Politics, Law, and Literature. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: POL 1013 . Examination of fundamental questions of political theory as treated in works of literature. Topics may include authority, law and discretion, the individual and the community, church and state, criminality, and the nature of freedom, especially as these issues emerge in different political orders. Potential works include Greek tragedy and comedy, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Walker Percy, Saul Bellow, and others. (Same as PAL 4153 . Credit cannot be earned for both POL 4133 and PAL 4153 ). Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48.