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English Department Senior Thesis Proposal Form -- Literary Study
DUE Wednesday before Spring Break. Return to Terry Heller - HH304APlease include the following information in your proposal.
Name
College Address
College phone
e-mail address
Thesis Advisor:Current GPA:
Are you writing the thesis as part of the Coe Scholars program?
Are you writing the thesis for English Department Honors?Working title of your thesis:
List courses taken in English Department, Term, Instructor.
List other courses relevant to your proposed thesis topic taken outside English Dept.Write a brief description (500-1000 words) of your proposed thesis project. Your description should include answers to the following questions:
- What do you expect your finished thesis to contain?
- Why are you interested in this particular project?
- What excites you the most about it?
- What formal or informal preparation do you have for taking on this task?
- What primary materials will you read to prepare? (for example, if it's a Brontë thesis, which novels will you
read? any poetry? letters? works by other Brontës?)
- What secondary sources will you read? (biography? social history? textual criticism? literary theory? what kind?)
- Discuss your ability and motivation to sustain and complete a large-scale independent project.At the end of your proposal, there should be a list of texts you plan to read in preparation for writing your thesis. This list should be in MLA bibliography form.
Coe College Department of English
Revised Spring 2004