ENGL 4700 - Law and Literature

This course would introduce students to thinking about legal doctrine and practice through literary texts. Students will learn how to compile evidence into an argument, build a rhetorically compelling narrative, compose a dissent, track historical changes to legal thinking, and negotiate perpetually contested concepts. This course may examine topics such as criminality and incarceration, property and personhood, nationality and citizenship, marriage and contracts, land use rights, free speech, obscenity, and more; and touch on different legal subfields such as family law, criminal law, civil law, etc.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 2900 with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
3