LIT 204 Outlaws
3 hours
Outlaws are criminals and outsiders, but also rebels and heroes. This course explores these paradoxical figures through the lens of literary study, considering how outlaw stories have been used both to validate and challenge systems of authority, to define the dynamics of power and resistance between individuals and their societies, and to illuminate how race, class, sex, gender, or nation can be used to situate people inside or outside the law.
Notes
This course satisfies the John Jay College Option: Justice Core I (200-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.