In any case the final paper here should not exceed 15 pages and may well be shorter. It is important to cover the basic issues and to show some knowledge of the relevant professional literature but you don't have to discuss every issue raised in our discussions or in your earlier paper if you think it is not necessary to do so in order to present an answer to the basic question of if and how it is appropriate to include study of the classical canon in the contemporary discipline of political science. Each student will be responsible for a presentation concentrating on the work of one thinker. This paper should be informed by our earlier discussion of method. The week before the assigned presentation some written material should be presented to each member of the class so that students can guide their reading in accordance with the basic issues to be considered in the class discussion of the presentation.
All students are responsible for reading each of the assigned works.
As this is a huge reading assignment, the student who is to make the presentation should indicate what sections of the work will be emphasized in the presentation to the class. This paper will include proper citations and an extensive bibliography. Note that in thinking about which thinker you will cover there are advantages to going early in the semester and corresponding disadvantages to choosing one of the later thinkers. Of course early presentations will be understood as preliminary since you will have had relatively little time to work on your topic. You will have a great deal of time and the benefit of constructive criticism from class discussion and the professor's comments to improve your paper if you make an early presentation.