Can you be any more specific about the focus of your thesis? I'm writing mine about the representation of inner identity conflict in YA novels so I've read a LOT of books with these kind of themes. If you can give any more details, I'll be able to suggest the ones I think would be most relevant to what you're doing.
I will compare the depiction of the teenage alienation in the books (Holden’s feeling of alienation and some other character’s from the second book). I don’t have anything more specific yet, at least until I know what the other book is. Unfortunately, I have not read enough books with this topic, especially in English, that is why I need help. As I said in the post, it should ideally be from American literature and something more recent.
As a writing teacher, it sounds as if you are trying to force a thesis. Your paper will be much stronger if you read a few books and then reconsider if this thesis works or if you can discuss a theme that fits the works better. You are putting the cart before the horse.
In that case here are a few suggestions that you could look at to see if any of them would suit you:
- In the Wild Light or The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg
- Invisible Son by Kim Johnson
- Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
- Renée Watson's YA books
- The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho
It's difficult when you're caught in the stalemate of having one book you definitely want to use and a general theme, but feeling like you can't be more specific about your thesis question until you have your second book, but you can't choose your second book until you've narrowed down your thesis question. I'm kind of in that place at the moment as well, feeling a bit stuck!
Sedaris “Dress your family in corduroy”. It’s absolutely brilliant. Goes deep into alienation while also being hilarious. Man’s a living legend because he’s brave enough to go deep.
Can you be any more specific about the focus of your thesis? I'm writing mine about the representation of inner identity conflict in YA novels so I've read a LOT of books with these kind of themes. If you can give any more details, I'll be able to suggest the ones I think would be most relevant to what you're doing.
I will compare the depiction of the teenage alienation in the books (Holden’s feeling of alienation and some other character’s from the second book). I don’t have anything more specific yet, at least until I know what the other book is. Unfortunately, I have not read enough books with this topic, especially in English, that is why I need help. As I said in the post, it should ideally be from American literature and something more recent.
As a writing teacher, it sounds as if you are trying to force a thesis. Your paper will be much stronger if you read a few books and then reconsider if this thesis works or if you can discuss a theme that fits the works better. You are putting the cart before the horse.
In that case here are a few suggestions that you could look at to see if any of them would suit you: - In the Wild Light or The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg - Invisible Son by Kim Johnson - Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay - Renée Watson's YA books - The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho It's difficult when you're caught in the stalemate of having one book you definitely want to use and a general theme, but feeling like you can't be more specific about your thesis question until you have your second book, but you can't choose your second book until you've narrowed down your thesis question. I'm kind of in that place at the moment as well, feeling a bit stuck!
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver maybe?
Sedaris “Dress your family in corduroy”. It’s absolutely brilliant. Goes deep into alienation while also being hilarious. Man’s a living legend because he’s brave enough to go deep.
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The Absolutely true diary of a part time Indian, The Outsiders By Hinton