Law and Literature
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Overview
Subject area
ENG
Catalog Number
3850
Course Title
Law and Literature
Department(s)
Description
This course explores law in literature and law as literature. Themes of justice and bias and the limits of the law will be investigated in a range of literary texts, from Shakespeare to Melville, Wollstonecraft to Morrison, Coetzee, and Danticat. In addition, writings by Supreme Court Justices, trial transcripts, newspaper reports, prison letters, and documentaries will be read using the methods of literary interpretation and analysis.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
032887