What time period is defined as the Middle Ages for the Literature and Composition II Research Report topic?

What time period is defined as the Middle Ages for the Literature and Composition II Research Report topic?

How one defines the time period we refer to as "Medieval" is a question over which scholars still debate.  The question is largely one of semantics, as history is rarely so clear cut as to lend itself to being so neatly classified.  As such, there is really no 'correct' answer.

Your Google search gives an acceptable time period.  The term "Middle Ages" most commonly refers to a period of European history between the end of the Roman Empire in western Europe (usually given as the year 476 A.D.) extending all the way to the beginning of a period referred to as the Renaissance (usually given as some year between 1400 and 1500).  This is probably the easiest definition for you to use as it the most typical and gives you most time with which to work.