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ENGLISH LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE
2018/2019
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA DIPARTIMENTO DI LINGUE E LETTERATURE STRANIERE
Dr RAFFAELE CUTOLO
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ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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By the end of today’s lesson you should be better able to…
1) Explain the intersection between Law and Literature.
2) Understand the concept of equity and apply it to the monster’s tales.
3) Identify and relate on the question of “right/wrong” and collocate it in the contemporary debate on the aesthetic of truth.
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s Tales
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s Tales
The Evil QueenThe ApothecaryThe Invisible ManThe Fourth Tale
The Fourth Tale
The Evil Queen
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s Tales
The ApothecaryThe Invisible Man
These tales portray characters and situations which lead the listeners/readers (Conor?) to question the ideas of
RIGHT WRONG
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s TalesRIGHT
WRONG
Law and Literature Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics equity (epieikeia) = an aspect of justice which it complements and corrects at the same time.
equitable man: not zealous for strict judgment in the direction of the worse, but is inclined to mitigation, even though he can invoke the Law on his side — this trait of character is equity, being a kind of justice.”
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s TalesRIGHT
WRONG
Law and Literature Aristotle, Rhetoric epieikeia, he stresses the notion of empathetic understanding
The equitable judge overcomes the strict separation between himself and the defendant. […] The sympathetic perception of the other’s point of view is sought out in order to reach an understanding on a broad basis of what has happened and why.
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s TalesRIGHT
WRONG
Law and Literature Readers are therefore the equitable judge.
Readers combine the abil ity of s y m p a t h e t i c a n d p a r t i c i p a t o r y identification with the neutrality of somebody who is not directly involved.
OUTSIDE INSIDE
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s TalesThe Evil Queen
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
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The Monster’s TalesThe Evil Queen
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
04/02/2019
The Monster’s TalesThe Apothecary
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
04/02/2019
The Monster’s TalesThe Invisible Man
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
04/02/2019
The Monster’s TalesThe Fourth Tale
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
04/02/2019
By the end of today’s lesson you should be better able to…
1) Explain the intersection between Law and Literature.
2) Understand the concept of equity and apply it to the monster’s tales.
3) Identify and relate on the question of “right/wrong” and collocate it in the contemporary debate on the aesthetic of truth.
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
04/02/2019
And for the Exam1) Why can we consider AMC a Law-and-
Literature fairy tale? 2) The concept of equity in storytelling. 3) Explain why AMC can be read as a fairy tale of
truth.
