We will study how questions of law, justice, jurisprudence and ethics have been reflected in literary selections from Periclean Athens to the present. Readings: Sophocles' "Antigone", "Susanna & the Elders" from the "Apocrypha", Shakespeare's "Measure For Measure", Melville's "Billy Budd", Kafka's "The Trial" and Philip Roth's "Eli, the Fanatic." We will explore how these literary works wrestle with ethical problems within a social setting. The class will include group discussion and some very informal lecturing for background. The works should be readily available or will be made so. Some may need to be purchased at nominal prices.
Peter Bauland, Professor Emeritus of English, taught literature, drama and film at U-M.
This class for those over 50 meets Wednesdays, October 8 - November 12.

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