Topics for 2nd Undergraduate
Critical Paper
English 430
Spring 1999
1) Mourning, melancholy, and male love: "In Memoriam."
2) Selfless love as the pattern for self-interested love: "In Memoriam."
3) Heroic mourning: "In Memoriam."
4) The Games Ethos and Male Violence: Tom Brown’s Schooldays.
5) Tom Brown and the Desire for Authority.
6) Rugby and Empire.
7) Asceticism vs. Physicality: Newman contra Kingsley.
8) She and the Erotic Appeal of Tombs.
9) Male Fear of Female Knowledge: She.
10) Narrative as Male Inheritance: She.