If you are planning to write a critical analysis, you can look into the four basic components in evaluating a literary material. Literary scholars call them as literary theories. The first one is mimetic where you look into the realities the material copies or represents. This discussion comes naturally as you delineate the main elements of the material you are evaluating. The second one is expressive where you check how the author's biography and milieu affect or define the meaning of the work. The third one is affective where you discuss the effect of the material to you as a reader, or how does the material leaves an impact. The last one is objective which is the focus of most literary research these days. This study calls for a detailed discussion of how the elements of the literary piece contribute to the overall value of the work. These four theories are inseparable. As you discuss one, the other theories come in naturally. These are key words that may help you define your literary assumption so you could get yourself focused on one research problem: literary analysis critical analysis elements of fiction, poetry, or drama objective theory literary neoclassicism formalistic theory in literature comparative literary study intertextuality I wish you the best of luck

Ni hao Zhugelongzhen, There are some essential points to tackle here: - The body of the literature work : The author, the theme and the time * It is important to have a clear statement of the author's intention and some biographical information.This will not necessarily hint to the author's life experience ,because many write to explore experiences and emotions different from their personal experiences. It will rather refer to the significant meaning of the work. * The main subject should be announced in a clear and interesting way. The statements should be concise, specific and lively. - Reference to the text of the literature through reference to specific words, scenes, situations in the text. Try to make some statement about the impact or meaning of a certain line. Interpret certain scenes ,dialogues which form the main body of the whole work and have some crucial significance to the whole idea behind the story. In the process of quoting or paraphrasing you have to be very selective as to choose those phrases that provide some critical evaluation of the whole work. -While presenting your thesis avoid digressions and irrelevant references to personal experiences or beliefs. Avoid cliches and unsupportable generalizations.

Hi, I think that you need to narrow your focus, eg American literature in the 19th century or the English Romantic poets, otherwise as it stands your thesis topic is too broad. For some tips go to; http://www.italki.com/knowledge/Contribution.htm?n=TIPS%20FOR%20WRITING%20A%20THESIS

Try to include other subjects. For example history, psychology and sociology. This will help you to explain context (When was it written? Where was it written? Who wrote it? What happened at the same time that might have influenced the writing style and content?) and the deeper meaning of the books (Why it was written? What impact did the book make?). If you can explain all this, as well as the normal analysis of words, you would get vey high marks in the University I work at. Good luck.