The followings are some suggested topics for this essay, though you are free to choose your own topics. Best papers often do not follow my suggested topics and they amaze me with their striking originality: 1. Moral Dilemma of Chinese Intellectuals as Seen in Yu Dafu’s “Sinking” 2. A Study of the Narrative Vice in ‘Young Master Gets His Tonic” 3. A Case Study of the Ideological Patterns of the Proletarian Literature 4. Cinematography and Political Dissidence in “Yellow Earth” 5. Color Symbolism in ‘Yellow Earth” 6. Self-Society Confrontation (or Gender Construction) in Ding Ling’s Stories 7. The Growth of Women as seen in Chinese Literature 8. Nationalism in Modern Chinese fiction and film 9. Ideological Conflicts as Seen in A Small Town Called Hibiscus Women’s Changing Attitudes to Love as Seen in Some Modern Chinese Stories The Recurrent Motif of Nature and Natural Elements in Chinese Stories and Films The Changing Fates of Confucianism as seen in Some Chinese Literary Works.