ENG 316 - Topics in Law & Literature II

Institution:

University of New England

Subject:

English

Description:

Context in legal studies: the Law and Economics movement and Cultural Studies. Question: Can literary and cultural texts productively inform an understanding of law? Can jurisprudence illuminate critical practices in the Humanities? Literary scenes of confession. Epistemological instability of the confessional mode. Questions about the legal system's emphasis upon confession. Structural parallel between the use of precedent in establishing legal standards and the practice in literary studies of identifying certain texts or authors as exemplary of specific genres or periods. Reading includes texts by Rousseau, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Camus, Freud, Paul de Man, Martha Nussbaum, Wai Chee Dimock, Peter Brooks, and selected journal articles.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 09/01/2007 

Institution Website:

www.une.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 283-0171

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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