I am also an English major, and my graduation thesis chose the direction of British and American culture. At that time, the candidates were the contrast between Chinese and English culture silence, and some students wrote the contrast between Chinese and American sports consumption. The direction of British and American culture is relatively large, and many people have written about it before. In fact, it is relatively easy to write British and American literature, because you can analyze a character or an impressive scene, a sentence and so on in literary works.

Yes, when writing a paper, the topic should not be too big. We should start with the smallest point, see the big from the small, deeply analyze a point, and finally draw a conclusion.