Need some help
Ok here's the deal, my old bat of an english teacher wants me to pick out two novels for comparative examinations. I'm having a hard time picking the novels, because I'm really only familiar with "pulp-fiction" type novels. I don't read a whole lot, and if there are any good books out there that will suit my needs, I have no idea how to search for them. So...help me out here. If you know of any books off hand or something that contains the following aspects, that'd be sweet.
The two books must have the following requirements:
1. Are not any form of "pulp-fiction". Meaning...very popular, extremely well known type of books, like...harry potter, or something by Stephen King, etc. Strangely books like Lord of the Rings are allowed (LotR is already taken however, mother bitches).
2. You have to be able to compare the two in a significant way. Like...one could be a modern fantasy novel, and the other could be an older fantasy novel, so you compare the differences in writing styles and stuff. It could be any reason, just as long as it's signifacant. (not something like, harry potter was younger and acted differently in this book, but in this other book, he's different...yeah).
3. There has to be secondary sources available. Like, literary criticisms and such, located online or in other books. I need information to work with.
4. This really isn't a requirement, but I'd like to make it one. I have to be interested in the books. This is a HUGE study, worth 15% of the term mark. I have to do some very extensive reading and studying of these two books, so I better like what I'm reading. What exactly am I interested in? Well...there are a few genres. Like, fantasy, but not too over the top. I like my fantasy novels more sophisticated, if you get what I mean... I also like science fiction, but not anything like star wars/trek, something more like Akira (anime movie, it owns, if you havent seen it, do so). I do have interests in quite a lot of genres, so...just post whatever you got, don't think too much about whether I'll like it or not.
So yeah, help is much appreciated.
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