7891. Law and Literature
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Looks at the intersection of law and literature, and more generally law and art in several ways. Topics include: (1) the right to creative expression under the Constitution, including consideration of the notion of pornography and critical responses (feminist, conservative, and other) to artistic "license;" (2) theories of interpretation, including the comparison of literary and legal texts as communicative and expressive media; (3) the forms and limits of artistic approaches to legal and political issues, including novels, short stories and movies.