Alright everyone, I need a hand with this. I've narrowed my choice down to two possible paper topics. Here they are briefly, in order that we read the stories they are about:
1 - A comparison/contrast look at "His Unconquerable Enemy" and "Lukundoo" and their depictions of colonialism (probably also tying in Conrad's Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now)
2 - What the hell happened in "Nocturne". I would explore possible explanations of the symbols and actions that happen to try to flesh out our understanding of the story.
So does anyone have a suggestion for which I should do? Or any hints about something more I could do with one? Or is anyone else planning on doing one of these? Lots of questions, I know, and I'm sure we'll talk about most of them during class, but I just wanted to throw this up on the blog to see if there were any tips I could get now. Thanks!
5 comments:
Well, if I remember correctly, Andy doesn't allow direct compare and contrast papers.
However, you could turn the same topic around and do a paper on colonialism and then use the two as different sources.
And as a suggestion, I would just recommend whatever you find most interesting both story wise and topic wise. (I know thats not exactly helpful for choosing topics... but its in the end quite true, haha).
I hope I'm not too late in looking at this, but I really like the first idea about colonialism. Not necessarily comparing them, but using them as a look into how colonialism has been used in darker fantasy pieces, and what that element of the story lends to the feel/scariness of them. Is it more terrifying because they're in remote, unfamiliar places? etc etc... Maybe I just liked those two stories so much that I really want you to do this lol.
Well it wouldn't be a direct compare/contrast, I guess. That was poorly phrased, and I apologize. I suppose it would be more a paper examining the commentary on colonialism in fictional/fantastic literature (and maybe a movie) from around the turn of the century. And, as you said, these would be my sources (and their commentary would then be necessarily compared and whatnot).
I think it would be kind of cool to explore "Nocturne." It was extremely short and left our minds to come up with the rest, which always makes for good fantasy/horror.
I would personally love to hear more about Nocturne but it may be challenging to do an entire paper on
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