Paper Topic? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mnemosyne · 04-04-2009, 01:03 PM

I don't want to give any sort of advice until I know a bit more about what the paper's for. If this is a "I have to get a paper done" paper, then I'd say write about whatever you feel like that you can drag out to the page limit.

But if this is for some sort of upper level course you're usually expected to contribute something that, if it's not original, at least makes the prof think. It's a lot harder to find paper topics that sizzle.

And finally (especially if this is one of the latter papers), do you know how accepting/hostile the person who's grading it is to the inclusion of LotR as a work of great literature? That ought to affect your topic as well.

ETA: Crud, never mind. I just reread that it's a fantasy course. So Question 3 is out. But that means Question 2 is probably paramount. I'll try to think up a couple of interesting things...

04-04-2009, 01:03 PM	#4
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	I don't want to give any sort of advice until I know a bit more about what the paper's for. If this is a "I have to get a paper done" paper, then I'd say write about whatever you feel like that you can drag out to the page limit. But if this is for some sort of upper level course you're usually expected to contribute something that, if it's not original, at least makes the prof think. It's a lot harder to find paper topics that sizzle. And finally (especially if this is one of the latter papers), do you know how accepting/hostile the person who's grading it is to the inclusion of LotR as a work of great literature? That ought to affect your topic as well. ETA: Crud, never mind. I just reread that it's a fantasy course. So Question 3 is out. But that means Question 2 is probably paramount. I'll try to think up a couple of interesting things... __________________ Got corsets?