Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

Law and Literature represents one of the most relevant interdisciplinary movements within the University. Drawing on classical and modern literature, movies, poetries, art works and plays, the aims of the course will be to make students more aware about the cultural frameworks which inhabits law studies.

At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate:

- a better understanding of the cultural origins of law;

- deep theoretical insights about the relationship between law and literary studies;

- critical-thinking skills in the fields of jurisprudence and case-law;

- improved awareness of the foundations of legal concepts and comparative methodologies within Western legal tradition.

Lessons with slides (audio PowerPoint) and recorded video lessons.

Dear students,

please remember to enroll in the course clicking on the icon "Registrati al Corso" (Enroll me) and to access the Moodle page ("Vai a Moodle"): here, you will find week after week all didactic material concerning the class of Law and Literature (a.a. 2020-2021).

Multiple choice text on Moodle platform.

After its heyday in the 1970s and 80's, Law and literature has progressively grown including among its aims a concrete educative ambition.

During the lessons, the course will explore the many ways in which scholars have brought law and literary studies into strict conversation, especially distinguishing the "law in literature" and the "law as literature" approaches.

Both for attending and non attending students:

• G. Minda, Postmodern Legal Movements: Law and Jurisprudence at Century's End (New York University Press, 1996).

Since the library service of the University is not fully available, you can easily download the entire book from the JSTOR platform by clicking on this link.