Thesis Topics
For my thesis I was thinking of writing about sports, specifically tennis, or the current media coverage in the United States
My Interests
I'm really interested in mental health stigma and the ways mental health is trivialized and minimized by pop culture. I specifically want to talk about the OCD subset of anxiety. I'm thinking of using Turtles All the Way Down by John Green and comparing it to the TV show "Monk," but I'd love to have other options because these are basically just the only things I've found that even mention OCD.
I think you have a good start here Adam, but might want to figure out a piece of literature to go with your idea. Overall I think you'll relate well to your topic.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to write about tennis, a good writer to focus on would be David Foster Wallace, who wrote several essays/articles on the sport and its greats. Here's a New Yorker article that gives an overview: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/david-foster-wallaces-perfect-game.
ReplyDeleteHe has a beautiful essay on Roger Federer that you could look at too: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html
You'll have to make sure that you can find secondary criticism though.
What do you mean by "the current media coverage in the US?"
Let's work through some of this in class.
Do you think you want to talk about the history of tennis or more recent stuff because I think it would be cool to talk about the history of women or African Americans in tennis.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! It would be so cool for you to examine the history of marginalized groups in sports and maybe even try to identify solutions for sports coalitions to become more progressive based on the literature you use?
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