Before the conclusion of the class, you will be required to produce a researched argument (approximately
2500-3500 words) that will simulate a journal article intended for publication in an academic journal. Journal
articles are required to engage broadly with the scholarship in the field, and thus the assignment will involve a
significant research component. You will be required to include citations from, at a minimum, four academic
sources. A journal article is expected to advance (if only by a little) the knowledge of a text or discipline, and I
expect your work to do the same. You are welcome to write on any of the material we have examined for class.