INTERDISCIPLINARNO SAGLEDAVANJE ODNOSA KNJIŽEVNOSTI I PRAVA NA PRIMJERU JEDNE GRČKE TRAGEDIJE
INTERDISCIPLINARY VIEW OF THE RELATION BETWEEN LITERATURE AND LAW BASED ON A GREEK TRAGEDY

Summary/Abstract: This paper is about assessing the connection between two different fields – literature and law. To examine law and literature as an instance of interdisciplinarity can be questioned first of all because the textuality of law is different from that literature: interpretations of legal text invoke coercive power of state, while interpretations of literary text examine power of art of words. Considering the fact that law is not an autonomous system of norms, but rather an instrument of conscious pursuit of social welfare, it requires lawyers to understand not only legal, but also social facts. Therefore, literature is to supplement, enrich or correct law offering better insights into law issues. This paper will enlight some aspects of that influence using Sofocle’s Antigone.

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