A)Description of individual course units (Course sheet)
Disciplinas / Nº / Cod / TT-Tot / TT-Cont / ECTS / Conh. e capac. / Aplic. Conhec. / Resol. Probl. / Recolh., selec., interprt. / Comunic. / Auto Aprend.
26. Análise do Discurso Jurídico / LL101 / 101 / 112 / 14(T); 14(TP); 1(OT); 1(O) / 6,5 / X / X / X / X
Faculty of Law
Department ______
Law course
Level of course(Undergraduate degree, Master or Doctorate courses, other courses): I cycle (Licenciatura)
Course title: Law and Literature
Course code:
Type of course(compulsory/optional): Compulsory
Year of study:2010
Semester: 2nd (Second)
Number of credits allocated:
Name of lecturer: Profa. Vera Karam de Chueiri
Number of hours in class per week: 4.5 hours
Objective of the course(expected learning outcomes and competences to be acquired )
The coursehas the following objectives:
-to stress the complicity between law and literature for (re)thinking law, politics, and justice in the realm of legal philosophy and constitutional law;
-to show the possibilities in which law as literature interweave such aslaw as literature, law in literature and the legal regulations of literature;
-to highlight the notion of narrative in Law specially in the moment of its application by the Courts;
-to read some literary texts such as Kafka’s Before the Law or Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venicein order to discuss some legal and political categories.
-Prerequisites: familiarity with (written) English and (spoken) Castilian.
Outcome and competences: acquisition of a less simplistic and commonsense-oriented conception of legal narrative given by the relation between law and literature, as a tool to a better interpretation of law, justice and politics.
Course contentsand calendar:
1. Introduction to analysis of language and of discourse (02.03) (1 week).Prof. António Manuel Hespanha, FDUNL.
2. Introduction to the theory of legal argumentation, in its historical and contemporary versions (09.03; 16.03; 23.03; 13.04; 20.04; 27.04). (6 weeks). Coord. Prof. Manuel Atienza; Profs. Angeles Ródenas, Josep Aguilò, Juan Antonio Perez-LLedò, Juan R. Manero, Faculdad de Derecho, Alicante.
4. Introduction to discursive analysis of Law and Literature (04.05;11.05;18.05;25.05). Prof. Vera K. de Chueiri, Univ. Fed. Paraná.
Recommended reading (syllabus):
1. Introduction to law and literature
Text to begiven by the lecturer:
Chueiri, Vera Karam. Direito e literatura. In: Barreto, Vicente de Paulo (coord.). Dicionário de Filosofia do Direito. São Leopoldo e Rio de Janeiro: Editora da UNISINOS e Renovar, 2006, 233-235.
Gaakeeer, Jeanne. (Con)temporary Law. European Journal of English Studies, vol. 11 1 April 2007, 29-46.
Morawetz, Thomas. Law and literature. In: Patterson, Dennis. A companion to Philosophy of law and legal theory. Malden, Mass and Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, 450-461.
2. Law and Literature I
Dworkin, Ronald. How law is like literature. In: A matter of principle. Cambridge, Mass: HarvardUniversity Press, 1985, 146-166.
Nussbaum, Martha. Poetic Justice. The literary imagination and public life. 1-12, 99-121.
Ost, François. Contar a lei. As fonts do imaginário jurídico. São Leopoldo: Editora UNISINOS, 2004. (Prólogo)
3. Law and literature II(Kafka)
Benjamin, Walter. Illuminations. New York: Schocken Books,1968, 111-145.
Blanchot, Maurice. The work of fire. Stanford: Stanford Univiersity Press, 1995, 1-26.
_____. De Kafka a Kafka. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 2006, 9-78.
Derrida, Jacques. Force of Law: the Mystical Foundation of Authority. Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice. Cardozo Law Review. Vol. 11, number 5-6, july/aug. 1990.
Kafka, Franz. Before the law.
_____. Diante da lei.
Posner, Ricahrd. Law and literature. Cambridge, Mass and London: HarvardUniversity Press, 1998. 127-140.
4. Law and literature III(Shakespeare)
Chueiri, Vera Karam de. Shakespeare and the law. Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFPR. Vol. 41, 2004, 59-83.
Heller, Agnes. The time is out of join. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002, 117-142.
Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice.
Bibliography:
Benjamin, Walter. Illuminations. Trans. Harry Zohn. New York: Schocken Books, 1969.
Blanchot, Maurice. The Space of Literature. Trans. Ann Smock. Lincoln and London: NebraskaUniversity Press, 1982.
_____. The Work of Fire. Trans. Charlotte Mandell. Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press, 1995.
Binder, Guyora and Weisberg, Robert. Literary Criticisms of Law. Pinceton, NJ: PrincetonUniversity Press, 2000.
Critchley, Simon. Ethics, Politics and Subjectivity. London and New York: Verso, 1999.
_____. Very Little… Almost Nothing. London and New York: Routledge, 1997.
Deleuze, Gilles, and Guattari, Felix. Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature. Trans. Dana Polan. Minneapolis and London: MinnesotaUniversity Press, 1986.
Derrida, Jacques. Acts of Literature. Edited by Derek Attridge. New York and London: Routledge, 1992.
_____.“Force of Law: the Mystical Foundation of Authority,” Cardozo Law Review 11: 5-6 (July/August) 1990.
_____. Marginsof Philosophy. Trans. Alan Bass. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
_____. Politiques de l’Amitié.Paris: Galilée, 1994.
_____. Writing and Difference. Trans. Alan Bass. Chicago: ChicagoUniversity Press, 1978.
Dworkin, Ronald. A Matter of Principle. Cambridge, Mass.: HarvardUniversity Press, 1985.
Fish, Stanley. Doing What Comes Naturally. Change, Rhetoric, and the Practice of Theory in Literary and Legal Studies. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1989.
_____. Professional Correctness. Cambridge, Mass. and London: HarvardUniversity Press, 1995.
Haberle, Peter, Bofill, Héctor López. Poesia y Derecho constitucional: una conversation. Barcelona: Fundació Carles PI I Sunyer, 2004.
Heller, Agnes. TheTime is Out of Joint. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002.
Kafka, Franz. Gesammelte Werke. European Union: Eurobuch, 1998.
_____. The Complete Stories. Edited by Nahun N. Glatzer. New York: Schocken Books, 1971.
_____. The Diaries.Trans. Joseph Kresh (1910-13) and Martin Greenberg with the cooperation of Hannah Arendt (1914-23). New York: Schocken Books, 1976.
_____. The Trial. Trans. Willa and Edwin Muir. New York: Schocken Books, 1992.
Nussbaum, Martha. Love’s Knowledge. New York and Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 1990.
_____. Poetic Justice. The Literary Imagination and Public Life. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Ost, François. Contar a lei. As fonts do imaginário jurídico. Porto Alegre: editora UNISINOS, 2004.
_____. Faust ou les frontiers du savoir.Bruxelles: Publications des facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, 2002.
Posner, Richard. Law and Literature. Cambridge, Mass., and London: HarvardUniversity Press, 1998.
Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice.
Scholem, Gershom ed.. The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem 1932-1940. Trans. Gary Smith and Andre Lefevre, New York: Schocken, 1989.
Weber, Samuel. In the Name of the Law. Deconstruction and the possibility of justice. Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 11, number 5-6, july/aug. 1990, p. 1515-1516.
_____. Institution and Interpretation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1987.
Teaching Methods(max. 50 words):
Theoretical classes on the entire programme and practical classes (seminars to be presented by the students). Short papers could be asked to the students, focused either on the analysis of textual samples or in their transcription in formal languages.
Assessment methods(max. 50 words):
A final paper (maximum 20 pages) on the subject of the course and a short paper to be presented in the seminar by the students.
Language of instruction:Portuguese and English, the sufficient acquaintance with English being supposed.
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