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My Law and Literature reading list
The first real meeting of the class is today; we will be reading and viewing the following:
The Bible, Book of Exodus and later selected excerpts.
Herman Melville, selected stories, including "Bartleby"
Franz Kafka, "In the Penal Colony."
Snow – Orhan Pamuk
Neuromancer – William Gibson
Leo Tolstoy – Great Short Works, including Hadji Murad and Ivan Ilyich
Eugene Zamiatyin – We
Jose Saramago – Blindness
Jack Henry Abbott – In the Belly of the Beast
Fernando Verissimo – Borges and the Eternal Orangutans
J.M. Coetzee – The Life and Times of Michael K
Law Lit, by Thane Rosenbaum, selections
Mario Vargas Llosa – Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Francisco Goldman – The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
Films: Battle Royale, others, including I hope some new releases.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 16, 2008 at 06:32 AM in Books, Education, Film | Permalink
Comments
I have now ordered Battle Royale from Netflix twice, both times getting Battle Royale II, which ain't so hot. The discs crossed in the mail after I reported the problem with the first one, so I think the problem may be systemic (the disc looks like it would be Battle Royale-- the only "II" is very small and only in the Japanese text).
Posted by: burger flipper at Jan 16, 2008 7:57:42 AM
Read Barbleby? I would prefer not to.
Posted by: Mobyphobia at Jan 16, 2008 9:35:12 AM
Tyler,
I love "We." You can see the seeds of Brave New World, 1984, and This Perfect Day in it.
Best,
David
Posted by: David R. Henderson at Jan 16, 2008 9:51:03 AM
Tyler-
Your name is misspelled on the law school schedule, and in your law school bio.
Posted by: Loyal Reader at Jan 16, 2008 10:34:54 AM
Why Bartleby ? and not the obvious Benito Cereno or Billy Bud.
Looks more like a course on Kafka .Only add Picwicks Papers and Tartarian Desert and is complete.
"We" is more than the seed of 1984 and Brave New World .It is the whole model. orwell ackpwledge that
Posted by: karl at Jan 16, 2008 1:43:53 PM
Herman Melville, selected stories, including "Bartleby"
Franz Kafka, "In the Penal Colony."
Snow – Orhan Pamuk
Neuromancer – William Gibson
Goddamn I wish I were taking this class.
Posted by: Ned at Jan 16, 2008 2:30:52 PM
No Crime and Punishment? And what of The Stranger?
Posted by: Nilanka at Jan 16, 2008 4:23:56 PM
The Canvasser's Tale. A brief but sad fable from Mark Twain hinging on property rights in echos.
http://www.online-literature.com/twain/3270/
Posted by: John Kunze at Jan 16, 2008 5:44:28 PM
I stole my father's copy of In the Belly of the Beast when I was in 6th grade and read it. I was so scared and disturbed by what I saw that I didn't tell anyone for 3 years that I'd read it.
Posted by: Ryan Holiday at Jan 16, 2008 5:52:36 PM
A very impressive reading list.
My life would be complete if I could find a class that integrates José Saramago.
Posted by: Andy Gisler at Jan 16, 2008 8:35:27 PM
"Bartleby the Scribner" is one of my favorite short stories. Bravo!
I imagine it relates employment conditions etc?
Posted by: Richard Pointer at Jan 16, 2008 9:38:42 PM
Sure, read Neuromancer, but then read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
Posted by: Brutus at Jan 17, 2008 8:00:30 AM
Bartleby-
Same thing happened to me too. I would up renting BR 1 from the local video store.
Posted by: Rickm at Jan 17, 2008 2:35:03 PM
No women?
Posted by: Deborah at Jan 19, 2008 11:33:51 PM
