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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 42527
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Viewing physicians as writers, thinkers, and practitioners, we'll study texts that offer reflections from doctors on their craft. We'll also explore historical, economic, political, and ethical questions related to medical care such as: how are illness and caregiving depicted in literary texts? What kinds of emotional and social costs does illness have? How do writers grapple with the moral dimensions of medicine? These and other questions will be addressed through close textual analysis and discussion; in addition, our course will draw upon the expertise of practitioners within the Minneapolis medical community. Readings may include Jane Austen's MANSFIELD PARK, Sarah Ruhl's IN THE NEXT ROOM, Margaret Edson's WIT, Atul Gawande's COMPLICATIONS, and Mark Doty's HEAVEN'S COAST. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits