HUMN 3200 - Fictions of Illness: Modern Medicine and the Literary Imagination Course uri icon

Overview

description

  • Examines the ways in which the rise of modern medicine fueled the literary imagination with a new focus, new patterns of perception and potent metaphors. Through a study of various works of fiction, critical theory and medical history, the course traces how medical discoveries and the increasing professionalization of medicine manifested itself in modern literature.

instructor(s)

  • Burba, Audrey  
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023