Revising Lit X: Part 1

I spent most of this weekend deciding where to go in my Lit X. Having met with you, I knew that I needed to redeine the direction I was going or I would definatly recieve a grade lower than an F by some act of god. Originally I had planned to use my 2nd Lit X book, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie but after looking at the comments you had made, I knew it might not work (at least for the part of the paper I was working on). Sensing that I probably should just start over, I sat down and wrote an offical outline.

Topic --> The noticeable changes in female authors from contemporary to non-contemporary authors. (Emphasis on British women)
Sub Categories
- Character development
- Writing techniques/literary criticism
- Sense of social focus/voice
-Interpretation of different sexes

Though this is clearly only a rough outline of the places I plan to focus, I found that by sitting down and understanding what I needed to accomplish I feel my mind is more understanding of my goal. I went back to my paper and scratched the entire first page. I rewrote my thesis and cut out any mention of comparison of man and woman as authors (I can't even begin to think about that as a topic!). Then I realized that part of what I had said about my first Lit X book was valid and supported my character development topic. Then I decided to take your advice and write about the female experience and why that might shape an authors ability to create certain types of characters. Remembering that my 2nd book didn't fit character development as the most defining thing about it, I went back to an article I had been given by my grandmother when I explained to her my Lit X paper. The article was written in 1956 by Mark Schorer and it was the introduction to my grandmother's copy of Pride and Prejudice. The article made wonderful points about Jane Austen's ablate to create characters of her own thoughts rather than fitting of the time in history. So I added an entire part about comparing Austen and Gregory, so I think I've narrowed my paper down to the difference in character development from women of different eras relative to the female experience. Narrow enough? I hope so!

I'll be posting my Lit X once I finish all the little details, I'm still working on some paragraphs.