Independent Project for CO200 Self-Conscious Fiction

Your independent project is a 10-page paper that is likely to be read and discussed by the class as a whole. It is due on Friday, 8 March. You may write on any topic connected to self-conscious fiction that interests you, provided that you obtain my consent first.

Here are some suggestions:
Self-consciousness in other works by authors we have read:
	A. Nabokov
	B. Barth
	C. Other: _________
Self-consciousness in other authors:
	D. Miguel de Cervantes
	E. James Joyce
	F. Jorge Luis Borges
	G. Doris Lessing
	H. Grace Paley
	I. John Fowles
	J. Other: __________
Self-consciousness in other genres:
	K. Theater: one figure or several (e.g., Brecht)
	L. Painting: one figure or several
	M. Film
	N. T.V.
	O. Other: __________
Self-consciousness in criticism:
	P. Michael Boyd, Reflexive Novel: Fiction as Critique
	Q. Steven Kellman, The Self-Begetting Novel
	R. Linda Hutcheon, Narcissistic Narrative: The Metafictional Paradox
	S. Gerald Graff, Literature Against Itself
	T. Other: __________
Psychological questions:
	U. Narcissism
Aesthetic questions:
	V. Fiction as Play
	W. Art for Art’s Sake
	X. Other: __________
Political questions:
	Y. Self-consciousness in books by women
	Z. Etc.
On Wednesday, 27 February, please post a description (one to two paragraphs) of your project to the class e-journal by 5:00 PM, and mention two possible alternates you’d also like to pursue. On Monday, 4 March, please post a prospectus of your independent project to the class e-journal by 5:00 PM.