The other fifty percent of your grade will be based upon the submission and in-class presentation of two book reviews on unrelated topics, a review essay that explores scholarship on a specific topic, or a research paper. Review essays must examine at least two monographs or six journal articles. Materials for review and research paper topics must be approved by the instructor by March 1. Students taking this course for honors or graduate credit must write research papers. Late papers will not be accepted.
Attendance is required.
A third absence will result in automatic failure of the course. Leslie Peirce, The Imperial Harem, pp.