| Dozent/in |
Dr. phil. Steven Howe |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Blockveranstaltung |
| Code |
FS201504 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2020 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Nichtjuristische Wahlfächer |
| Studienstufe |
Master |
| Termin/e |
Mi, 04.03.2020, 16:15 - 20:00 Uhr, 4.B54
Mi, 11.03.2020, 16:15 - 20:00 Uhr, 4.B54
Mi, 06.05.2020, 16:15 - 20:00 Uhr, E.411
Mi, 13.05.2020, 16:15 - 20:00 Uhr, E.411 |
| Umfang |
Blockveranstaltung |
| Inhalt |
Law-and-literature and law-and-film studies have long-since been recognised, particularly in the Anglo-American context, as an invaluable component of legal education. Explorations of the relations between legal and fictional texts offer the promise of generating enlightening insights in several key areas: literary and cinematic sources can be used to engender a richer intellectual history of law, as a testing ground for legal-sociological and/or legal-philosophical ideas, or as a means to ‘humanise’ law by granting access to ethical issues frequently masked in legal discourse. The recent ‘cultural turn’ in legal scholarship has, moreover, opened new perspectives for reading literary texts and films as cultural objects that, engaged critically, provide for deeper understandings of the social operation(s) of law and its capacity for justice.
In this module, students will explore the potential of literature and film as a source of critical analysis of the law. Alongside a selection of classic and canonical texts, we shall also consider a number of modern films, plays and novels and their engagements with contemporary issues, including inter alia human rights, terrorism and genocide. |
| E-Learning |
https://lms.uzh.ch/url/repositoryentry/16703095109 |
| Lernziele |
Upon completion of the module it is expected that students will:
- have a thorough knowledge of scholarly approaches to the study of law-and-literature and law-and-film
- be conversant with a selection of literary and cinematic texts and the legal ideas they articulate
- comprehend how legal-theoretical approaches might be applied to the study of literature and film
- have an appreciation of recent developments in the fields of cultural-legal and law-and-humanities studies and of their value to legal work
- have a deeper understanding of how law and (popular) culture interact in different contexts |
| Voraussetzungen |
None. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Essay (passed/failed, 75%), class participation and assignments (25%) / 3 Credits (für alle Module ohne anderslautende Angabe)
Essay (passed/failed, 75%), class participation and assignments (25%) (StuPO 2011) / 6 Credits (für Modul Law and Justice in Literature and Film)
Essay (passed/failed, 75%), class participation and assignments (25%) (StuPO 2016) / 3 Credits (für Modul Law and Justice in Literature and Film)
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| Hinweise |
Essays can be submitted in English or German |
| Hörer-/innen |
Ja |
| Kontakt |
steven.howe@unilu.ch |
| Literatur |
What’s indispensable? Relevant course material will be made available online via OLAT. |