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How to Write a Graduation Paper on Literature or Culture Topics By Zhang Shuning;The Significance of Writing on Literature or Culture Topics 1.1 The Function of Literature: Instruction and Entertainment 1.2 The Importance of Critical Power (Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888, an English critic) The creative power and the critical power Scholars and students should work to discover new information or conceive 想出 new ways to understand what is already known. ;Selecting an Appropriate Topic 2.1 Select a more specific topic rather than a more general one. (要“小题大作”，而不要“大题小作”) Try to narrow your topic by focusing on an aspect of the subject or an approach to it. e.g. Shakespeare’s poetic imagery The blood imagery in Macbeth ;Violence in the media The effects of cartoon violence on preschool children 如何搞好阅读教学 边远地区学生的阅读教学研究；壮族学生的阅读教学研究 计算机辅助阅读教学；报刊辅助阅读教学；基于图式理论的阅读教学；基于建构主义的阅读教学 2.2 You can either select a “hot topic” or a “cold topic”. (“萝卜白菜，各有所爱”) But you have to always remember that originality or creative spirit is the very soul of writing.;2.3 Find some good theory to support your paper. Remember that graduation paper is not a personal interpretation of a text drawing on your own experience or feelings. It is a research paper based on the sources of information in the library, derived from critical analysis or philosophical inquiry and draws an original conclusion from your own research. 2.4 Once you make a decision, stick to that direction. Though the final topic may not be the same as your initial one because of later revisions, it’s still much better not to change the direction in the process of writing. Remember “A good beginning is half the battle.” More examples showing how to select an appropriate topic:;Literature topics: 1. A Brief Comment on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (浅谈莎士比亚的《威尼斯商人》) 2. Hamlet: His Characters as a Humanist(哈姆雷特人物性格分析) 3. Parallelism and Contrast of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Languag