Lehrende/r: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung
Veranstaltungsart: Hauptseminar
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Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Inhalt: In this seminar we will read and discuss historical documents, literary representations and autobiographical account of the interrelation of literature and medicine in Western Civilization. A special focus will be on the representation of diversity and illness in life narratives. Texts: Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals (1980) Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010) Siri Hustvedt, The Shaking Woman: A History of My Nerves (2010) Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures (2014) Rothman, David J., Steven Marcus, and Stephanie A. Kiceluk (eds.). Medicine and Western Civilization. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutger UP, 1995.
Zusätzliche Informationen: June 17, 2016 (Friday) 4:00 Reading and Narrative Exercise by Siri Hustvedt June 18, 2016 (Saturday) 9:00 “After Empathy: Film in the Clinical Context” by Maura Spiegel 2:00 “Writing in the Clinical Context and Beyond” by Danielle Spencer 6:00 Public Reading by Siri Hustvedt: “The Writing Self and the Psychiatric Patient” (Forum: Alte Mensa, Atrium Max.) June 19, 2016 (Sunday) 9:00 “Narrative Ethics: New Clinical Approaches” by Craig Irvine 1:30 “Bearing Witness to Yourself” by Deepu Gowda