| Title: | Law and Literature |
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| Course Section Number: | ENG-370-01 |
| Department: | English |
| Description: | HYBRID COURSE. NOT AVAILABLE TO VIRTUAL LEARNERS. ENG-370-01=BLS-300-02. What can literature teach us about the relationship between race and law? How can legal texts about race be read as a form of literature? In this course, we will address how literature (both fiction and non-fiction) exposes the way the law negotiates and reinforces systems of race and racism. We will think about the ways in which many literary texts depict the law at work alongside how literature can challenge us to be better interpreters of the law. This course will engage literary texts and legal texts from different time periods with a central focus on how the law highlights and subverts the pursuit of racial justice. Assigned works will include Byran Stevenson Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. We will also read several legal texts such as Somerset v. Stewart (1772), Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) and look at Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Assignments will include literary and legal analysis papers, an in-class oral presentation, regular quizzes, and a final research paper. Meets the Diversity Requirement for the PPE major. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 25, 2021 |
| End Date: | May 11, 2021 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/26/2021-05/04/2021 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 08:00AM - 09:15AM, Detchon, Room 211
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| Faculty: | Whitney, Julian |
| Requisite Courses: | Prerequisite: 1 course credit from ENG at Wabash |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 7 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 5 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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