INSTRUCTIONS PREPARING 4 HOMECOMING THESIS

Part One – Create an ANNOTATED BIBLIORGRAPHY of journal articles, possible works to be cited.

(see separate documents of referenced researched files)

Part Two – Create the formal OUTLINE for a 5-6 section analytical thesis dissertation starting with the TITLE, THESIS, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTERS, CONCLUSION, WORKS CITED (Annotated Bibliography).

Topic: Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming”

A general introduction – biography of Harold Pinter?

Working thesis: Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming,” and the breakdown of the modern family.

Thesis: Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming” questions the nature of values within a modern family. The play depicts a non-traditional change in women roles, language and non-verbal communication as a damaging factor to a family’s relationship.

Topic sentence one: Ruth’s strong female presence in Pinter’s “Homecoming” introduces a change in women’s roles within the modern family.

Topic sentence two: In addition, the play questions traditional views of language and communication are strong weapons in the play, which depict current differences and difficulties, asking the audience to reconsider the hierarchal relationship between speech and silence, present and absent and the role of each opposition in the struggle for power and dominance.

Topic sentence three: Because the characters’ inability to communicate effectively with one another, non-verbal communication suffers and the relationship between them often seem fragile and empty.

Topic Sentence Four: Redefining communication and the breaking down (transitional changes) of those barriers in the 21st century on how we “Family” today?

Chapter 1. Language of communication verbal, non-verbal, physical, emotional & mentally.

Chapter 2. Applications of these definitions of the characters in the play, with “Ruth” in the dominate role among the male characters?

Chapter 3. A reflection on the nuclear families in the modern world as to how we “family” today? The roles of women, responsibilities and behaviors as equal partners or standalone heads of households?

. Submit an detailed outline, including titles of chapters so the trajectory of RESEARCH can be effectively evaluated in the focus of an analytical thesis dissertation.