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19937-01 - Seminar: Literature and Medicine: Illness Narratives (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2008 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Franziska Gygax (franziska.gygax@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The new field of literature and medicine that has been developing rapidly in the past few years explores interfaces between literary and cultural studies and the field of medicine. It has been acknowledged that illness narratives often provide a more encompassing rendering of a patients/writers experiences than a biological, fragmentary approach to the sick body. Personal narratives about illness not only raise questions about notions of selfhood, they equally provide insight into the cultural and social constructions of illness. In this course we will read a selection of different literary narratives of illness ranging from Audre Lordes "Cancer Journals", Paul Monettes AIDS memoir "Borrowed Time" to Philip Roths "Patrimony". Interdisciplinary approach: Three meetings (on Thursday afternoon) will be taught together with Prof. Alexander Kiss, professor of psychosomatic medicine. Together with students of medicine we will watch three films on illness and discuss how the cinematic arts can become a tool to understand the cultural and social dimensions of illness. For one of the sessions we have invited the director of the recent Swiss film "Chrigu", Jan Gassmann, who created a powerful film together with his friend Christian (Chrigu) Ziörjen. They document Chrigus life until his early death after he has been diagnosed with a terminal tumor. |
| Lernziele | To introduce students to the genre of illness narratives and to the debate on narrative medicine. |
| Literatur | Audre Lorde. "The Cancer Journals". Paul Monette. "Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir". Susan Sontag. "Illness as Metaphor" and "Aids and Its Metaphors" (Picador or Penguin). Philip Roth. "Patrimony". Ordered at Labyrinth. Critical texts will be available on EVA. |
| Bemerkungen | Read "Borrowed Time" and "Patrimony" before the semester starts. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | For students who have successfully completed their second-year courses in "Literature and Culture Studies". |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please send an e-mail to franziska.gygax@unibas.ch to register for the course. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Interphilologisches Angebot: Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Bachelor Studienfach: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master Studienfach: Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master Studienfach: Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft) Modul English & American Literature (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Kultur und Symbolische Ordnung (Master Studienfach: Geschlechterforschung) Modul Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft I (Master Studienfach: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschlechterforschung) Modul Vertiefung, Wissen, Praxis (Master Studienfach: Hispanistik) Vertiefungsmodul (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Regular attendance, presentation |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Englisches Seminar |