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  • EnglishAdvancedHigher 1

    SCOTTISHQUALIFICATIONSAUTHORITY

    EnglishAdvancedHigher

    SelectionofsuitabletopicsfortheSpecialistStudydissertation:supplementaryguidance

    Thisdocumentshouldbereadinconjunctionwiththefollowing:

    SpecialistStudyNationalUnitSpecification(pp2633)intheEnglishAdvancedHigherArrangementsDocument(Secondedition,publishedMay2007)

    EnglishAHguidanceonSpecialistStudytopics(issuedinOctober2003andavailableintheDownloadssectionofthelistofCandidateGuidanceDocumentsontheEnglishpageoftheSQAwebsite).

    1 TheattentionofteachersandlecturersisdrawntothefollowingextractsfromtheArrangementsdocument.

    Thecandidatemustdemonstratetheabilityto:

    selectasuitabletopic adoptapersonalstancetowardsthetopic devise,structureandsustainanargument selectevidencefromprimaryandsecondarysourcestosupportanargument employtheliterary,linguisticormediaconceptsandterminologyappropriatetothe

    expositionofthetopic.

    The firststageintheprocessistheselectionbythecandidateoftextsortopicsforstudyandtheformulationofabriefdescriptivestatementofwhatthecandidateproposestostudy.Thisproposalmustbesubmittedtotheteacher/lecturerforapprovalin ordertoensurethattheproposedmaterialsareappropriatetoanEnglishcourseandworthyofstudyatthislevel,andthatthestudyitselfismanageable.

    Thestudyshouldexplorealimitedareaandexamineitindetailwithappropriatesupportingevidence.

    (Page31)

    Teachers/lecturersshould:

    briefcandidatesonthenatureofthetaskattheoutset illustratethewiderangeoftextsandtopicsavailable discusswithcandidatestheirindividualandpersonalinterests guidecandidatestowardsconsultationwithlibrariansorotherteachers/lecturersand

    towardsuseofdatabanks givepracticalhelpwithfinalchoiceandlocationoftextsandwiththewordingof

    topicsandtitles provideregularopportunitiesforconsultationandsupport.

    (Page32)

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    2 Someimplicationsoftheserequirements

    (a) Theteacher/lecturershouldassistcandidatestoidentifyauthorsandtexts,languageormediatopicsthatare:

    appropriatetoanEnglishcourse worthyofstudyatthislevel.

    (b) Thepurposeofprovidingacarefullywordedtopicistwofold:

    tofocus,atanearlystageintheprocess,thecandidatesattentionontheaimsofthestudybeingundertaken

    toprovideexaminerswiththemeansofassessingtheextenttowhichthecandidatehasachievedtheaimsassetout.

    (c) Thewordingofthedissertationtopicshould:

    identifyauthorsandtexts,languageormediatopicstobestudied indicatethescopeofthestudytobeundertaken provideaconciseexpositionoftheliterary,languageormediaaimsofthe

    studytobeundertaken.

    3 Toassistcandidates,teachersandlecturersinmakingachoiceofauthors,textsandtopics,thereareappendedthefollowing(asaguide,notaprescription):

    alistofauthorswhosework,eitheronitsownorinappropriate combinationwiththeworkofanotherauthororauthors,cansustainextendedstudyatthislevelandonwhoseworksuccessfuldissertationshavebeensubmitted (Appendix1)

    alistoftopicswhichreflecttheprinciplesoutlinedaboveandwhichexemplifygoodpractice (Appendix2).

    Notes

    (i) Teachersandlecturersmustusetheirjudgementinassistingcandidatestodeterminewhatconstitutesanappropriaterangeofpoemsorshortstoriestobestudied.

    (ii) Studiesinvolvingthecomparativestudyoftextsofdifferentgenre novelswithfilms,filmswithplays,playswithpoems,fictionwithnonfiction,etcareintrinsicallydifficultandareseldomsuccessful.

    (iii) Ifacandidatewishestostudyanauthororauthorsnotincludedin Appendix1ormentionedin Appendix2,itisstronglyrecommendedthattheadviceofSQAissoughtontheproposedtopic.

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    Appendix1

    ListofAuthors

    Pre19th Century

    Drama Poetry ProseJonson,BenLindsay,SirDavidMarlowe,ChristopherShakespeare,WilliamSheridan,RBWebster,John

    Burns,RobertChaucer,GeoffreyDonne,JohnDunbar,WilliamFergusson,RobertHenryson,RobertHerbert,GeorgeHerrick,RobertMarvell,AndrewMilton,JohnVaughan,HenryTheScottishBallads

    Defoe,DanielFielding,HenryRichardson,SamuelSterne,LaurenceSwift,Jonathan

    19th Century

    Drama Poetry ProseChekhov,AntonIbsen,HenrikShaw,BernardWilde,Oscar

    Blake,WilliamBrowning,ElizabethBarrettBrowning,RobertByron,Lord(GeorgeG)Clare,JohnColeridge,Samuel TDickinson,EmilyHopkins,GerardManleyKeats,JohnKipling,RudyardRossetti,ChristinaShelley,PercyByssheTennyson,Lord(Alfred)Wordsworth,William

    Austen,JaneBront,AnneBront,CharlotteBront,EmilyChopin,KateCarroll,LewisCollins,WilkieCooper,JamesFenimoreDickens,CharlesEliot,GeorgeGalt,JohnGaskell,ElizabethHardy,ThomasHawthorne,NathanielHogg,JamesJames,HenryMelville,HermanPoe,EdgarAllanScott,SirWalterShelley,MaryStevenson,RLStoker,BramThackeray,WilliamMTrollope,AnthonyTwain,MarkWells,HG

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    20th Centuryand21stCentury

    Drama Poetry Prose Prose(cont.)Albee,EdwardAyckbourn,AlanBeckett,SamuelBennett,AlanBrecht,BertoltBridie,JamesByrne,JohnChurchill,CarylFriel,BrianKane,SarahLochhead,LizMcGrath,JohnMamet,DavidMiller,ArthurOCasey,SeanONeill,EugeneOsborne,JohnPinter,HaroldStoppard,TomSynge,JMWesker,ArnoldWilliams,Tennessee

    Auden,WHBrown,GMackayCrawford,Robertcummings,eeDuffy,CarolAnnDunn,DouglasEliot,TSFinlay,IanHamiltonFrost,RobertHarrison,TonyHeaney,SeamusHughes,TedJamie,KathleenLarkin,PhilipMacCaig,NormanMacDiarmid,HughMacNeice,LouisMorgan,EdwinMuir,EdwinOwen,WilfredPlath,SylviaRosenberg,IsaacSassoon,SiegfriedSmith,IainCrichtonThomas,DylanThomas,RSWalcott,DerekYeats,WB

    Achebe,ChinuaAllende,IsabelAmis,MartinAngelou,MayaAtwood,MargaretAuster,PaulBaldwin,JamesBarnes,JulianBellow,SaulBerger,JohnBrink,AndreBukowski,CharlesBurgess,AnthonyBurroughs,WilliamByatt,ASCamus,AlbertCapote,TrumanCarey,PeterCarver,RaymondCather,WillaChandler,RaymondCheever,JohnCoetzee,JMConrad,JosephDick,PhilipKDoctorow,ELDoyle,ArthurConanFaulkner,WilliamFitzgerald,FScottFord,RichardForster,EMFrayn,MichaelGalloway,JaniceGibbon,LGrassicGolding,WilliamGordimer,NadineGray,AlasdairGreene,GrahamGreig,AndrewGunn,NeilHemingway,ErnestHuxley,AldousIshiguro,Kazuo

    Jenkins,RobinJoyce,JamesKelman,JamesKenneally,ThomasKennedy,ALKerouac,JackKesson,JessieKincaid,JamaicaLawrence,DHLessing,DorisLewis,CSLewis,SinclairLinklater,EricMcCarthy,CormacMcEwan,IanMcIlvanney,WMcLaverty,BMailer,NormanMalamud,BernardMorrison,ToniMunro,AliceNabokov,VladimirNaipaul,VSOConnor,FlanneryOndaatje,MichaelOrwell,GeorgePynchon,ThomasRhys,JeanRoy,ArundhatiRushdie,SalmanSalinger,JDSmith,AliSpark,MurielSteinbeck,JohnTan,AmyUpdike,JohnVonnegut,KurtWalker,AliceWaugh,EvelynWharton,EdithWolfe,TomWoolf,Virginia

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    Appendix2

    ListofTopics

    Drama

    1 Acomparativestudyofthecontributionofsetting,incidentanddialoguetocharacterisationandthedevelopmentofthemeinJohnOsbornesLookBackinAngerandEdwardAlbeesWhosAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?.

    2 AdetailedstudyoftheusesBeckettmakesofhumourinWaitingforGodot,EndgameandKrappsLastTape.

    3 Adetailedcomparativestudyofthedramaticmeansbywhichfeministworldsareeffectivelyrealisedandexploredin TopGirlsbyCarylChurchillandMyMotherSaidINeverShouldbyCharlotteKeatley.

    4 AnexaminationofthedramaticmeansbywhichBrianFrielexploresissuesofidentity individual,social andnational in Translations,MakingHistoryandDancingatLughnasa.

    5 DavidGreigsOneWayStreetandLizLochheadsQuelquesFleurs:adetailedcomparativestudyofthewaysinwhichthesetwoplaysmakeeffectiveuseofdramaticmonologue.

    6 AcomparativestudyofthecharacterisationandroleofwomeninHenrikIbsensADollsHouse, HeddaGablerandTheMasterBuilder.

    7 Acomparativestudyofthedramaticmeansusedin TheCheviot,theStagandtheBlack,BlackOil byJohnMcGrath,inWormwoodbyCatherineCzerkawskaandin BrothersofThunderbyAnneMarieDiMambrotoaddressissuesofcontemporaryrelevancetoScotland(andbeyond).

    8 Redefiningthetragichero:adetailedcomparativestudyofthecharacterisationandroleofthemaleprotagonistintwoofMillersplays:DeathofaSalesmanandTheCrucible.

    9 AcomparativestudyoftheeffectivenessofSeanOCaseysJunoandthePaycockandThePloughandtheStarsasdramaticportrayalsoftheresilienceandheroismofordinarypeopleinthecontextofpoliticalandsocialupheaval.

    10 Pintersplaysaretypicallycharacterizedbyimplicationsofthreatandstrongfeelingproducedthroughcolloquiallanguage,apparenttriviality,andlongpauses. (TheOnlineOED,2006)

    Drawingevidencefromdetailedanalysesof TheBirthdayParty,TheCaretakerandTheHomecoming,IintendtoconsiderthevalidityofthisstatementandtocometomyownconclusionsabouttheprincipaldramaticfeaturesandeffectivenessofPintersplays.

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    11 IintendtoanalyseandevaluatetheprincipaldramatictechniquesPeterShafferusestoexploresuchthemesasidolatry,conflictsbetweenpassionateandrationalimpulses,andthequestforimmortalityinTheRoyalHuntoftheSun,Equus,andAmadeus.

    12 AstudyofthecharacterisationofBeatriceandHeroinMuchAdoAboutNothing,KatherinaandBiancain TheTamingoftheShrew andPortiaandJessicain TheMerchantofVeniceinorder toconsidertheextenttowhichtheoutcomesofShakespeariancomedymaybeinfluencedjustasmuchbythesoftersensitivitiesoffemalecharactersasbytheirobviousstrengths.

    13 AcomparativestudyofthecharacterisationandroleofthecentralfemalecharactersinShawsMajorBarbara,PygmalionandSaintJoan.

    14 Whileconstantlyentertaininganddelightfulandfullofwit,Wildesplaysarecarefullycraftedtoexposedarkeranddeeperthemesandtoleaveaudienceswithanuncomfortableawarenessofmoreseriousissues.

    IintendtotestthevalidityofthisstatementthroughacomparativeanalysisofLadyWindermeresFan,AnIdealHusbandandTheImportanceofBeingEarnest.

    15 AcriticalanalysisofthetechniquesusedtodramatisetheforcesandpassionswhichdestroythecentralcharactersintwoofTennesseeWilliamssplays:AStreetcarNamedDesireandCatonaHotTinRoof.

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    Poetry

    16 AcriticalstudyofarangeofWHAudenspoemsinordertoexaminesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthemeandoftechniquebetweenhislovepoemsandthosewithapoliticalmessage.

    17 Withdetailedreferencetoarangeofhispoems,IintendtoexaminethepoeticmeansusedbyJohnBetjemantoexploreaspectsoflifein 20th centuryEngland.

    18 AcomparativestudyoftherepresentationofwomeninChaucersGeneralProloguetotheCanterburyTalesandintwoorthreeselectedTales.

    19 AnassessmentofthecontributionofstructuralfeaturestothemeaningandimpactofarangeofpoemsbyEdwinMorgan.

    20 WordsworthIlove,hisbooksarelikethefieldsNotfilledwithflowers,butworksofhumankind

    (JohnClare)

    AcomparativestudyofthethemesandtechniquesofarangeofpoemsbyWilliamWordsworthandJohnClare.

    21 ScarsUponMyHeart(editedandintroducedbyCatherineW.Reilly)

    AdetailedcomparativeanalysisofthepoeticexpressionofwomensvoicesduringtheFirstWorldWar,drawingevidencefromasubstantialrangeofpoemsfromtheaboveanthology.

    22 DoIdareDisturbtheuniverse?

    AdetailedcomparativestudyofTSEliotspoetictreatmentofactionandinactionin TheWasteland,TheLoveSongofJAlfredPrufrockandRhapsodyonaWindyNight.

    23 VoicesfromthingsgrowinginaChurchyard

    Acriticalstudyoftheprincipalmeansbywhich,inarangeofpoems,Hardyexploresissuesofdeathandremembrance.

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    24 Hispoemscombinepassionandenergywithimpressivetechnicalskill.Heisincontrolthereisnofumbling.

    (RuthFainlight)

    Acritical analysisofthetechnicalskillofarangeofpoemsfromTedHughessCrow (1970).

    25 AdetailedanalysisofarangeofNormanMacCaigspoemsinordertodemonstratetheeffectivenessofsomeoftheprincipalpoeticmeanstone,form,structure,word choice,imagery,symbolism bywhichheexplorestherelationshipbetweenmanandthenaturalworld.

    26 AnexaminationofGeorgeMackayBrownstreatmentofthetensionbetweenlandandseainarangeofhispoems(orinarangeofhisshortstories).

    27 AstudyoftheliterarytechniquesusedtoshowtheeffectoftimeontheindividualinarangeofShakespearessonnets.Evidencewillbedrawnfromdetailedanalysisofatleasteightsonnets.

    28 IintendtomakeadetailedexaminationoftheinterplayofmetaphorandnarrativeandtoconsidertheeffectivenessofthatinterplayinarangeofpoemsfromDouglasDunnsElegies(1985).

    29 Noonecouldbethatforsaken andcertainlynotWyatt.Heisactingapart.

    Bycloselyexaminingarangeof SirThomasWyattspoems,concentratingonthetechniquesheemploystocreateadistinctivepoeticvoice,IintendtoarguethatthereismorerealityandvitalitytoWyattsrejectionpoemsthanonewouldexpectfromsomeonewhoissimplyactingapartoftherejectedlover.

    30 TheManwhodreamedofFaeryland

    Throughclosereferencetoarangeofhisearlypoems,IwillattempttoshowhowYeatsmakeseffectiveuseofCelticMythologyasameansofexploringpersonalexperiencesandbeliefs.

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    ProseFiction

    31 OneofthemainconcernsofGeorgeEliotsnovels,inmyopinion,istohighlighttherestrictionsimposedbysocialconventionsandmoralattitudesonvariousaspectsofpersonalfreedom.MySpecialistStudywillfocusonEliotspresentationoftheeffectsofsuchrestrictionsonhercentralcharactersinMiddlemarchandDanielDeronda.

    32 Marriage,Money,LoveandtheSingleWoman:acomparativeassessmentoftwoJaneAustenheroines:ElizabethBennetin PrideandPrejudiceandEmmaWoodhousein Emma.

    33 Adetailedcomparativestudyoftheimportanceofsettingphysical,culturalandhistorical inNeilGunnsMorningTide,HighlandRiverandTheSilverDarlings.

    34 AcriticalanalysisoftheusesEvelynWaughmakesofsatirein DeclineandFall,BlackMischiefandScoop.

    35 Acomparativestudyofthenarrativetechniquesemployedintheportrayalofcentralfemalecharactersin JaneEyre,TheTenantofWildfellHall andWutheringHeights.

    36 AdetailedexplorationofconflictanddualityintermsofbothindividualsandwidersocietyasconveyedthroughcharacterisationandsettinginWilliamMcIlvanneysLaidlaw,ThePapersofTonyVeitch andStrangeLoyalties.

    37 TheUseoftheDoppelgangerin 19th CenturyScottishLiterature:acomparativeanalysisofcharacterisation,structureandthemein ThePrivateMemoirsofaJustifiedSinnerbyJamesHoggand TheStrangeCaseofDrJekellandMrHydebyRLStevenson.

    38 AcriticalanalysisofJohnGaltsportrayalof19th CenturyScottishrurallifeinTheAnnalsoftheParishandTheProvost.

    39 Acomparativestudyoftheprincipalliterarymeansemployedin TheJewelintheCrownbyPaulScott,HeatandDustbyRuthPrawerJhabvalaandAPassagetoIndiabyEMForsterinordertoexploretheinfluenceofBritishRuleinIndia.

    40 AcomparativeanalysisofJosephConradsnarrativestyleandcharacterisationin HeartofDarknessandTheSecretAgent.

    41 AcomparativeanalysisoftheliterarytechniquesemployedbyEdgarAllanPoeinarangeofhisshortstoriestoexplorethepowersoftheconscience.

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    42 Focusingparticularlyondialogueandnarrativevoice,IintendtomakeacomparativestudyoftheliterarytechniquesemployedbyRaymondChandlerin TheBigSleep,WilliamMcIlvanneyinLaidlaw andIanRankininResurrectionMentocreateprotagonistswhoarecynicalandalienatedfromthesocietiesinwhichtheyoperateasdetectives.

    43 AdetailedcomparativestudyofFrdricBeigbedersWindowsontheWorldandIanMcEwansSaturdayasexplorationsofmoralambiguityandthesearchformeaninginrandomnessandcoincidence.

    44 AcriticalappraisalofAngelaCartersuseoftraditionalmythsandfairytalestoexplorefemalesexualityinhernovel TheMagicToyshopandinfourofhershortstoriesTheBloodyChamber,TheSnowChild,TheLadyoftheHouseofLoveandTheCompanyofWolves.

    45 AstudyofMargaretAtwoodsrepresentationofthechallengestowomenssenseofselfandwomensresponsestothesechallengesin TheEdibleWoman,LadyOracleandTheHandmaidsTale.

    46 AcomparativecriticalanalysisofVirginiaWoolfsuseofthepresenceoftheseaandwaterintheexplorationofkeyideasinhernovelsTotheLighthouseandTheWaves.

    47 AnanalyticalandevaluativestudyoftheliterarytechniquesDHLawrenceemploysin LadyChatterleysLoverandWomeninLove tocreatepowerfulfemalecharacterswhochallengethesocialconventionsoftheirtimes.

    48 AcomparativestudyoftheliterarytechniquesusedtoconveytheexperienceofthecentralblackfemalecharactersastheyencounteroppressionintheAmericanSouthin TheirEyesWereWatchingGodbyZoraNealeHurston,BelovedbyToniMorrisonandTheColorPurplebyAliceWalker.

    49 AnexaminationoftherelationshipbetweenauthorandreaderasexploredthroughtheusesofstructureandsymbolisminItaloCalvinosIfonawintersnightatravelerandJorgeLuisBorgessFicciones.

    50 Layingbaretheanxietiesofthe19th Century:adetailedcomparativestudyofthewaysinwhichBramStokersDraculaandMaryShelleysFrankensteinexploresocietalattitudestowardssex,religionandscience.

    51 AdetailedcomparativeanalysisofthesatiricaltreatmentofhypocrisyinThackeraysVanityFairandDickenssHardTimes.

    52 Morethanstereotypes?AdetailedexaminationoftheprincipalliterarymeansusedbyJamesKelmantoportraycentralmalecharactersin AChancer,ADisaffectionandHowLateItWas,HowLate.

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    53 AcriticalanalysisofthetechniquesusedbyEMForstertopresentthethemeofforbiddenexperienceinhisnovelsWhereAngelsFeartoTread,ARoomwithaView andMaurice.

    54 AdetailedcomparativeanalysisoftherepresentationsofhomeandfamilyinBrickLanebyMonicaAliandWhiteTeethbyZadieSmith.

    55 AcomparativestudyofGrahamGreenesportrayalofreligionandtheconceptofsinin BrightonRock,ThePowerandtheGlory andABurntOutCase.

    ProseNonfiction

    56 AdetailedcomparativestudyoftwowarmemoirsShoottoKillbyMichaelAsherandJarheadbyAnthonySwoffordexamininginparticularthewaysinwhichfirstpersonnarrativeandimageryaredeployedandatmosphereandsettingarecreatedtoexploreissuessuchasisolation,lonelinessandtheindividualsstatusandsenseofidentityintimeofwar.

    57 AdetailedanalysisofthetechniquesusedbyWilliamDalrympletoexploreplaces,peoplesandculturesin InXanaduAQuestandin CityofDjinnsAYearinDelhi.

    58 AstudyoftheprincipaltechniquesusedbyGeorgeOrwellinhisportrayalofthedeprivationsofthelifeofthelowerclassesofsocietyin DownandOutinParisandLondonandin TheRoadtoWiganPier.

    59 AcomparativeanalysisofPaulTherouxsTheKingdombytheSeaandJonathanRabansCoastingasexamplesoftheartoftravelwriting.

    60 AcriticalappraisaloftheeffectivenessofLaurieLeesevocationoftimeandplacebasedonevidencefromhisautobiographicalvolumesCiderwithRosie(1959), AsIWalkedOutOneMidsummerMorning(1969), ICantStayLong(1979)andAMomentofWar(1991).

    61 AcomparativestudyoftwoOrkneyWriters:EdwinMuirandGeorgeMackayBrown.Mystudywillfocusoncomparingandcontrastingtheliterarymeansbywhicheachofthesewriterseffectivelycreatesasenseofplaceandtimeintheirrespectivetexts:ScottishJourneyandAnOrkneyTapestry.

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    Language

    62 OngoingchangesinScots:astudyoftenlexicalvariablesacrossthreegenerationsinaScottishcommunity.

    63 Thelinguisticcharacteristicsoffootballcommentary:adetailedanalyticalcasestudyofsixScottishPremierLeaguematches.

    64 Acomparativestudyoftheuseoffigurativelanguageinsixpoliticalspeeches:threebyTonyBlairandthreebyGordonBrown.

    65 Thesociolinguisticsoftextmessaging:Iintendtogatherdatafromawiderangeofsourcesandtosubjectthatdatatodetailedanalysisinordertoclassifyitfromasociolinguisticperspective.

    66 MySpecialistStudywilltaketheformofadetailedanalysisoftheformsandfunctionsoftagquestionsinacorpusofScottishspeechorwriting.

    67 AstudyofsomechangesinthegrammarofnegationinthehistoryofEnglish.

    68 MypurposeistorecordevidenceandtousethatevidencetoproduceadetailedsociolinguisticaccountofcodeswitchinginaPolishEnglishbilingualfamily.

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    Media

    69 FilmTheNakedandtheDead (RaoulWalsh)Catch22(MikeNichols)Acomparativestudyofthedirectorsusesofcinematictechniquescamera,lighting,miseenscne,montage toconveythehorrorsofwar.

    70 FilmAdetailedcriticalcomparisonofthefilmictechniquesemployedbyFrancisCoppolatodepicttherisetopowerofMichaelCorleonein TheGodfatherandhisdeclinein TheGodfatherPartTwo. InadditiontoanalysingthechangingrepresentationofMichaelCorleoneintermsoffilmlanguage(miseenscne,editing,sound)Iintendtoanalysethenarrativestructureofeachofthesefilmstoshowhowitcontributestothecentralthemeofthecorruptinginfluenceofpower.

    71 TelevisionAdetailedcriticalcomparisonofWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire?andDealorNoDealintermsoftelevisuallanguage(setdesign,lighting,miseenscne,sound),narrativestructure,roleandrepresentationofthehost,contestantandaudience,andtheattitudetowinningandlosingandtotheacquisitionofwealthexpressedorimplied.

    72 PrintjournalismAcomparativestudyofthecoverageandrepresentationoftheissueofclimatechangein TheIndependentandTheDailyMail. Iintendtomakeaqualitativeandquantitativeanalysisbytakingasinglemonthscoverageofthistopicineachnewspaperandanalysingitintermsofprioritising,frequencyofcoverageandcontent,bothimageandtext.

    73 AdvertisingAdetailedcriticalevaluationoftherepresentationofScotlandinprintandtelevisionadvertising. IintendtostudyarangeofadvertisementsforproductsseenastypicallyScottish(beef,whisky,ScottishWidowsinsurance),analysetheimagesandtextsusedinthemtoconveyaformofnationalidentityandassessthepossibleeffectofsuchstereotyping.