ENGL 207 Literary Bodies: Symptoms and Prescriptions (LT)
This course considers the representation of bodies in literature from the 19th century to the present and examines how social, cultural, historical, and scientific expectations determine our responses to bodies marked by disease, trauma, gender, race, and class. Although not a scientific study itself, this course encourages students to encounter scientific thought and medical practices through the narrative imagination, introducing them to literary genres, including short fiction, novel, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and film. Students enrolled in this course should expect to gain confidence in approaching texts, thinking analytically and critically, and writing interpretively.
Offered
Occasional Interims
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