Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Paper Topic #2
I spent a large part of the weekend trying to figure out what I wanted to write about in my second paper, and I think I've decided to go with an idea that's been floating around in my head since the beginning of the class. When I had been thinking up topics for my last paper, I had thought about discussing how the Victorian society in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters" was both different from and similar to Victorian society as it occurred in our world, and whether or not the technology introduced seriously affected it. Ultimately, I decided that I wouldn't have enough to write about with just one work, and I'm glad that I chose another topic. For my next paper, I have decided to take the same topic- discussing whether or not technology significantly impacted a society- and look at both "Seventy-Two Letters" and Cherie Priest's Clockwork Century series. I may also use other authors as examples if I can think of any, but I'm drawing a blank right now. I'm really excited about this, now I have an excuse to do historical research!
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Since Priest's novel series is so much longer than Chiang's short story, you may find it easier to write just about Priest, rather than trying to give Chiang equal time.
ReplyDeleteI feel like what was discussed last week, about whether or not the 19th century deserved such attention as it was kind of shitty for most people is an awesome question to look at as well. Do the large amount of disagreements and hardships make for something we can't relate to or a setting with lots or preconstructed conflicts to write about?
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