ENG 359 LAW & JUSTICE POSTCOLONL NARR

An exploration of the relation between law and justice in Anglophone narrative. Is justice a process or an outcome? Is it local or transnational? How does fiction complicate our understanding of legal processes? Primary readings by Ngugi (Kenya), MacInnes (England), Krog (South Africa), Farah (Somalia), and Grace (New Zealand), with secondary readings in philosophy and legal theory.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Open to juniors and seniors, and to others who have taken ENG 250 (formerly 220).

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.

Attributes

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