree. If you were to present me with a dissertation written thus, it would go in the grey file under the desk. Unless you were ee cummings!