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Dear /lit/,
I'm going to be a MA student come September, (studying English lit, linguistics & civilisation) and I'm starting to think about ideas for a topic for my Master's thesis. I'll be specialising on Irish studies so I was considering something along the lines of cultural appropriation of Irish writers by the UK (just an idea, I would probably have to make the topic much more specific than this)
Do you think it would make a nice subject to work on / an interesting subject for my fellow students to hear about?
Or is it absolute rubbish?
It's probably been done before but keep in mind that I'm doing my degree in France (as I am French) and therefore there might be more tolerance when it comes to the originality of thesis subjects. Also, I'm struggling to find something interesting to work on that hasn't been before.
Anyway, which Irish writers do you think suffered the most from said cultural appropriation? Is cultural appropriation just a meme?
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I gotta say, you're studying literature & linguistics (fantastic combo) and you chose something as boring as cultural appropriation?
Do some philology or something man.
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Cultural Appropiation is just a meme. And in this context it wouldn't even help you very laid, no ladies care about whites stealing from whites.
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>>8412015
Haven't chosen anything yet, actually the first year is pretty much dedicated to finding a topic to write a thesis about. Usually we only start writing properly towards the end of the first year/beginning of the second as the thesis is due after two years of research.
At the end of the first year we need to write a report on 3 articles in order to build towards the problematic of our 2nd year's thesis.
Anyway, philology sure sounds extremely interesting but I'm fearing it might be too ambitious for someone whose first language isn't English. I guess I have low self-confidence
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>>8412018
>getting laid
I wasn't even considering picking a subject only for that purpose kek
I doubt any thesis topic would make women wet hearing about anyway. Especially if they hear it from me
But yeah, it's probably just a meme. Finding a topic is a pretty daunting task for an indecisive guy as myself. Once I delve into a subject I can be pretty efficient but I usually go through so many phases of hesitation that it becomes counterproductive
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>>8412030
>Anyway, philology sure sounds extremely interesting but I'm fearing it might be too ambitious for someone whose first language isn't English. I guess I have low self-confidence
Maybe something to do with the Normans? Or Richard the Lionheart. There must surely be some overlapping English/French chronicles from those eras which would be fascinating (and relevant, for someone studying "civilisation").
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>>8412087
Not a bad example, but I think I'd be required to do something related to Ireland somehow since I'm taking the "Irish studies" option. Although I will also follow courses about American & British lit, I believe we have to make our thesis centered around the option we picked.
That being said, your mentioning philology opens new horizons as I could cross-analyse Breton & Irish Gaelic sources (I'm from Brittany although I do not speak Breton).
I'll definitely think about it
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>>8413305
I'm guessing he meant that linguistics are better studied in context?
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>>8413305
look it up in a dictionary kæk
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>>8414260
I'm not sure your analogy is very honest
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>>8414776
What do you find dishonest about it? Do you think that it's not a fair comparison? How would literature help you study language?
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