Depictions of Discrimination: Law and Literature, Elon University

This course allows students and faculty to examine issues of racial, gender, and other discrimination through writings and films. The course is structured to allow for a course administrator who co-ordinates the course and teaches at least one session. The course involves weekly meetings in which the teaching faculty member and students review a film or other video/audio material focused on an issue of discrimination and discuss the material in a group discussion format. Students may also be required to read materials in lieu of or in addition to video materials. Students complete several short writing assignments throughout the term and are assessed through a final paper which synthesizes course materials and applies the concepts discussed to a relevant issue of discrimination in society. Several Law instructors at Elon University possess undergraduate degrees in literary studies and remain interested in developing further courses that use literature, including a more traditional 'Law and Literature' course. This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.