The Thesis Process Thesis projects should be worked out in conjunction with your two advisors during spring term, junior year and fall term, senior year. By the last full week of spring term, you should send a description of the topic you intend to pursue to your advisors. Their written approval of the topic should be filed with the Comparative Literature office. For each of the 4-5 entries you should write one thoughtful paragraph explaining why this work may be important in defining your thesis topic. Please include also the name of your secondary advisor.
Effective proposals are brief and clear.
Show a draft to your advisors, to the chair, and to fellow students. Your first paragraph should state the topic as clearly as possible, including the works you plan to analyze. Say, as clearly as you can, why you are comparing given works to one another. Paragraph 2 should go into some detail about what questions you intend to ask and what approach you intend to use to address them. If you are clear about your methodological orientation, describe it here.