1,
February 18th
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Introduction to the course
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In-class: Violaine Schwartz (tr. Christine Gutman), Papers (on people seeking asylum in France)
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- Distinguish primary sources from secondary sources
- Prepare students for homework assignment: write your own prose-poem of migration, drawing from primary sources
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2,
February 25th
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Migration and Asylum
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In-class
-introduction to nuts and bolts of asylum law;
-discuss Violaine Schwartz (tr. Christine Gutman), Papers (on people seeking asylum in France)
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Discuss first assignment: rough draft of prose-poem on migration due Week 4 (March 10th)
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3,
March 4th
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Migration and Asylum
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-Asylum law case
-continue reading Violaine Schwartz (tr. Christine Gutman), Papers (on people seeking asylum in France)
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Read together in class; begin brainstorming your own prose-poems in imitation of the pieces in Papers
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4, March 11th
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Anticolonialism
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Peer review of prose-poem on migration and asylum
Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the Earth
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Rough draft of prose-poem on migration and asylum due
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5, March 18th
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Anticolonialism
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Gandhi, Hind Swaraj
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6, March 25th
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Midterm Presentation
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In-class: Prepare for mock asylum trials
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Mock asylum trials in class
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7, April 1
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Midterm Presentation
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Mock asylum trials in class
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Mock asylum trials in class
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8, April 8th
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No class
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No class; finish final draft of Papers, with explanation of revision
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9, April 15th
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Crime and Punishment
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Sharing of Prose-Poems
Introduction to Crime and Punishment Unit
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Final draft of prose-poem due
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10, April 22nd
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Crime and Punishment
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Foucault, Discipline and Punish
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Discussion of Crime, Power, and Subjectivity
Thinking about Foucault in daily life: in-class exercise with parole and crime
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11, April 29th
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Crime and Punishment
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Larissa Macfarquhar, “When Should a Child Be Taken From His Parents?”
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Thinking about Foucault in daily life: in-class exercise with child custody cases
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12, May 6th
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Restorative & Transformative Justice
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Paul Tullis, “Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?”
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Flexible Week; no class
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13, May 13th
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Animal Rights
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Coetzee, Elizabeth Costello
Final Project: Students begin brainstorming final project topics
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How can we write from the perspectives of nonhuman animals? Is it possible?
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14, May 20th
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Environmental Rights
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Trees, Rivers, Oceans: Can They Be Legal Persons?
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No class; NCCU university anniversary
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15, May 27th
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Work with three-person groups to do final projects
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No class
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Students meet with three-person groups to do final projects on a topic related to storytelling and the law
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16, June 3rd
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Law and Literature
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Kafka, The Trial
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Creative interpretations of Kafka
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17, June 10th
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Final Project
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Independent research on self-selected topic
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Students have time to work on final projects
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18, June 17th
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Final Project
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Independent research on self-selected topic
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Students present final projects
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