Thesis Suggestion ...

[atena_63]

Hi there.
I need to formulate a thesis, but I don’t really know what topic I should choose .
I like modern and postmodern literature . my favorite writers are Kafka , Hemingway and some others . Actually I prefer to concentrate on one of these writers , but I don’t know I should focus on which aspect of their novels.
Really need your help.
All suggestions are welcome! :)

[five-trey]

Wow. lol


Your question's like asking for water in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You gotta at least narrow it down for us, what do you want to talk about?

[kelby_lake]

Maybe surrealism in Kafka? Hemingway's relevance to America and part in American literature?

[Lokasenna]

To be honest, and I'm speaking from experience here, you need to come up with something for yourself because it must be a topic or an aspect that you are truly interested in pursuing. If I were you, I'd think up two or three very basic, but workable ideas, and then go an have a chat with your tutors and ask their opinions as to what sort of academic mileage they have.

Anyway, best of luck! I hope it all goes well!

[LitNetIsGreat]

Sounds like good advice. Actually I've got to get thinking along the same lines myself after I get the essays and exams out of the way and mine's even vaguer at the moment. Maybe something about Wordsworth or Wilde, possibly even Milton, but I know much more about the context of the 18th century so I'll probably stick to that? Surely I can't get away with nature in Wordsworth???

[atena_63]

Thank you all …
Actually I like to focus on Hemingway's philosophy of life , that is naturalism but I don’t know how to narrow it down . I know that I should focus on some specific details in Hemingway's naturalism .
In addition I like to focus on kafka's attitude toward modern and industrial society. I think that "The castle " , " The Trial " , and " Amerika " are closer to Expressionism , it seems that Surrealism has no place in these novels but in " Metamorphosis ". please correct me if I'm wrong.
In short I want you to narrow it down for me I don’t really know how to start.
Also I want you to introduce me some references about these topics .
Thank you so much !

[Ryan002]

Kafka I know, Hemingway I don't :D

Maybe talk about how Kafka and related works discuss the alienation of the individual and the supression of emotion in developed countries?

[atena_63]

Kafka I know, Hemingway I don't :D

Maybe talk about how Kafka and related works discuss the alienation of the individual and the supression of emotion in developed countries?

Good idea ! :)
any other suggestion ?