Law and Literature

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Overview

Subject code

ENG

Course Number

3850

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.

Career

Undergraduate

Credits

Value

3

Max

3

Min

3

Course Count

1

Number Of Credits

3

Number Of Repeats

1

Repeatable

No

Contact Use

Yes

Generate Attendance

No

Left Use

Yes

Present Use

Yes

Reason Use

Yes

Tardy Use

Yes

Template Override

No

Time Use

Yes

Attendance Type

Class Meeting

Auto Create

No

Code

LEC

Instructor Contact Hours

3

Default Section Size

30

Final Exam Type

Yes

Include in Dynamic Date Calc

No

Instruction Mode

In Person

LMS File Type

Blackboard CourseInfo 4

Name

Lecture

OEE Workload Hours

0

Optional Component

No

Preferred Room Features

Academic Scheduling

Workload Hours

3