ENG3401 Law through Literature, SP2022

Prof. Ellis | E510 | Spring 2022

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May 11, 2022

Take-Home Final Exam

ENG3401 Spring 2022

Prof. Ellis

Final Exam

Instructions:

  • Write your answers by hand (print or cursive—just make sure it is legible) on your own paper.
  • Write your name on the top of each page.
  • Staple your pages together before turning your exam in.
  • This is an open-note and open-book take-home exam.
  • Your responses must be written by you in your own words. No quoting. No paraphrasing. Plagiarism is, of course, not allowed and will be reported to the college per official policy.

Exam Questions:

  1. State and describe the two ways that Anne McGillivray describes to research the relationship between law and literature. Your response should be at least two sentences.
  2. Considering “The Corpus Delicti,” who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what is the main legal issue in the story? Your response should be at least four sentences.
  3. Considering “The Dog Andrew,” who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what is the main legal issue in the story? Your response should be at least four sentences.
  4. Considering “The Juryman,” who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what is the main legal issue in the story? Your response should be at least four sentences.
  5. Considering Billy Budd, Sailor,who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least six sentences.
  6. Considering The Trial, who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least six sentences.
  7. In The Trial, there is the parable toward the end known as “Before the Law.” Tell the parable in your own words and give your own interpretation of what it means. Your response should be at least six sentences.
  8. Considering A Passage to India, who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least eight sentences.
  9. Considering Little Brother, who wrote it, what is the author’s birth year, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least eight sentences.
  10. Considering the two-part documentary Frontline: United States of Secrets, briefly recount the history of surveillance after 9/11 and the legal issues involved that serve as context for Little Brother. Your response should be at least eight sentences.

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May 11, 2022

Week 14 Lecture Notes

Topics

Last week’s Weekly Memo (When I made the changes to the schedule, I neglected to include the last Weekly Memo assignment on the schedule. If you wrote a memo for Week 13, you may turn it in for extra credit/replace a missed Weekly Memo).

Research Presentation (watch Life after Death by PowerPoint).

Discuss Little Brother.

Hand out take-home final exam questions.

Due next week on last day of class:

  • Your Final Exam Responses (hand-written and stapled)
  • Research Paper (printed and stapled following MLA style–here’s an example)
  • In-class Research Presentation (anchor your 5-10 speech with a PowerPoint presentation)
  • Any late Weekly Memos (only printed copies are graded–go through your notebook to see what I have or have not graded with a check/comments)

Resources

M1k3y’s Instructables

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_actions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._United_States_Secret_Service

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Cyberpunk

http://www.sjgames.com/SS/topten.html

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May 4, 2022

Week 13 Lecture Notes

Topics

Review changes to the schedule (see announcement below or the syllabus).

Watch second part of Frontline documentary providing background on Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother.

Next week: Discuss Doctorow’s Little Brother. Handout take-home final exam.

Resources

Cory Doctorow’s Pluralism \ Little Brother and Homeland Introduced by Edward Snowden

Citizenfour Documentary

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