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Vorlesungsverzeichnis >> Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie (Phil) >>
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Law & Literature- Dozent/in
- Dr. Susanne Gruß
- Angaben
- Hauptseminar
2 SWS, Sprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Mi 12:15 - 13:45, C 301
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Das HS Literature gehört dieses Seminar in folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen: • BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) • Lehramt an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature)• MA English Studies: Core Module Literature – Portfolioprüfung: HA und Thesenpapier (40511) – bzw. Teilbereichsmodul Literature – HA (40501) und Thesenpapier (40502); Master Module II – Portfolioprüfung: HA und Thesenpapier (83601) – bzw. Schwerpunktmodul II Literature – HA (40801) und Thesenpapier (40802)• MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell (Anglistik als Kernfach): Modul 4 Bitte beachten Sie: Im BA English and American Studies kann dieses Seminar nur in folgenden Studienrichtungen belegt werden: British Studies, Literary Studies, General Studies.
Bitte melden Sie sich als BA-Studierende(r) auch für die Independent Study Group an.
- Inhalt
- Law and literature seem to be mutually exclusive – while the one is based on the establishment of ‘fact’, the other is based on ‘fiction’. However, as sign systems, both legal and literary worlds are constructed by and depend for their existence on words; both aim to create or impose order. In this seminar, we will explore the interdependence of law and literature as closely linked fields from the early modern period to the Victorian Age. We will approach ‘law and literature’ as an interdisciplinary field and analyse how legal norms are reflected (or subverted) in literature’s engagement with questions of law and justice. Topics will include the questions of revenge and equity (John Webster, The White Devil), usury and justice (William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice), the ‘Gothic’ establishment of the English constitution (Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto), and the criticism of the English legal system in Charles Dickens’s Bleak House. Literary analyses will be supplemented by several theoretical and historical sessions. Please note that attending this course entails a comparatively heavy reading load. Apart from the primary texts, you will have to read theoretical material. As it is the longest text of this course, you should have finished Bleak House by the beginning of the winter term. Additionally, all course members are expected to join an expert group that is responsible for the structuring of one session. More information will be available on my website – http://www.susannegruss.de/seminare.html - by the end of September.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- John Webster, The White Devil - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice - Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto - Charles Dickens, Bleak House. Other mandatory reading will be provided via StudOn by the beginning of the semester. Recommended literature: Kieran Dolin, A Critical Introduction to Law and Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2017/2018:
- Anglistik, Modul 8 D (M 8)
- Anglistik, Modul 9 D (M 9)
- Core Module Literature (Core Lit)
- Master Module II: Literature (Master II: Lit)
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Anglistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft
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