It is recommended to not exceed the 400-word mark, since all grammar mistakes are taken into account and that it is likely that you will make more mistakes in a longer essay. For each assignment, several topics will be submitted to you. You are allowed to choose freely from the list corresponding to each assignment, but not to mix topics.
Footnotes are preferred.
Footnote format is to be kept as simple as possible, provided that all works cited are to be included in the bibliography. Valette, p. 130-131. Gaillard et Rachmuhl, p. 43. Alternatively, you might wish to use the MLA format, or any other widely used format, if you are already familiar with it. All works used, even for reference, must be included in a final bibliography.