Overview
approximately 4000 words (15 double spaced pages, 12 pt. font)
This is a research essay that builds upon your Annotated Bibliography, and therefore I will expect your tightly structured and argumentative essay to proceed via the support, discussion and interrogation of your research. Your draft should be near complete—if it is less than about 12 pages then I cannot offer you adequate suggestions for revision. The following topics are intentionally broad in order to allow you to accommodate your particular research interests—therefore you must narrow them down in order to provide your essay with a specific and argumentative thesis that can be convincingly pursued in the space available to you. I encourage you to come and meet with me to discuss your topic. Your essay and its apparatus—including its bibliography, references and endnotes—must be formatted according to the MLA Handbook.