The general topic for the essay is Camus’s presentation of the nature of evil in The Plague. Each student is required to select a specific topic, to formulate an argument, and to demonstrate it with appropriate textual exegesis, presenting everything as elegantly as possible. Will it be possible to discuss in ongoing pandemic in the essay? Yes, but … only indirectly. It cannot become the topic of the essay. Students interested in making comparative references to the pandemic must have their topics cleared by the professor or the TA. The finished essay will be approximately 8 pages (not counting title page and any apparatus) – in other words, no less than 7 and no more than 9 pages – standard essay format (doublespacing, normal margins, 12-point font). It is due on Nov. 23 – or sooner, if you like. As part of the process of working up the essay, students have the option of submitting an outline and discussing it with the professor or the TA. An outline should be approximately two typed pages; and it must be written in prose, i.e., not in point form. Neither the outline nor the meeting will be graded, of course.
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