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Spanish Studies Subject Guide — Narrowing Topics in Spanish Studies

Topics and resources for Spanish Studies

Narrowing a Topic

Adapt or narrow your topic to match the course expectations or research project assignment.

  • What are expectations around the length of the paper or project?
    • For example, is it a long research paper where you might analyze multiple aspects of 1970s Spanish literature or a short paper where you might focus on a specific novel?

     

  • What are the expectations around the use of primary and secondary sources?
    • Are there enough secondary sources (monographs, edited volumes, peer-reviewed journal articles) to support your analysis of a narrow topic?
    • Are primary sources available in a language that you can read and are they digitized or available through the UConn Library?

Examples

Use the examples below as models to think about matching the size and scope of the topic with the expectations for the assignment or research project.

Contemporary Spanish Literature

Contemporary Spanish Literature down arrow Depictions of the Spanish Civil War in Contemporary Spanish Literature down arrow Heroes and antiheroes in Javier Ceras's Soldados de Salamina and El monarca de las sombras

Cover of El monarca de las sombras

El monarca de las sombras (2017)

Argentine Cinema

Argentine Cinema down arrow Post-2001 Economic Argentine Films down arrow Class and Identity in Daniel Burman's El abrazo partido and Derecho de familia

Subjects: Literature, Spanish

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