230465 Unfit, Invalid, Insane- Illness and Disease as Cultural Metaphors (S) (WiSe 2017/2018)

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For centuries, literary narratives of bodily and psychic illness have been told in an effort to make disease and sickness appear more concrete, to reify the invisible and untouchable by giving it names, bodies and stories. By extension, these narratives may even seek to shed light on a culture’s and generation’s fears as they are provoked by particular diseases, or reflect as well as criticize attitudes towards physical and mental illnesses.
In this class we will investigate a broad selection of illness narratives and speculate about possible meanings of illness as a cultural metaphor.

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weekly Fr 16-18 C01-243 20.10.2017-02.02.2018
not on: 12/29/17 / 1/5/18

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23-ANG-M-AngGM2 Grundmodul 2: Contact Zones and Intercultural Studies GM 2.3 Cultural and Literary Contact in the USA Study requirement
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23-IAS-M-IAS4 North American Literature and the Processes of Culture Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. I Study requirement
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Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. II Study requirement
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23-IAS-M-IAS6 Advanced Studies of Literatures and Cultures of the Americas / Estudios avanzados de literaturas y culturas de las Américas NorthAmerican Literatures in Context Study requirement
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