The question mainly comes from my own reading and discovery, and also comes from thinking about the existing research materials. Whether it is literary criticism writing or literary thesis writing, it is very important to grasp the "feeling of first reading" in the reading process. This first reading experience can be exciting, emotional, puzzled, ingenious, conflict-focused, abnormal plot, structural cohesion, unique language, prominent theme and so on. These first reading feelings can lead us to a certain angle that can be used as a research topic. Before consulting the existing research materials, we must capture our unique feelings, which is an important basis for writing new ideas in the paper. In addition, the study of various research materials can also help to determine the topic. Learning all kinds of research papers is not only conducive to accumulating information, cultivating thinking logic, being familiar with professional terms and stylistic norms, but also conducive to cultivating and forming one's own views. On the basis of existing research, we can further supplement and deepen, criticize and question, comprehensively summarize, and transplant the research methods of other works into our own research.
Regarding the topic selection, we should be "small", "clear" and "new". "Small" means that the demarcation point should be small, and the problem should be controlled as far as possible within the scope that you can grasp. However, we should dig deep into small problems, do "big things", and tell certain laws and universal truths from small problems. For example, the analysis of the absurd theme in The Outsider is a bit too big and not specific enough, but it will be more focused if it is "the analysis of the role of scene description in revealing the absurd theme". Through such exploration, the important role of scene description in revealing the novel theme can be better explained. "Clear" means thinking clearly. A good topic and whether you can write it yourself are two different things. Whether this topic can be done or not, we must think clearly. When studying a problem, we must try our best to understand it clearly and figure out how to study it. If you are interested in this question, or if you have strong reading experience, you will be relatively handy. This also requires repeated careful reading of the text, extensive literature search, collection and access to existing research materials. Only when students have some thinking and research, a certain understanding of the research status and a clear idea of what they intend to do, should they go to the tutor for advice on the topic. For example, if we want to analyze the "scene description" mentioned above, we must first find out what is the scene description, what are the scene descriptions in the novel, whether the scene description shows some characteristics, what is the relationship between the scene and the absurd theme, what has been studied on the scene description, and so on. "New" means that the topic should be more or less original, not completely old-fashioned or humorous. This "new" can be a new angle, a new method and a new problem to fill the gap, or it can be a development and promotion on the basis of existing research. It should be based on the unique reading experience and feelings of reading literary works.
With the topic selected, the second step is to determine the writing outline, that is, list the sub-arguments around the central argument, draw up the framework structure of the paper, and clarify the order, detailed arrangement and the relationship between the parts. The refinement of sub-arguments also needs to be based on close reading of the text. First of all, we should screen the text around the topic and a certain literary feature, just like natural science research obtains data through experiments; Secondly, it is necessary to analyze and summarize the found "data", that is, the key texts, to see how many times a literary skill has been used, where it has been used in the work, how it has been used, what kind of effect it has had, and especially what kind of influence the use of this skill has had on the meaning transmission of the work; Finally, compare the results of "data" analysis with the paper to see what kind of relationship can better prove the central argument, how to echo the beginning and end, how to connect all parts, and how to understand the theme, all of which should be considered when making an outline.
If the first two steps are completed well, the writing of the first draft of the third step will be relatively easy. It is a process of using clear and accurate written language, synthesizing literary terms and concepts, and combining all viewpoints and materials according to the language norms of academic papers. Pay attention to the arrangement of the first and last paragraphs when writing, so as to echo them before and after. The paragraphs in the main part should be consciously connected with the transition, and there should be arguments, arguments and arguments inside the paragraphs, and each paragraph should be clearly explained around a small problem. Written operation requirements 1440- 1800 words. If the preliminary work is done carefully, the first draft will generally exceed some words. This requires more efforts in the final revision step. Good articles are written and modified. In the last step, the paper can be revised from the following aspects: revision of viewpoints, addition and deletion of materials, adjustment of structure and polishing of language. First of all, we should check whether the central argument and sub-arguments are clearly and accurately expressed, and whether the title of the paper can reflect the content of the paper concisely and appropriately; Secondly, it depends on whether the cited materials can prove the point of view, whether it is sufficient and accurate; Thirdly, it depends on whether the structural arrangement is conducive to expressing the theme, whether the logical relationship between paragraphs is reasonable and whether the meaning is coherent; Finally, it depends on whether the language is concise, accurate, fluent and easy to understand, whether it is the language of the paper, whether it is ambiguous and repetitive. In addition, the format of the paper should be standardized before it is finalized, especially the notes and references.
To put it another way, from the three elements of argumentative writing, the writing of literary research papers needs to start from three aspects: first, to determine the argument. Argumentation is the induction and refinement of the text after rational analysis, and it is the result of rising from perceptual experience to rational analysis.