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General Schedule Readings Paper
As noted above, the final paper will be written in stages. Here’s more information about how that process works. Note that all of the below (including the paper as well as the presentation) may be in either French or English.
Outline/Sketch: Due on April 16.
Your first task is to prepare an outline or sketch of your paper idea. Your topic can be anything that you are interested in, as long as it’s in some way related to part of the material that we cover in the course. (If you’re not sure, send me an e-mail to check.)
There is no defined format for this outline, because I know that everyone has different ways in which they prepare papers. The minimal requirement is to have enough text that it would amount to around one page total (whether that’s a “outline” or merely a sketch of what you would like to do is up to you), and to have at least three sources that will be important to your argument.
Feel free as part of the outline to ask me for help – whether that’s finding more references, or help filling in parts of the argument, or anything else that you’d like.
I will return comments on these outlines by April 21.
Draft for Comments: Due no later than May 12, can be submitted earlier.
If you would like comments on your paper from me, you must submit a full draft to me no later than May 12. This will give me enough time to write detailed comments, return them to you, and then give you enough time to be able to incorporate those comments.
I will return comments on these drafts by May 26.
Final Version: Due on June 15, by 23:59, can be submitted earlier.
I do not precisely specify the length required for this paper, but I would be surprised if you can write a high-quality, master’s level research paper in less than 10 pages (1.5 spacing, 12pt normal font, etc.), and I would be equally surprised if you need more than 15 pages to make your point.