ENG233L - Law and Literature

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This course will examine the treatment of legal themes in literary texts as part of a broader consideration of the relationship between literature and law. We will compare and contrast how literature and the law address “questions that matter,” including individual morality, the purposes of criminal punishment, and racial and gender equality. Students will consider how literary texts, like legal texts, have power to influence politics and society. Specific course content will vary.