| You could do a development or history of style over time and analyze that. I think this may be what you mean by your second suggestion. For an Anthropology of Art course I did this for the sci fi genre and split it up into mecha and 'cyberpunk.' I just wanted to talk about Eva and GITS honestly, but there is an interesting history with Japan's relationship with technology. This paper was much shorter than a dissertation so you would have to do it across different genres. Maybe something with gender and depiction? That goes into a lot of cultural topics also. I'll edit this if I think of something else. Good luck! |
| I'm not sure how the dissertations are structured at your institution, but my chapter two was all about the related research that has already been done. It sounds to me like there are a couple of ways to go: Either focus on the cultural studies route which will look at the social impact of manga/anime, the meaning that it has in the lives of the various audiences that consume it (including the difference between the internal Japanese meaning, and the meaning that gaijin give to it), or explores aspects of the culture that has grown up around it; or focus on the evolution of graphic styles and the shortcuts to meaning which have grown up around the art forms. See what there is out there for existing research work, particularly the published papers and any academic critiques. Reading those may help you focus on a single question. Above all consult your advisor (or the equivalent). I'm assuming that you will have to do an oral defense. If so, your advisor will be your most important resource. My advisor would read each draft chapter and send it back with comments, then also look at my revised version(s) and critique my use of stats. You'll be doing a non-quantitative topic, so in some ways it wil be easier, but you may want to suss out who your committee is to see just what preconceptions they'll bring to the examination. I'm assuming this is for doctoral work--if so my research and analysis took about a year and writing the thing took a solid six months. Unfortunately real life intervened so in real time it was about four years. If it's for a master's cut this in half. If it is more in the category of a finishing project for an undergrad degree, cut it in half once again. That should give you a benchmark for the time it will take. Good luck! I hope this helped. |
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